Vepres Venitiennes CD - Import

Telesto enjoys working closely with composers and has found particularly inspiring the contact with Ms. Sofia Gubaidulina. Their first CD, (Rejoice!, Silenzio, In Croce) in honor of Ms. Gubaidulina's 75th birthday, was launched in October 2006 at the opening ceremony of the Gubaidulina Festival in Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. Sofia Gubaidulina over Telesto performance: "I have never heard the piece (Rejoice!) played so well, Telesto succeded in grasping the essence of the piece and with amazing fantasy bring it to life.."Heather Kurzbauer, Corresponding Editor Strad Magazine London:"This is playing that really inspires: there's no disguising the spirit of acomposer who transcends the mundane and takes us to deeply spiritual worlds. A treasure of a release!"PRESS: Real Time Magazine Sidney, Australia, June-July 2008, Jon Dale: Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival "...a festival highlight: the Telesto Duo's breathtaking performance of Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina's sonata for violin and cello,Rejoice!... Particularly affecting was a series of harmonics, quietly wrung from the violin by Tiziana Pintus, which held the collective breath of the Artspace audience and briefly transformed the space's antiseptic vibe into an ennobled zone-reflective and smart, without any recourse to pious display." Whole Note, Toronto CA, October 2007, Andrew Timar:"The Telesto Trio was founded by three accomplished chamber musicians(...) ...