"Virtuosity and expression are not the first two traits most listeners associate with the harp. But Elizabeth Hainen makes a case for the instrument as something more than the angel-food cake of the orchestra in this budget release of transcriptions and works written especially for harp. Her fine, fast work in Liszt′s Liebestraume brings to a harpist of considerably more skill than we ordinarily have a chance to hear from her principal chair in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Elias parish Alvars′ Serenade is a kind of bel canto for harp - fanciful ornamentation and strong melody - and Hainen treats it as such. She also gets a lovely bell-tone. The best thing about Hainen′s playing is the way she makes a melody sing. It′s hard to imagine Glinka′s Nocturne sounding more musical."