ONLINE MERKER: CRITIC MENDELSSOHN X FILES CD

There are recordings that are like a refined Sunday brunch with salmon and orange juice. Nice, but after ten minutes, you've forgotten what was on your plate. And then there are recordings like this new CD on Fuga Libera : a musical adventure that begins with an unexpected coup. Uxía Martínez Botana, a world-renowned double bassist who is avowedly not squeamish about convention, has decided: the cello spot in the quartet will be hijacked without further ado. And lo and behold – Mendelssohn sounds as if he's suddenly gained a faster heart rate.

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