Harpist Caroline Léonardelli’s Juno nominated recording El Dorado released in the United States

Oct. 3, 2010 - PRLog -- Ottawa, October 1, 2010, - Centaur Classics is proud to announce that its recording El Dorado by harpist Caroline Léonardelli initially available in Canada has now been released in the United States & Europe.  Caroline Léonardelli received a 2010 Juno nomination for “Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble” for El Dorado.

The nomination firmly establishes Caroline as a world-class musician and recording artist.  The recording features two compositions from the Juno award-winning composer Marjan Mozetich including the premiere small ensemble arrangement of El Dorado.  Caroline is featured on solo harp and in for the title composition in ensemble with the Penderecki String Quartet and bassist Joel Quarrington.

The other Juno nominess for Classical Album of the Year: Solo or chamber included James Ehnes – Paganini 24 Caprices, Joel Quarrington – Garden Scene, I Musici de Montreal – Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Quartet No. 1, and Angèle Dubeau & La Pieta – Philip Glass: Portrait.

The recording has received exceptional critical acclaim from prominent classical music publications including:

“A piquant potpourri of harp music tempered by melancholy expression ... Léonardelli is a skilled musician.” – Gramophone Magazine

“Léonardelli’s sensitive voicing and phrasing in Song of Nymphs sets the interpretive standard.  … Léonardelli’s tremendous interpretive ability is matched by astonishing engineering and production … It doesn’t get much better than this for solo musicianship or recorded sound.”  – The Music Scene

“exceptionally scintillating performance”  - The WholeNote Magazine

“Léonardelli displays not only her remarkable musicianship, but also the harp's various personalities” – Classical Music Sentinel

This independent recording was initially released in Canada and now has been made available in the United States and Internationally.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW.CAROLINELEONARDELLI.COM

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