title: Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
text: # Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | All About Jazz | (positive) |
  
  Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 2011.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Al Di Meola except where noted.
  
  * "Siberiana" – 8:30
  * "Paramour's Lullaby" – 7:47
  * "Mawazine, Pt. 1" – 2:09
  * "Michelangelo's 7th Child" – 7:33
  * "Gumbiero" – 6:19
  * "Brave New World" – 1:54
  * "Full Frontal Contrapuntal" – 4:53
  * "That Way Before" – 3:06
  * "Fireflies" – 4:02
  * "Destination Gonzalo" – 5:17
  * "Bona" – 6:02
  * "Radical Rhapsody" – 5:03
  * "Strawberry Fields" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:11
  * "Mawazine, Pt. 2" – 2:55
  * "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen) – 3:06
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### World Sinfonia
  
  * Al Di Meola – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, producer
  * Fausto Beccalossi – accordion
  * Péter Kaszás – drums, percussion
  * Victor Miranda – acoustic upright baby bass
  * Gumbi Ortiz – percussion
  * Kevin Seddiki – second guitar
  
  ### Guests and other musicians
  
  * Mino Cinélu – percussion (3, 4, 13, 14)
  * Peter Erskine – drums (4, 10, 12)
  * Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (13, 15)
  * Gonzalo Rubalcaba – piano (5, 10, 12, 13)
  * Barry Miles – additional keyboards, string arrangements
  * String section:
     * Gyula Benkö – viola (4, 11, 15)
     * Gábor Csonka – violin (4, 11, 15)
     * Gergely Kuklis – violin (4)
     * András Sturcz – cello (4, 11, 15)
     * Viktor Uhrin – violin (4, 11, 15)
  
  ### Other credits
  
  * Claus Altvater – executive producer, photography
  * Róbert Balázs – engineer
  * Paul Blakemore – mastering
  * Francesco Cabras – photography
  * Gary Casson – business consultant
  * Martin Cooke – assistant engineer
  * Susie Doherty – production coordination
  * Frank Filipetti – engineer
  * Roy Henderson – engineer
  * Rick Kwan – assistant engineer
  * Katsuhiko Naito – engineer, mixing
  * Michael Page – art direction, design
  * Dave Poler – assistant engineer
  * Spyros Poulos – engineer
  * Hernan Romero – associate producer
  * Viktor Scheer – assistant engineer
  * Viktor Szabó – assistant engineer
  * Csaba Tóth – engineer, photography
  
  ## Chart performance
  
  | Year | Chart | Position |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 4 |
  