Lars Danielsson Liberetto II

"Never change a winning team" – The old sporting wisdom can also be applied to music: When soul mates and perfectly matched musicians find one another, they are well advised to stick together. "Liberetto II" by the exceptional Swedish bassist and cellist Lars Danielsson is the living proof. Three years ago he found a quartet with the former e.s.t. drummer Magnus Öström, the British guitarist John Paricelli and most of all as a new dream team duo with Armenian pianist Tigran. It interpreted his compositions and realised his musical ideas more precisely than probably any ensemble before it.STERN magazine attested the Liberetto debut, which hit store shelves in 2012, a "mighty energy" that unleashes itself from a power centre of serenity. On "Liberetto II", Danielsson and his quartet take that energ...

Lars Danielsson / bass, cello, piano (on 01),piano melody (on 03 & 09)
Tigran / piano, fender rhodes
John Parricelli / guitar
Magnus Öström / drums, percussion, electronics
Special Guests:
Mathias Eick / trumpet
Dominic Miller / guitar (on 01)
Cæcilie Norby / voice (on 12)
Zohar Fresco / percussion & vocals (on 09)

Music composed by Lars Danielsson except 08 by Tigran and 10 by Lars Danielsson & Tigran
Produced by Cæcilie Norby
Executive Producer: Siggi Loch
Recorded at Tia Dia Studios Mölnlycke, Sweden by Bo Savik and Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway by Jan Erik Kongshaug
Piano tuned by Beng Eriksson
Mixed and mastered at Rainbow Studio by Jan Erik Kongshaug
Cover art: “untitled 2010” by Martin Noël (1956 - 2010), by permission of Margarete Noël