Four accordions, no extra fluff, brilliant musicians doing challenging and beautitful music with Portuguese roots and a global outlook. Highly recommended!

Cliff Furnald, in cdroots.com

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A restrained, sometimes plaintive, album from this Portuguese accordion quartet. (…) Their music well and feel no need to impress. So there is nothing pyrotechnic about this music – it’s restrained, somewhat formal and sometimes plaintive. (…) The player also incorporate the idiosyncrasies of their instruments: buttons clack, bellows ant and blare. (…) Though it is often melancholic, Travessa da espera can be warm, even playful: this is glowing coals rather than blazing log music.

Julian May,  in Songlines November / December 2002

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(…) This is a majestic album, a clever one too, simple and well-handled at the same time. In fifty minutes it offers a musical synthesis that contains both everything and nothing because it reinvents and renews the genre the whole time.

Etienne Bours, in Répertoire May 2002 (nota máxima, 10 de Répertoire)

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(…) The group doesn’t just give a monolithic or forced performance. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine a better bridge between popular tradition, classical music and modern experimentation.

Pierre Massé, in  Classica April 2002 (nota máxima, 5 de Classica)