Souvenirs of Spain and Italy Sharon Isbin, guitar. Pacifica Quartet: Simin Ganatra and Austin Hartman, violin. Mark Holloway, viola. Brandon Vamos, cello. Eduardo Leandro, castanets/tambourine. Cedille 90000 190 Total Time: 61:36 Recording: ****/**** Performance: ****/**** Guitarist Sharon Isbin joins forces with the Pacifica Quartet in this new release featuring mostly Italian music with a brief flirtation with Spain. Early this month, they performed most of the

The Black Pharaoh, The Savage, and the Princess is a new animated feature from writer-director Michel Ocelot (Kirikou) one of the French masters of this genre of filmmaking. Here he explores three different tales from Sudan, Medieval France, and 18th Century Turkey in often colorful imagery. After appearing at a few festivals this Fall, the film was released at the end of October in France (no current US release/streaming date as of this writing). The score is from composer