Artist	Song
Oneida	The Eiger - "2:33" - [The Wedding; 2005]
A.C. Newman	The Town Halo - "3:11" - [The Slow Wonder; 2004]
United States Of America	Stranded In Time - "2:29" - [United States Of America; 1968]
Built To Spill	Fling - "2:33" - [There's Nothing Wrong With Love; 2004]
The Books	It Never Changes To Stop - "4:01" - [Lost And Safe; 2005]
Cello Submarine	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - "2:48" - [Beatles Classics by the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; 1995]
John Zorn	Kiev 2 - "4:42" - [Film Works, Vol. 10: In the Mirror of Maya Deren; 2001]
Clint Mansell & The Kronos Quartet	Lux Aeterna - "3:54" - [Requiem For A Dream; 2000]
Clogs	My Mister `Never Ending Bliss' - "4:31" - [Stick Music; 2005]
The Beatles	Strawberry Fields Forever - "4:07" - [Magical Mystery Tour; 1967]
Smog	Bathysphere - "4:49" - [Wild Love; 1995]
The Magnetic Fields	I Looked All Over Town - "2:39" - [i; 2004]
Pixies	Monkey's Gone To Heaven - "2:56" - [Doolittle; 1989]
Alamaailman-vasarat	Vasaraasialainen - "5:50" [KSSrmelautakunta; 2003]
Nick Drake	Cello Song - "4:48" [Five Leaves Left; 1969]
Tindersticks	Killing Theme - "3:14" - [Trouble Every Day; 2001]
Erik Friedlander	Zahtar - "3:40" - [Grains Of Paradise; 2001]
Arthur Russell	A Little Lost - "3:18" - [The World Of Arthur Russell; 2004]
A Silver Mt. Zion	Tho You Are Gone I Still Often Walk W/You - "4:48" - [Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward; 2001]
Venetian Snares	Szamar Madar - "5:49" - [Rossz Csillag Alatt Sznletett; 2005]

Comment:

"The cello is a large bowed stringed instrument, the second lowest of the family of strings headed by the violin. It originated in the early sixteenth century, as the viols (bowed strings) of the Renaissance began to evolve into the stringed instruments of the modern orchestra." - AMG. This is a compilation designed to show the formidable range of the cello, an instrument capable of desperate melancholy, vivid color, fearsome hooks, tranquility, and so much more. The album begins initially on a vocal-backed and rockier note, and then gradually slides into a set of darker instrumentals. It then drifts again into rock/pop, hitting back and forth until reaching a dark and intense crescendo. There are so many standout tracks here, from the unstoppable cello hook brandished by A.C. Newman, the gorgeous 12-cello rendition of The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood", the moody atmospherics by John Zorn, Tindersticks and A Silver Mt. Zion - and the heart-racing solo piece by the master cellist himself, Erik Friedlander. However, it's the final track, by Venetian Snares, which successfully fuses all these conflicting styles together - combining modern drill'n'bass breakbeats with Hungarian-style orchestral cello bursts to amazing, jaw-dropping effect.
Total Running Time: 72 minutes

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