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.

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"A Mi Ciudad Nativa is meant to complement Caicedo’s previous recording, Lied: Art Songs of Latin America (2001).2 On the earlier disc, Caicedo presented songs that were more familiar (at least to listeners with some knowledge of Latin-American music), and it was recorded at a time when she was in the early stages of her research on Latin-American art songs. This new recording represents the broadening of her knowledge of the repertoire through research and through the cultivation of relationships with living twentieth-century composers or with their descendents. Reportedly she has amassed a collection of scores for some 2,500 songs from eighteen countries, a number that amazes even those of us who have studied Latin-American art songs for some time."

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Complete song list:

Colombia

Jaime León (1921)
1.      A ti *                                
2.      Algun día *                      
3.      Si no fuera por *
4.      ti  A mi ciudad Nativa *
5.      Cancioncilla

José María Tena (1895-1952)
6.      Romance de la niña negra  *

Adolfo Mejía (1905 -1973)                                  
7.      Cartagena                                             
8.      Te quiero  *

Brasil

Claudio Santoro (1919-1989)
9.      Acalanto da Rosa                                 
10. Em algum lugar

Osvaldo Lacerda (1928)- Brasil
11. poemeto erótico*
12. menino doente*

Francisco Mignone (1897-1986)
13. Quando uma flor desabrocha

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
14. Estrela e lúa nova                                                                               

Argentina

Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
15. Los días perdidos
16. En los surcos del amor       

Julio Perceval (1903-1963)
17.  Triste me voy a los campos

Ariel Ramírez (1921)
18. Alfonsina y el mar

Perú

Theodoro Valcárcel (1899-1942)
Cuatro Canciones Incaicas                                                                                                    
19.         I.  Suray - Surita *                                                                           
20.        II.  H’ Acuchu *                                  
21.       III.  W’ Ay *                                          
22.       IV.  Chililin – Uth’ Aja  *

Venezuela

Juan B. Plaza (1898-1965)
23. Cuando el caballo se para*
24. Hilando el copo del viento*

Bolivia

Eduardo Caba (1890-1953)
25. Kapurí *
26. Flor de Bronce *

México

Manuel M. Ponce (1882-1948)
27. A la orilla de un palmar

CUBA
Nilo Meléndez (1902-1987)
28. Aquellos ojos verdes