"Top of the world" - "This irrepressible Finnish harmonica quartet have delighted and astonished us for 17 years, producing eight albums ranging music from Sibelius and Chopin to tango, Baltic and bluegrass, and entertaining us with the brilliance of their live concerts. Behind their outrageous virtuosity, navigating different sizes of harmonica, are four supremely gifted composers and arrangers. Their latest release pays homage to what they call their 'spiritual home', Finnish folk music: ancient runo songs, the kantele and jouhikko traditions and the great fiddle heritage ... "Kirkonkellot" is a kantele tune based on the sound of church bells, but its cascading rhythms come alive in Sväng's arrangement achieved by throwing motifs around "like a ball game", they say ... And who wouldn't want to join them in the set of quadrilles that end the album, "Katrillia, Pilkkua ja Wappua", tunes that leave us giddy and breathless. In Sväng we trust. Always".
