Gambini/ Torre/ Mingozzi - 8 Chamber RomancesBorn in Genoa in 1819, Carlo Andrea Gambini began his career as a piano teacher to local aristocracy thanks to his family's privileged connections. Showing equal energy and invention in both words and music, however, he soon pursued parallel activities as a composer and a critic. He was friends with both Rossini and Mercadante but held Verdi's music in little esteem. His own music looks to the north of the Alps for it's inspiration: to Chopin and

While Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was above all else a dazzlingly accomplished harpsichordist

and exterminators like Kidou now spend their lives stalking and killing the creatures called Cagasters

his development sections are likewise concise while enlivened with touches of ingenious modulation between keys

of which this 1993 album is a superlative example

not to mention

A noteworthy feature in the present work is the presence of many brief allusions to other composers

Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt (keyboards)

there is a friendly contest of Chug Patrol versus Speed Fleet

whose form and genre defy the usual categorizations

who achieved worldwide fame as a travelling virtuoso and visionary composer

the remarkable attention he gives to proportions and to a singing quality have made him a one-of-a-kind artist

He was one of the most prominent