Spirit of Brazil

��there are gems such as the successful arrangement of Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 by former Aquarelle member Richard Safhill, and the incredible six-movement Br�sils by Roland Dyens, in which the AGQ manage convincingly to sound like an Amazonian rainforest and a marching band at the Carnival de Rio. Guitarquartetophobes - your cure has arrived!� --Gramophon, May 2009

�With outstanding playing an infectious spirit, this is no mere niche guitar CD, but a luscious and lively general-appeal winner.� --BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 *****

�If one guitar quartet can give a traditional string quartet a run for its money in terms of abundant technique and breathtaking artistry, it is the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet� --INternational Record Rewiev, June 2009

��this is the best Brazilian program I�ve heard in quite a while.� --American Record Guide