Napa Valley Serenity
author: Leonore Wilson
This CD reminds me of Mahler and Vivaldi, my favorite composers I play especially in the morning. Ms. Canepa captures ardor and longing, nature and spirituality brilliantly. What a work to treasure and send as gifts. Leonore Wilson, poet, writer, professor
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author: CD Baby
A moving collection of original contemporary classical compositions inspired by the composer's surroundings of hills, wildlife, mountains, and vineyard terrain in the rich Napa Valley wine country. With heart-tugging Romanticism and mesmerizing sensitivity, this will be an album I will continually recommend to collectors of classical music written by living composers.
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Smooth and silky. An excellent CD!
author: Leah
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author: Scott MacClelland
In this CD,I certainly hear the influences behind Canepa's style and applaud her perspicacity in assimilating and making very much her own the example of others. I especially admire her musical poise, integrity and expressiveness. Her works echo the Italian--even Sicilian--sense of drama, love and tragedy; Puccini meets the godfather. Each of her works establishes a mood of its own, like a fine watercolorist does. Her native Monterey, her Sicilian heritage and innate feel for color, phrase and atmosphere honor her forebears far beyond predictable expectations. Her CDs are keepers, and sharers.
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