Editorial Reviews 　　Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia and his trio pick up on their acclaimed 2011 release The River of Anyder with a new selection of chants, hymns and dances, all written by Battaglia and inspired by descriptions of visionary places from art and literature from Alfred Kubin, Jonathan Swift or Charles Fourier to Italo Calvino. Songways finds a new harmonic balance between archaic modal pre-tonal chant and dances, pure tonal songs and hymns and abstract texture, Battgalia says, thus documenting the natural development of the Trio life, with a larger space for action from the drums. 　　Recorded April 19-21, 2012 at Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano 　　Recording Engineer: Stefano Amerio 　　DDD 　　Produced by Manfred Eicher