Arianna Savall voz, arpa triple, arpa gótica, arpa celta y bol tibetano Petter Johansen voz y haringfele, Ferran Savall voz y tiorba Javier Mas guitarra acústica de 12 cuerdas y laúd Mario Mas guitarra española, Bjørn Kjellemyr contrabajo Dimitri Psonis santur, buzuki y lira de Creta Pedro Estevan, David Mayoral percusiones
The long-awaited second “solo” album by the talented singer/harpist expands greatly on her debut, 2003’s Bella Terra. Here the music is performed by a unique nine-piece ensemble including brother Ferran Savall on vocals and the lute-like theorb, vocalist Petter Johansen plus guitar, lute, double bass, santour, bouzouki and percussion. Based on a taoist tale (Prince Peiwoh playing a wondrous harp, whose stubborn spirit should be tamed but by the greatest of musicians), this album, like so many on the best-selling, family run Alia Vox label, represents a breathing-in of various traditions from East and west, “classical” and “world”. Arianna is particularly enamoured of early forms of improvisation. Arianna enhances the textiural variation by performing on a variety of instruments: the small Gothic harp, the rich, subtle Italian baroque harp, and the trademark majesty of her usual Celtic harp.
