4* REVIEW for WEINBERG CD on ARCHI MAGAZINE – “Brunello riesce a entrare nel mondo di Weinberg con grande lucidità e capacità di analisi, rivelandone l’intrinseca complessità, fra orizzonte sovietico e radici ebraiche.””

Mieczysław Weinberg Quaatro Sonate per Violoncello Solo Mario Brunello Arcana/Naxos A559 (86 Min., 22/03/2024) *****  su ARCHI MAGAZINE (settembre 2024) di Lorenzo Montanaro   “Più che come esiti delle Suites, il violoncellista recepisce queste opere come lavori “teatrali”, all’interno dei quali è possibile ravvisare veri e propri caratteri-personaggi: un generale che ha collezionato sconfitte, un nobile decaduto, […]

Great Review on LUISTER / September 2024: “Brunello seems to sense all the composer’s emotions flawlessly and gives them form and content in ‘narrative’ structures, with an expressive and warm tone, organic timing and a rich palette of colour nuances.”

Mieczysław Weinberg Weinberg: Sonates voor cello solo Mario Brunello Arcana/Naxos A559 (86 Min., 22/03/2024) *****  on LUISTER (September 2024) by Wenneke Savenije   “In 1986, he became the first Italian to win the Tchaikovsky Competition for Cello, after which his career took off. Mario Brunello (1960) has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as […]

4,5* on FONO FORUM for New Release “Weinberg: Die vier Sonaten für Cello solo”

Mieczysław Weinberg Die vier Sonaten für Cello solo Mario Brunello Arcana/Naxos A559 (86 Min., 22/03/2024) *****  on FONO FORUM (July 2024) by Elisabeth Richter “Faszinierend sind die vielschichtigen expressiven Klangwelten, die Weinberg erfindet, das zärtlich Singende, aber auch die schmerzvolle Schönheit der langsamen Sätze, die unterschiedlichen Techniken und Klänge in den manchmal wild sich verzehrenden […]

SCHERZO Magazine awards with “EXCEPCIONAL” the New Release: ‘WEINBERG: The Four Sonatas for Solo Cello”

Mieczysław Weinberg Las cuatro sonatas para violonchelo solo Mario Brunello Arcana/Naxos A559 (86 Min., 22/03/2024) ***** ‘EXCEPCIONAL’ Award on Scherzo Magazine (June 2024) by Stefano Russomanno “La versión de Mario Brunello atesora no sólo todas las virtudes técnicas necesarias para medirse a estas exigentes páginas, sino que revela una estrecha afinidad con el sentir de […]

5* REVIEW on MUSICA for NEW RELEASE ‘WEINBERG: The Four Sonatas for Solo Cello’

Mieczysław Weinberg Quattro Sonate per Violoncello Solo Mario Brunello Arcana/Naxos A559 (86 Min., 22/03/2024) ***** 5* REVIEW MUSICA (giugno 2024) Stefano Pagliantini “Ne risultano esecuzioni capaci di irretire l’ascoltatore e di trascinarlo verso un mondo espressivo fatto di colori tutt’altro che luminosi, di slanci dolenti, di ripiegamenti dolorosi, di gesti tragici, venati di lirismo, di […]

5* REVIEW on DIAPASON for NEW RELEASE ‘WEINBERG: The Four Sonatas for Solo Cello’

Mieczysław Weinberg Four Sonatas for Solo Cello Mario Brunello Arcana/Naxos A559 (86 Min., 22/03/2024) ***** 5* REVIEW DIAPASON (April 2024) Pascal Brissau “La plastique souveraine de son interprétation, rigoureusement construite, gomme les arrière-plans et le pathos  ‘biographique’ des Russes pour une calligraphie souple et abstraite. Cursivité, légèreté, pénombres y trouvent toute leur place. La subtilité […]

5* REVIEW on Rondo Magazin for NEW RELEASE ‘WEINBERG: The Four Sonatas for Solo Cello’

Mieczysław Weinberg Die vier Sonaten für Violoncello solo Mario Brunello Arcana/Naxos A559 (86 Min., 22/03/2024) ***** “The works are tonal. Partly neoclassical, including the choice of sonata form. The Italian cellist Mario Brunello, who previously played Mozart with Claudio Abbado’s orchestra, was introduced to Weinberg by the violinist Gidon Kremer, who can easily be considered […]

22/03/2024 – OUT! NEW ALBUM “WEINBERG : FOUR SONATAS FOR CELLO SOLO”

Mieczysław Weinberg Four Sonatas for Solo Cello Mario Brunello Arcana/Naxos A559 (86 Min., Release Date: 22nd March 2024) ***** Polish-born Mieczysław Weinberg twice escaped from Nazi invasions, finally settling in Moscow, where for more than 30 years he was Shostakovich’s closest musical friend. Composer of 26 symphonies, seventeen string quartets and seven operas, he was also […]

06/01/2023 – OUT! NEW ALBUM “BACH TRANSCRIPTIONS: SIX CONCERTOS FOR VIOLONCELLO PICCOLO”

BACH TRANSCRIPTIONS: SIX CONCERTOS FOR VIOLONCELLO PICCOLO Mario Brunello Accademia dell’Annunciata Riccardo Doni After the success of their Tartini disc (Arcana 478, Diapason d’or, 5 stars from Musica), Mario Brunello and the Accademia dell’Annunciata return for an ingenious collection of six concertos, all of which are united in different ways by the art of transcription: […]

5* REVIEWS on BBC Music Magazine for NEW RELEASE ‘ BACH: 6 Suonate à cembalo certato è violoncello piccolo solo (BWV 1014-1019)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH SEI SUONATE À CEMBALO CERTATO È VIOLONCELLO PICCOLO SOLO Mario Brunello, violoncello piccolo Francesco Galligioni, viola da gamba and cello Roberto Loreggian, harspichord and organ Release date 10th September 2021 OUTHERE Available as CD and DIGITAL: here 5* REVIEWS – BBC Music Magazine (Dec. 2021) By Kate Bolton-Porciatti “This recording explores the […]

10/09/2021 – OUT TODAY! NEW ALBUM ‘JS BACH SEI SUONATE A CEMBALO CERTATO E VIOLINO SOLO (Arcana/OUTHERE)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH SEI SUONATE À CEMBALO CERTATO È VIOLONCELLO PICCOLO SOLO Mario Brunello, violoncello piccolo Francesco Galligioni, viola da gamba and cello Roberto Loreggian, harspichord and organ   Release date 10th September 2021 OUTHERE Available as CD and DIGITAL: here   After mastering the Sonatas and Partitas, Mario Brunello continues his trilogy devoted to […]

DIAPASON d’OR for “TARTINI” (Arcana), Mario Brunello, Accademia dell’Annunciata and Riccardo Doni