Press
... Palamidessi's allegiance is always to the music itself. He scrutinises the evidence, weighs it up, then delivers the verdict in performances of the utmost conviction. Nothing is done without a good reason, but the result is always music, and of a very high quality. Stefano Palamidessi has set new standards in Sor interpretation.
Colin Cooper - CLASSICAL GUITAR
...difficult to list the qualities of the music and the performer: we'll just say that the numerous stylistic mottling and the different emotional temperatures of these masterpieces (not simple) are fully realized in excellent phrasing, in the strict and expressive interpretation at the same time, into the rounded sound, the impeccable technique and, more generally, in the aura of elegance and composure of the Roman guitarist. In short, we are in full compliance with the most profound and pure classical style of Fernando Sor: chapeau!
Marco Riboni - AMADEUS
... we admired Stefano Palamidessi in the Concerto op. 99 by Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco. Wonderful musician, expressive, precise, rich of qualities that capt the audience, Palamidessi is the new guitar promise of this year.
Erasmo Valente - L'UNITA'
... extremely interesting program. Palamidessi has shown himself as a fully complete artist, for the right interpretation of the different styles, the measure in dynamic and colours, the clear and beautiful phrasing.
GUITART
... Throughout this CD is the brilliant and beautifully controlled playing of Stefano Palamidessi. ... Number 20 of the "Segovia 20" is played to absolute perfection -- the contrapuntal lines are clear as glass, the opening mood is jaunty and energetic, the trills are played EXACTLY right, the bass notes are dampened just exactly when they should be, and the end of the study is approached with a perfect balance between the cheerful upper melody and the tricky interior parallel thirds. ... the justly famous B-minor study is played here with a directness that allows the gentleness of the music to shine throughout.
John Bent - NEW MILLENIUM GUITAR
... neat sound, great timbric research and care for the detail, accuracy and harmony, elegant and refined interpretation.
LA TRIBUNA
... high technique, great balance and strong musicality.
IL MESSAGGERO
… measured playing and great clearness in the voices in Bach. … he played the Rossiniana n.5 by Mauro Giuliani in a very brilliant way and with a little of irony.
LA NUOVA SARDEGNA
... tasteful musician, a lot of pleasant ideas and an unusual neat sound comparing to the common guitar players
STEREOPLAY…
Bach, Giuliani, Villa-Lobos and Walton; a substantial program, well played, with sens of sound and style. Punctually the audience enthusiasm and the request to encore arrive.
Colin Cooper - CLASSICAL GUITAR
... Palamidessi has painted the two works for solo guitar by Petrassi; evocative in Suoni Notturni, harmonius and ghastly in Nunc.
Lorenzo Tozzi - IL TEMPO
... Excellent playing, of higher professional and interpretative level, with a particular attention to the style problems.
DNEVIK di Novi Sad
... great safety and clearness in Bach. A superb Sor followed .. he is a young guitarist among the sure promises of the italian guitarists.
STRUMENTI E MUSICA
… skilful, neat, particularly careful to the sound quality and to the balance in the voices, he never goes beyond the taste limits; he is always worried to draw the musical lines with beauty and clearness.
CHITARRE
... Overwhelming tempos, amused virtusism, remarkable dynamic balance: enough for a very pleasant listening. The Trio Concentus shows a self-confident technique and an evident attention to the variety of timbres. The record can be friendly recommended!
Maurizio Giani - CD CLASSICA
... their admirable ensemble, with it's precise chording, perfectly judged dynamics and exquisite rallentandos, transforms a fairly ordinary piece of music into something quite beautiful. This is art. It is a pleasure to welcome a new ensemble of such impressive talent. They not only have a seemingly intuitive understanding of what is required, but have the technical means to put it into operation.
Watch these people!
Colin Cooper - CLASSICAL GUITAR
... great technical ability, intelligence and sensitivity. Concerned with the colors, the harmony, the elegance of the musical phrases, the Trio has proved to be mature and also outgoing.
Ruggero Chiesa - IL FRONIMO
... The three overtures have thus become a source of musical and timbric ideas where virtuosism goes together with amusement in a style similar to that one of famous British ensembles, where there is no difference between classical and not, between original works and transcriptions and what really counts is just the pleasure of playing music!
PIANO TIME
... Expecially impressive has been the execution of "Pictures at an exhibition", enlightened by colours and expression of new efficacy.
L'ECO DI BERGAMO
... fully balanced "orchestra", their agility and clear performance reminded us of their country of origin, the country of "bel canto".
CLASSICAL GUITAR
... This recital will be remembered as an outstanding example of a brilliant and spiritually refined music performance where the three talented musicians have merged and played as they were just one.
BORBA (Jugoslavia)
... A variety of moods and an exploration of different musical languages which confirm the talent of the three musicians and their stylistic rigour, their sense of humor and amusement ideal for these pleasant transcriptions of Rossini's overtures.
NUOVA RIVISTA MUSICALE ITALIANA