We like to imagine that the Italian composer â?“ recently re-emerged from the deeps of the infinite musical abyss by Gus Van Sant who choosed some pieces of him for the soundtrack of Paranoid Park â?“ Nino Rota has awaken all the fairies with the help of the eccentric notes of "Il Giardino delle Fate" and subsequently the guys behind the French label Prikosnovenie temporarily compelled them to record their tunes in a studio in order to enhance human lives some times ago, revealing their spells and their enchanting choirs drop by drop as this magical series of compilations entitled Fairy World (..if youâ??re lucky enough, you should find a special limited edition including a dvd, containing some live recordings from last year edition of La Nuit Des Fées and ten nice clips of musicians enriching the label roster... ) has already reached the fifth volume. And a warm welcome is given to listeners absorbed by Tolkien-like reverie as well as Celtic and Breton fables by the Russian symphonic 7-piece orchestra Caprice, able to immediately set the distinctive atmospheric aura of this collection with trembling, tinkles and dreamlike sounds in Sage: the sample of a laughing baby seems to evoke a narrative set as well as the notorious myth according to which fairies love to show themselves to little babies. The fairiesâ?? attitude to operate similarly as suffragettes is partially confirmed by the lovely Me and Rose by the lovely pop-folk English singer Mel Garside (formerly of the Medieval Babies), taken from the third album of her solo project Maple Bee; the title (and the song of course) could have some references to her personal biography, referring to Rosie, the small yacht on which she spent her childhood travelling across the oceans. A touch of Nordic taste has been thrown in the cauldron by the enchanting voice of Valvran (... have a look to the curious legend about this ravens according to Danish folklore... ), reminding to our minds other great Nordic female voices such as Mari Boine. More or less on the same frequencies, the "Nostalgica Avanguardia" by Italian Riccardo Prencipeâ??s project Corde Oblique mixing folk Mediterranean elements and minimal classical music (reminding to us pianists such as Ludovico Einaudi or Max Richter) on melancholic lyrics drawing a desolate world and wishing the advent of a "new humanity" mediated from "synthetic fables and mechanical diseases" -!-. Back-reversed recordings, new age essences and fascinating fawnings marks the collaborative projects Lys, founded by the Czech violinist Ivo Sedlacek (signing also the 11th track entitled Sun, which reminds to us those session of music therapist intended for people with mental diseases) and Frédéric Chaplain. The fact that national boundaries faded away in this selection is clear from the astonishingly wide range of folk influences: flavorings from Japan (Crista Galliâ??s Yama-Ho), Irish-Celtic (the ethno-meditative mixture proposed by Poussieres dâ??Etolies, Savaâ??s nice mixture of medieval artifacts â?“ an highlight of this sampler directly from Faunâ??s leaders! â?“ and the musical box-like harp textures by the interesting Moldavian harpist Alizbar), Balkans (Aman Doktor -Stellamaraâ??s reprise of a traditional old Turkish theme with the hypnotic vocals by Sonja Drakulich - and Star of the winds â?“ an impressive nocturne partially mediated by Balkan choirs and sacred music from the repertoire by Bulgarian combo Irfan â?“ guide listenersâ?? minds towards Eastern musical landscapes... ). But thereâ??re also strange mosaics of sounds from different contexts: have a listen for instance to Platoun by Omasphere combining tribal chants, middle-eastern chimes, medieval and electronic music â?“ a stand-out! -. The consuming pianistic reverie (Einaudiâ??s anthems resurface to our musical memories yet... ) and the touching lyrical session of Last Dance taken from Luigi Rubinoâ??s "A Theme For The Moon" stands as a powerful ending for this emotional sonic chipboard!