Terra Mater CD
The world music-leaning period instrument band L’Arpeggiata, led by theorbo player Christina Pluhar celebrates nature in a mostly Baroque program (Monteverdi, Bononcini, Biber and Handel) coupled with traditional songs and ballads. As Pluhar writes, “You will hear the chirping of the nightingales, sweet birds, cuckoos, frogs and chicken, the whispers of the winds, heavy storms and the rumbling of the seas.” The album features Swedish mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman (mother of Greta Thunbereg), a versatile singer who thrives in genres ranging from cabaret and jazz to opera.
