Giovanni Sollima - Complete Duos for 2 CellosYears before he took Paris by storm as a brilliantly witty composer of operettas, Offenbach was celebrated across Europe as a virtuoso cellist. It is this lesser known aspect of his creative personality that is explored by Giovanni Sollima and Andrea Noferini, who have spent years immersing themselves in the technically intricate but always lyrical and extrovert pieces which Offenbach wrote for his instrument. Having learned the violin and cello as a

as was saxophonist Peter King

Seattle Symphony

It's solid compositional mastery gives rise to a beauty at once enigmatic and captivating

while the Ramones crash in to take the prize

is not followed by the fugal fast section you would expect here

mixed and mastered by Markus Stock at Klangschmiede Studio E Cover painting by Wladyslaw Podkowinski

Sometimes associated to ye-ye singers

Tilt A Whirl

with lyrics newly and freely translated: "The stranger is arriving

and one that offers up a delightful

He finds a way to cut right to the bone

the musician that is still known as Adje van der Berg plays in the band Darling