Art Songs of Latin-America Vol.1

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Lied: Art Songs of Latin America (2001) is a compilation of 25 of the most beautiful Latin American art songs, works inspired by German lieder and written by 20th century Latin American composers for piano and voice works by Ginastera, Guastavino, Estevez, Ovalle, León, Ponce, Morales Pino, Calvo y Obradors, some of them recorded for the first time on this CD, are a thorough review (complete song list) of the complexities of Latin American sensitivities and musical expression. These are songs of extraordinary beauty with texts taken from the giants of Latin American poetry and letters.

The sweetness and understanding with which Patricia Caicedo interprets this repertoire and the quality of the works themselves make this CD a must-have for everyone interested in expanding their musical horizons to include what has been, until now, a relatively undiscovered but vitally important and musically satisfying genre. She is accompanied by the pianist Pau Casan with whom she has a well establish duet. CD reviews

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singerpat (Saturday, 25 July 2009)
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Lied is such a funny little art form, it's delicate, quiet, and poetic, it's definitely an acquired taste and most importantly, it's harder than shit
to sing. With that said, lied, or art songs, is one of my favorite genres in classical music. With its origins stemming from Germany in the 1800's,
lieder became the perfect marriage between poetry and music. But the art song idiom hardly rested in the vaults of our cousins across that great big
pond. Latin American lied has always taken back seat to the jolting percussion and rhythms of Caribbean sounds, bandoneons and mariachi bands, but
quietly in the corner sat the Latin American art song, waiting to be re-discovered. This is not an artist's first foray into this territory, Victoria
De Los Angeles, Teresa Berganza and Alfredo Krauss have paved the way long before Ms. Caicedo came along. Ms. Caicedo makes them proud through this
recording that reveals nuance and appreciation for an undervalued art form that deserves more recognition than it gets. The CD opens with "Cuatro
Canciones Coloniales" (Four Colonial songs), a beautiful set of songs set by Carlos Guastavino that reminds me of Reynaldo Hahn and the French
school of lieder. These lovely pieces are wistful and sorrowful and when Ms. Caicedo sings "Prestame tu panuelito", she sings these notes
with the somberness of a heart broken lover that has lost everything.
By William Gregory taken from The Midwest Ursine