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Pleasurable, virtuosic, subtle, and highly intelligent ... an illustrious art of playing, a fine feeling for the breath of the other person - and a musical repertoire that quite naturally brings baroque and contemporary jazz together
Jazzthing, GER - Stefan Hentz
"Voyage in Time" is such a high class album that you don't notice the complexity of the music immediately. It's a beauty of an album.
Klassieke Zaken , NL - Mischa Andriessen
****Conceptually bold, it is executed with great musicality, a perfect marriage of classical forms and open improvisation
Jazzwise, UK
Inner jubilation spreads when blue notes creep into the bubbling classical melody lines. The sound slowly unfolding, leading into an order of stylistic patterns ad absurdum. "Voyage in Time" removes the gray veil from the December sky and lets the listener dream.
Jazzpodium, GER - Detlef A. Ott
Far away from any routine, Pieranunzi and Somsen search for unplayed places, for new territory on this side - and they find these rare as well as precious oases of inspiration again and again. This is dissolute melancholy at its peak.
Kulturkomplott, GER - Jörg Konrad
Incredibly well done. The melodies emerge beautifully from the piano and bass strings. Played by these musicians the songs and dances transform into pure poetry.
Jazzenzo, NL - Mathijs van den Berg
With a great deal of sensitivity and a delicate expression full of emotion ... the synthesis is impressively accomplished, yet full of serenity and quite a lot of calm. A calmness that radiates, that encourages you to lean back and just enjoy.
Musik an sich, GER - Wolfgang Giese
We let ourselves be taken with pleasure on this journey of a beautiful sweetness, of a great romanticism, of a pleasant inventiveness between the baroque references and the treatments of a soft and fluid jazz. We boarded with enthusiasm. We are waiting for you.
Le Soir, BE Jean-Claude Vantroyen
"Voyage In Time" is a testament to the maturity, experience, refined taste and precise performance of these two great instrumentalists.
Jazz-fun, GER
A true synergy between Jazz and classical music ... breathtakingly beautiful!
Rootstime, BE - Jan van Leersum
The result is soulful sounds and music with plenty of room to unfold. Which also shows how naturally different musical worlds can be playfully combined.
NRWjazz, GER - Christoph Gieses
We find throughout this work Pieranunzi’s graceful and poetic touch which marvelously combines with Somsen's restrained playing. To listen and listen again, so beautiful.
Jazzmania, BE
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(c) 2019 photos by Eddy Westveer (trio)
(c) 2021 photos by Robbert Kamphuis (duo)