Si Dolce è il Tormento

Italian pianist Francesco Turrisi shapes an aural landscape laced with echoes of pre-baroque music resonating with the contemporary piano trio, augmented on some tracks by bass clarinet (Brendan Doyle) and theorbo (Richard Sweeney). "An exceptional pianist" - The Irish Times "The sublimity is in the melodies and subtlety of the musicianship, primarily the core trio of Turrisi, Sean Carpio on drums and Dan Bodwell on bass. The mood of the recording is consistently delicate, with an emphasis on colour and discriminating shifts of tone.