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Desdenosa (Disdainful, from La Llorona) This bold, insinuating waltz shows off Lhasa's lightning-quick ability to change tone and colour, while cutting you like a knife.

Mi Vanidad (My Vanity, from La Llorona) A dangerous cabaret dance that feels both intimate and colossal in scale.

La confession (from The Living Road) A calmly furious French song about hiding one's own failings behind those of others: "I put my most pure thoughts up for sale …"

Con Toda Palabra (from The Living Road) This obsessively catchy number has a subtle Latin feeling and a strong sense of fatality.

Fool's Gold (from Lhasa) A swaying waltz with harp, as plain and sad as an old folk ballad, with a gospel-style chorus.

Love Came Here (from Lhasa) A slow blues, straight and inescapable: "There is no end to this story, no final blow or glory …"

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