"It was a pleasure to listen to the Nuovo Trio Parsifal. Young interpretors with great potential, capable of grasping the formal and stylistic requirements of the pieces they performed, reaching a fusion of timbre of great value."

Sonja Pahor pianista, concert artist

"The Nuovo Trio Parsifal even though they have only recently formed as a trio, show maturity, clarity of sound, dynamic variety and musical intelligence that I wouldn't hesitate to call ideal. Anna Paola, Barbara and Laura play with great temperament and fantasy, and at the same time respecting the text: a quality that I would use to search the contemporany and modern repertoire (Ives Martin, Sciarrino ecc...)."

Franco Mezzena violinist, concert artist

Alberto Pomeranz, pianist, concert artist

Musica e Scuola 15 may 2002

DIFFERENT COLORS OF ROMANTICISM FROM THE STRINGS OF THE “NUOVO TRIO PARSIFAL”
BY Francesco Storino

Considering that even the world of so called classical music unfortunately has its own fashion phenomenon, it would be way too simple to talk about a trio composed of all female players in terms of their precise playing, gracefulness, subtlety, glamour or to say that the beautiful players have nothing to envy to their male colleagues.
So, the first great merit of the three excellent members of the Nuovo Trio Parsifal (Barbara Castelli, violin, Laura Pierazzuoli, violoncello and Anna Paola Milea, piano) was to make the audience, present at the concert organized by the A.Gi.Mus of Fregene on the 11th of May 2003, forget exactly this characteristic of their trio. Furthermore, with the originality of the program, the trio made the audience concentrate fully on the contents of their musical proposal.
The program presented on this occasion certainly escapes the “cliché” compared to the usual concerts for this chamber music formation. The evening opened with the Sonata in B flat major by Franz Schubert. In this work from his early period Schubert treats very carefully the stylistic elements and esthetic qualities of classical style, paying particularly a lot of attention to the styles of Haydn and Mozart. At the same time the work is also filled with the characteristic clarity of writing, which is recognized in all of the more important works by this composer.

Here the performers showed the great capacity of playing together, thank to the moderation of the pianistic touch and the admirable intonation of the strings.
The program continues with the Schumann’s Phantasiestucke, a work in which already emerge the worrying signs of the composer’s illness, which will eventually bring him to madness and the death in poverty. These signs are particularly obvious in the obsessive repetition of the rhythmic cells in the fast movements. The structure of the work does not always have the character of chamber music but instead, it often assigns a role of a soloist to an instrument (above all in the Romance), creating in this way a great contrast with the opening work on the program. It is not necessary to say that the level of the performance responded fully to the challenge of the work, thanks to the all-Italian singing of the three performers.
The second part of the concert brought the particularly interesting Trio in a minor, op. 45 by Xaver Scharwenka. The work of this unknown representative of the German romanticism was very original. This in itself is already a courageous element considering the time period and the origins of the author, the land that gave the true giants to the history of music. This originality is supported by a very solid compositional structure and by an outstanding virtuosity in the piano part, even to the point of making the slow movements too long.
It should also be mentioned that the originality and the quality of the program as well as that of the performers were highly appreciated by the audience to whom the trio, in return, presented an encore by Piazzolla.
Finally, we have noticed from the biography of the trio that the three artists will soon be engaged in numerous concerts abroad. This gave us a great pleasure, knowing that these talented artists, worthy of such occasion will present in the world our prestigious music tradition.

Brenda Kean
www.music-reviews.co.uk

Entertaining guests on day three of the celebrations were the group, Nuovo Trio Parsifal of Barbara Castelli, violin Laura Pierazzuoli cello and Anna Paola Milea, piano who gave a most astounding musical concert overwhelming the guests present.

Adie Vanessa Offiong
Weekly Trust

They play with such great temperament and fantasy that left the few in the house who appreciate the uniqueness and beauty of this classical music gasping for breath and stood rooted in standing ovation for more than three minutes for the group after their heartwarming performance.

Jerry Adesewo
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Three world-renowned musical talents, who came all the way from Italy, gave a live performance of classical music on June 3. They were Barbara Castelli (violin), Laura Pierazzuoli (cello), and Anna Paola Milea (piano).

Inside Track
Saturday, July 11, 2009

"Nei due brani presentati le artiste nella loro interpretazione di successo sono state più che convincenti. Già l’inizio del Trio in Re maggiore op. 70 n°1 ci ha fatto intuire che si tratta di un ensemble dotato di eccezionale qualità musicale supportata dalla preparazione tecnica e dalla cura dell’insieme, che per la musica da camera rappresenta l’elemento principale. Nonostante il loro corto “kilometraggio” iniziato nel 2001, possiamo constatare che ci troviamo di fronte ad un ensemble di formato europeo. I successi della loro attività concertistica, evidenziati dal loro curriculum, hanno avuto la loro conferma con il concerto che abbiamo ascoltato, sia con l’esecuzione di Beethoven che del secondo Trio di Sostakovič op. 67..."