Mediterraneo

"So here's the rub. Yes, L'Arpeggiata's precision plucking is lovely, but its musical Mediterranean is a fantasy - like all those sun-drenched holiday dreams ... This is not a voyage in a humble fishing boat, sampling real folk music at ports from Portugal to Turkey; we are on a tourist cruise - not a brash one, but a refined tour where we avoid any hard edges or uncomfortable truths. And that includes the music".