IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE THE GRADE
The previews sound better than entire movements - the problem is that the performers make this marvellous repertoire sound BORING. The voices are not quite good enough and the performances are not subtle enough to carry the longer tracks through to the end. They tend to end on a crescendo of dodgy harmony and strummed glissandi on the harp. Jordi Savall's lovely recording \"Alfonso X El Sabio - Cantigas De Santa Maria\" captures the magic and the strangeness of the music. A much better buy
