"Sublimely beautiful idylls and dreamlike weavings of intercontinental musical traditions form Kôrôlén, a six-piece suite of compositions performed by kora virtuoso Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra. Delicate arrangements by Nico Muhly and Ian Gardiner for the Orchestra let Diabaté take the lead with Mandé traditional music, accompanied not only by the Orchestra but by countrymen and frequent collaborators Kassé Mady Diabaté (who passed away in 2018 but whose voice is as vital as ever on this 2008 recording made at London’s Barbican Centre) and Lassana Diabaté on balafon. It’s a concert of consummate professionals, gentle and capable of coming together to create new sounds inspired by the old."

Disc has a few light marks.

• 1 Haïnamady Town
• 2 Mama Souraka
• 3 Elyne Road
• 4 Cantalowes Dream
• 5 Moon Kaira
• 6 Mamadou Kanda Keita