Cello

by David Darling

Cello cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:18
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing an 8-string solid body electric cello alongside traditional acoustic instruments, the virtuoso cellist creates a profoundly moving and expansive solo recording. 'Cello' relies heavily on the signature spacious reverb of the ECM label, allowing Darling's melancholic, improvised melodies to slowly unfold and overlap. The resulting ambient soundscape is deeply emotional, prioritizing atmosphere and resonance over technical bravado.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, strings, ambient, instrumental, minimal, chamber

Tracklist

  1. Darkwood 1 (2:23)
  2. No Place Nowhere (4:42)
  3. Fables (5:06)
  4. Darkwood 2 (1:21)
  5. Lament (2:54)
  6. Two Or Three Things (For Jlg) (4:47)
  7. Indiana Indian (3:27)
  8. Totem (2:16)
  9. Psalm (2:29)
  10. Choral (4:08)
  11. The Bell (2:42)
  12. In November (4:31)
  13. Darkwood 3 (3:25)

Credits

  • David Darling - primary artist, cello [acoustic cello], cello [8-string electric cello], composed by
  • Jean-Luc Godard - illustration [cover image from the film passion]

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