Szolnok album release concert review, Sydney Morning Herald by John Shand
If you can make sound tell a story it becomes music, and were Daniel Weltlinger not a musician, he would still be a story-teller…he uses notes the way a supremely elegant writer – say, Austen or Orwell – uses words, so the sounds, rhythms and sentence constructions dovetail with the meaning so perfectly that the reader’s eye dances effortlessly along each line.
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Szolnok album interview, Downbeat by Aaron Cohen, 04/08/2019
The story could be a Hollywood epic.
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Szolnok album review, Sydney Morning Herald by John Shand, 26/07/2019
This is the one he’s been working towards. This is the one where the violin sound flows from the speakers like thickened cream; where the programmatic ideas and the purely musical ones are in complete accord.
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Samoreau album review, Guitar Traditions by George W. Harris, 08/06/2017
Violinist Daniel Weltlinger composes and plays new material in the tradition of Django Reinhardt, but with a look to the future.
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Samoreau album review, Sydney Morning Herald by John Shand, 23/04/2017
This album is often so swollen with beauty it is like time-lapse photography of tulips blooming.
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Samoreau album review, Hooked On Music by Michael Koenig, 30/06/2017
Daniel Weltlinger und seine hochkarätigen musikalischen Begleiter machen “Samoreau – A Tribute To The Fans Of Django Reinhardt“ zu einem dem Gedenken Django Reinhardts würdigen Stück Klangkunst, das lange nachhallt.
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Koblenz album review, Sydney Morning Herald by John Shand, 21/12/2014
The music of Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli has spawned countless imitators and revivalists the world over but where others have used the Gypsy swing idiom as a vehicle for virtuosity, Weltlinger brings a refreshing sense of innocence to bear. The violinist imbues the melodies and his sound with a lightness and joyousness that can coexist with any sadness or pensiveness implicit in a given piece.
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The Four Questions album review, Gapplegate Guitar & Bass Blog by Grego Applegate Edwards, 13/02/2013
Anyone who finds traditional Jewish and modern improvisational strains a welcome mix will no doubt feel as I do after listening a few times. I do not doubt. And if you have no idea what such a combination could be like, get a copy and experiment. It’s good for you!
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The Four Questions album review, Jazz Weekly by George W. Harris, 27/12/2012
The music itself mixes exotic moods that will remind you of nights on the Mediterranean coast (“Kohanim”) but the band can also play a few tricks on you as well. A song like “Hallel” may start out as a traditional Freilach, but before you can say “Mazel Tov” the song turns into a burning little jazz piece. The dramatic mood swings on “Ma Nishtana” delivers some impressive bass work, while the pensive “Hine Ma Tov” is as somber as a Shabbat Candle Prayer. Impressive on a musical, cultural and religious level.
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