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This album is a unique phenomenon in the modern Ukrainian music. Really. Interesting attempts to modernize the classical music have already been undertaken – it is worth mentioning the "Le Forze Del Destino". But. Here we have, first, interpretation of the European classics in the Latin American vein, which they definitely have not tried here so far, at least at the scale of an entire album. And, second – not only the music, but also the vocal manner has been reconsidered. Radically. An original idea – and, quite possibly, flawless implementation. Anyway, I see no reasons – none at all – to find faults. And I am happy with that...

To my mind, the key heroes of the album "Amor" are Tanya Sha and Svet. Everything else – these are six years of work, about thirty musicians more from several countries and continents, the lecture with Monteverdi's music as the penultimate point, etc. – that was needed just in order that the drink, already excellent, acquired some nobility. The special one that appears only with time – if it is filled with experience. However, there is another protagonist – death. More precisely – its impermanence, oddly enough. Thus – immortality. Arguments? Here you are: the "youngest" piece from the track list of the album (the aria "Vesti la giubba" ("Ridi Pagliaccio") from the opera "Pagliacci") – this year becomes exactly 120 years old, the "oldest" (the madrigal "Amor") is approximately 380 years old. So, what did they sing? – "...This music will be eternal, if I replace the battery"... That's it.

Anton Yozhyk Leyba (Hedgehog)