[bquote author=”Victor Kioulaphides” source=”Composer, Oct 2011″ link=”http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?78325-Praeludium”]This recording has SO many things to like that I must cherry-pick a couple of them…. My heart was warmed by the performance from Bach’s Partita BWV 1004. Chris’ playing is uniformly excellent and, somewhere “backstage”, I could hear Ali humming along…In this, and in ALL works performed on this CD, there is artistry of the highest caliber, and mandolin-playing of the highest order.[/bquote]

[bquote author=”Frank Kocher” source=”San Diego Troubadour, Jan 2011″]Imardin is Acquavella’s tour de force and starts like a clock, ticking away before giving way to complex arpeggios and scales that build, climb, and dissolve only to tick away again. The solo mandolin tune showcases Acquavella’s classical side, and sounds like several musicians playing together well.[/bquote]

[bquote author=”Paul Hormick” source=”San Diego Troubadour, May 2010″]Acquavella plays mandolin and is one of the most accomplished musicians to play the instrument that you may find.[/bquote]

[bquote author=”Sue & Nigel Hope” source=”Mandolin.org.uk, Oct 2009″]Massive technique – but also great stress therapy. Highly recommended.[/bquote]