Credits:

Judy Loman

Description:

Packed with hidden gems, all colored by mystical tones!This album lets you fully enjoy the charm of the harpan instrument with a very long history, yet one whose mechanics advanced rapidly and whose expressive capabilities expanded over the 300 years during which the works on this disc first appeared. You can fully appreciate the unique charm of the harpnot only in modern and contemporary works, where the instruments characteristic torrential arpeggios appear frequently, but also in Classical-era pieces, where such playing techniques had not yet been established and most passages resemble those of the pianothrough its rich, archaic tone. Another delightful aspect of this disc is the opportunity to discover numerous hidden gems by lesser-known but highly skilled composers from various erasand thus a diverse range of styles.Naxos Japan