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To my Native City - Art Songs of Latin America Vol. 2
Patricia Caicedo
To my Native City - Art Songs of Latin America Vol. 2
Genre: Classical
 
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A mi ciudad nativa - To My Native City: Art Songs of Latin America Volume II. (2006), is a compilation of 28 songs by Latin American composers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú and Ven...  more »

     
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All Artists: Patricia Caicedo
Title: To my Native City - Art Songs of Latin America Vol. 2
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Mundo Arts Records
Original Release Date: 12/25/2005
Re-Release Date: 1/1/2006
Genre: Classical
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 634479131455

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A mi ciudad nativa - To My Native City: Art Songs of Latin America Volume II. (2006), is a compilation of 28 songs by Latin American composers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú and Venezuela. Most of the songs are first time recorded. You can see the complete song list. The importance of a recording like that which we present today dwells not only in the fact that a number of songs are recorded here for the first time which makes this CD an interesting development in terms of the recorded repertory, but also in its musicological importance and in the possibilities of disseminating this new repertory. Some of the songs of this CD are publish in the book: The Latin American Art Song: A Critical Anthology and Interpretative Guide for Singers by Patricia Caicedo. Among the songs that are recorded in this CD are the "Cuatro canciones incaicas" (Four Inca Songs) that are recorded for first time. This songs represented a landmark in the history of the Latin American Art Song for having been some of the first art songs written in an indigenous language, the Quechua. The CD has a 28 page booklet with comments about the songs and the composers. It also has the poems in the original language and with English translations. You can buy this CD now, more than 200 people have bought it in advance! Songs are in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Quechua.