IF MUNOZ IS A TORNADO, ROMERO IS A BALMY BREEZE; A FRED ASTAIRE OF FLAMENCO, RELAXED AND ELEGANT EVEN IN THE MOST EMPHATIC OF MOMENTS
This is flamenco on fast-forward. The dazzlingly diverse dancers extend the format, expand the vocabulary, push the envelope.
The Times
PENA'S TECHNIQUE WAS FLAWLESS, FROM SILKY TREMOLOS TO FIERY STRUMMED RASGUEDOS
Pena is noted for amazing technical fluency and expressing nunace, but above all for interpreting the bravura display into the totally true, spontaneous statement of emotion he sees as the heart of flamenco.
Los Angeles Times
MIXING THE DIVINE AND THE DARING
...the most fascinating blend of sacred and profane this revered hall had witnessed.
The Evening Standard
HIS MUSICIANS AND SINGERS CHARISMATICALLY EXPRESS LOVE OF FREEDOM, RESIGNATION UNDER OPPRESSION AND AN UNCONQUERABLE FAITH THAT SOARS FROM AN ANGUISHED SOUL
Time Magazine
PENA'S INTRICATE GUITAR MELODIES SEEMED TO FLOAT OUT TO INFINITY
The Washington Post
The flamenco guitarist Paco Pena brought his exuberant 'Misa Flamenca' to New York for the first time and came up with more than the usual treatment of indigenous forms in a folk mass.
New York Times
THE MISA IS THAT RAREST OF THINGS, A TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL FUSION OF DISPARATE FORMS
The Boston Globe
Paco Peña demuestra, como creador, que es no sólo un guitarrista flamenco excepcional, sino también un músico, sin adjetivos limitadores, capaz de cualquier empeño.Hay partes de esta misa que tienen el empaque de música sinfónica, brillantez y esplendor literalmente deslumbradores. La Misa flamenca de Paco Peña es ya, sin duda, un hito de especiales connotaciones en este género de obras.
