The Peasant Girl

“The programme, which initially looked bitty, adds up to a coherent sequence...All of the performance have energy and imagination, and even though Kodaly's Duo, passionately played by Mullova and Barley, might seem at a tangent to the rest, it makes perfect sense as the culmination of a beautifully recorded album.” --BBC Music Magazine, September 2011 *****

“[this disc] mingles gypsy-influenced jazz compositions by the Modern Jazz Quartet and Weather Report with several of Bartók's folk-derived pieces and Zoltan Kodály's three-part "Duo for violin and cello". The latter's astringent, bare-wire tonalities are the standout here, aptly described by Barley as not so much classical influenced by gypsy music, as gypsy music with a smart set of clothes.” --The Independent, 24th June 2011 ***

“sit back and enjoy the brilliant, imaginative playing, with its interesting dialogue between the performance styles of jazz and classical music...[Mullova] certainly sounds spontaneous but retains a disciplined polish from her classical training...all in all this is a very stimulating programme, performed with flair and finesse.” --Gramophone Magazine, October 2011

Vanessa Mae: Greatest Hits

Vanessa-Mae is an internationally known British pop and classical musician, especially noted for her violin skills. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion," as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style. Vanessa-Mae made her international professional debut at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany in 1988, and also during 1988 made her concerto debut on stage with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London.

Los Impossibles

El conjunto que lidera la arpista y tiorbista Christina Pluhar presenta su primer trabajo centrado íntegramente en las músicas ibéricas. Los Impossibles congrega todos los elementos que han hecho de L’Arpeggiata uno de los grupos con más éxito y proyección de los últimos años, en especial esa particular mezcla de rigor histórico y fantasía que logra subyugar desde los primeros compases, y cuenta con una serie de invitados tan ilustres como inesperados entre los que están el guitarrista flamenco Pepe Habichuela o el conjunto coral The King’s Singers.

Los Pájaros Perdidos

“L'Arpeggiata's performances are always technically impeccable, heartfelt and often rather beautiful. But here, as with their 2006 album, Los Impossibles, I find several compositions and arrangements a touch too slick. There are some considerable pleasures, though, including Lincoln's Almada's exuberant arpa llanera...and some fine singing, not least from countertenor Philippe Jaroussky.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 ****

“This may be a crossover disc, but it offers a fascinating fusion of early European and Latin American music, in what Pluhar, its director-theorbist, calls “South America’s living baroque”...If Philippe Jaroussky sounds out of place, the earthy, sensual vocalists Lucilla Galeazzi and Luciana Mancini are the real deal.” Sunday Times

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