Thank you for this excellent review, Jim. I have not heard the CDs yet (anxiously awaited!) but managed to overhear a few minutes of the recording sessions. The deep involvement of the whole team was apparent, total commitment to a work that almost certainly few even knew existed. One quibble Jim, Kirill Karabits deserves considerablep raise, not just fot this but for "discovering" so much East/West music. He deserved a stronger mention!