If our daughter was interested in becoming a fine choral musician, and money was no object, we would without hesitation send her to the Kodaly Zoltan Special Music Elementary and Grammar School, Music School and Conservatory in Kecskemet, Hungary. There, language and cultural obstacles aside, we would expect director Laszlo Duranyik to work his magic, either in his Miraculum Children's Choir, to which we just gave a rave review, or in the smaller Aurin Girls' Choir, comprised of selected girls over 14 who were previously members of Miraculum, seen here posing confidently on a stairway in the liner notes. We can tell from the first strains of Biebl's "Ave Maria" how good this choir is, and each singer individually. 18 cuts, a lot of classical sacred material such as "Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Laudate pueri," Brahms' "Ave Maria," Gyongyosi's "Cantate domino" and others. Traditional Hungarian folksongs "Sir a kisgalambom" and "Oktobernek elsejen,' Hungarian master Zoltan Kodaly's "Chi d'amor sente" and "Villo," Jozsef Karai's "Sarkozi karikazo," and bonus tracks "Musica" by Jacobus Gallus, Praetorius' "Es is ein Ros entsprungen" and the traditional spiritual "Deep River" are among our favorites. Every piece here is stunning, inspiring and exquisite!

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