Argentina Songs

Featuring

Soledad Cardoso
Quimey Urquiaga
Carlos Guastavino
Gilardo Gilardi
Lía Cimaglia Espinosa
Emilio Antonio Dublanc

Arturo Luzzatti

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Carlos Guastavino, a key Argentine composer, was deeply moved by the writings of Gabriela Mistral, a Nobel Prize in Literature winner, leading him to compose songs that identify with Latin American social issues.

Composition History

Some of Carlos Guastavino's songs on this album, like 'Mi viña de Chapanay' and 'Noches de Santa Fe', emerged during the 1960s 'boom del folclore' in Argentina, reflecting a folk revival.

Composer Biography

The album combines works by two composers born in the late 19th century with three others born around 1910, the year of the 100th anniversary of Argentina's May Revolution.

Critical Reception

Gilardo Gilardi's 'Trece canciones argentinas' were premiered by renowned historical voices like Hina Spani and Jane Bathori, but the complete cycle was not published until the late 1960s, limiting its early diffusion.

Album & Artwork

This album features a collection of Argentine chamber songs with piano, a repertoire that is still largely unexplored.

Compositional Technique

Gilardo Gilardi's 'Trece canciones argentinas' incorporates allusions to Argentine musical folklore, including elements of vidalita, zamba, chacarera, media caña, and pericón.

Composer Biography

Gilardo Gilardi and the poet Leopoldo Lugones, whose poems are set in Gilardi's 'Trece canciones argentinas', were friends who shared a fondness for observing nature in Buenos Aires' Botanical Garden.