I have a particular weakness for strings. If it is played on the violin, viola or cello, I love it. I vacilate between which I like best but I truly love good cello playing. Because of that, David Darling is definitely near the top of my list of favorite musicians.

Darling is another musician who has rejected the label of new age. He views his music as not having, “the busyness of progressive jazz, that has a meditative quality.” In the early 1990’s, Darling released the CD, “Cello,” which combined acoustic and electric cello with the hauntingly beautiful tones of Gregorian Chant.

A reviewer of his work says it best. You can read more about David Darling at this site as well, which is linked below.

His music is emerald fire on a midnight sea, an arctic exhalation amidst stifling summer heat, a northwest wind driving out a confusion of fog. It is archaic, intense and yet almost always calming. And thus far it has not ceased to carry me wherever it travels, however mysterious such places might be.
Kris Larson

David Darling Official Web Site

David Darling at Musicolog.com