Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody

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.


 * 1) "Siberiana"  – 8:30
 * 2) "Paramour's Lullaby"  – 7:47
 * 3) "Mawazine, Pt. 1" – 2:09
 * 4) "Michelangelo's 7th Child" – 7:33
 * 5) "Gumbiero" – 6:19
 * 6) "Brave New World" – 1:54
 * 7) "Full Frontal Contrapuntal" – 4:53
 * 8) "That Way Before" – 3:06
 * 9) "Fireflies" – 4:02
 * 10) "Destination Gonzalo" – 5:17
 * 11) "Bona" – 6:02
 * 12) "Radical Rhapsody" – 5:03
 * 13) "Strawberry Fields" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:11
 * 14) "Mawazine, Pt. 2" – 2:55
 * 15) "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen) – 3:06

Personnel
World Sinfonia
 * Al Di Meola – keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, percussion
 * Fausto Beccalossi – accordion
 * Kevin Seddiki – second guitar
 * Victor Miranda – acoustic upright baby bass
 * Péter Kaszás – drums, percussion
 * Gumbi Ortiz – percussion

Guests and other musicians
 * Barry Miles – additional keyboards, string arrangements
 * Gonzalo Rubalcaba – acoustic piano (5, 10, 12, 13)
 * Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (13, 15)
 * Mino Cinelu – percussion (3, 4, 13, 14)
 * Peter Erskine – drums (4, 10, 12)


 * String section:
 * András Sturcz – cello (4, 11, 15)
 * Gyula Benkö – viola (4, 11, 15)
 * Gábor Csonka – violin (4, 11, 15)
 * Gergely Kuklis – violin (4)
 * Viktor Uhrin – violin (4, 11, 15)

Production

 * Claus Altvater – executive producer, additional photography
 * Al Di Meola – producer
 * Hernan Romero – associate producer
 * Róbert Balázs – engineer
 * Tóth Bagi Csaba – engineer, additional photography
 * Frank Filipetti – basic track engineer
 * Roy Henderson – engineer
 * Katsuhiko Naito – engineer, mixing
 * Spyros Poulos – engineer
 * Martin Cooke – assistant engineer
 * Rick Kwan – assistant engineer
 * Dave Poler – assistant engineer
 * Viktor Scheer – assistant engineer
 * Viktor Szabó – assistant engineer
 * Paul Blakemore – mastering at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio)
 * Gary Casson – business consultant
 * Susie Doherty – production coordination
 * Michael Page – art direction, design
 * Francesco Cabras – photography