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Daniel Lippel's debut CD includes a broad range of repertoire, from the ebullient 4th Lute Suite by Bach to Toru Takemitsu's meditative All in Twilight. The recording was made in the lush acoustic of Cleveland's St. Stanislaus church, and the sound and energy that are captured are both products of this inspiring space. Classical New Jersey hailed, "Guitarist Daniel Lippel has self-released a CD which shows off the wide range of his abilities. His plush sound and fluent technique lie at the heart of his playing as a constant, but he finds a different voice when he needs it. His Bach and Takemitsu are not at all the same even though they share his general approach to music making. It would be most difficult to pin down a favorite work on this CD; they are all so different, each one from a different period. The Bach has a limpid clarity of line which one must have to make Bach work. Yet there is nothing rigid sounding in Lippel?s phrasing. Elegy is well sustained by Lippel, capturing the intimacy of the sadness in a single guitar, yet expanding grief beyond that single focus in the resonance of the instrument. "