In this CD you find 23 songs by Jaime León, a Colombian composer born in 1921 in Cartagena de Indias. These songs were published by Patricia Caicedo in her 2 books title The Colombian Art Song: Jaime León, analysis and compilation of his works for voice and piano. Patricia is with no doubt the person who knows better Leon´s works and style.

"This publication is a small but significant step toward this vision of a level field of artistic access and interaction. A modest parallel to UNESCO’s recognition of León’s birthplace of Cartagena de Indias as a World Heritage site, it holds up its native son’s music as an object worthy of world admiration. In it, Dr. Patricia Caicedo’s honed aesthetic discernment and passion for vocal performance converge with one of the richest veins of Jaime León’s creative corpus—works for voice and piano, in large part based on poems by Colombian writers. The result is this rare gem of published and recorded music, a testimony to León’s internationalist outlook and an invitation to performers, composers, and savants to savor this subtle musical blend that Maestro Jaime León has prepared for us. Bon appetit!¨Daniel Sheehy, Ph.D. - Director & Curator Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Complete song list:

1.    Siempre (poesía de Alfredo Gómez Jaime, 1878-1946)
2.    A ti (poesía de José Asunción Silva, 1865-1896)
3.    Más que nunca (poesía de Maruja Vieira, 1922)
4.    Todo pasó (poesía de Rafael Maya, 1897-1980)
5.    Cancion de cuna (poesía de Eduardo Carranza, 1913-1985)
6.    Tu madre en la fuente (poesía de Eduardo Carranza, 1913-1985)
7.    Rima (poesía de Eduardo Carranza, 1913-1985)
8.    Vago soneto (poesía de Eduardo Carranza, 1913-1985)
9.    Aves y ensueños (poesía de José Joaquín Casas, 1865-1951)
10.    A mi ciudad nativa (poesía de Luís Carlos López, 1879-1950)
11.    Algun día (poesía de Dora Castellanos, 1924)
12.    Don Paramplín (poesía de Eduardo Carranza, 1913-1985)

Canciones infantiles
I.    Pequeña, pequeñita (poesía de Francisco Delgado Santos, 1950)
II.    Muñeco dormilón (poesía de Adalberto Ortíz, 1914-2003)
III.    Viaje (poesía de Renán de la Torre)
IV.    Caballito de madera (poesía de Francisco Delgado Santos, 1950)
V.    La Tunda para el negrito (poesía de Adalberto Ortíz, 1914-2003)
VI.    El columpio (poesía de Renán de la Torre)

CANCIONES DE NAVIDAD (poesía de Rigoberto Cordero y León, 1944-2001)
I.    Villancico de la estrella
II.    El asnillo y el buey
III.    Cancioncilla de navidad
IV.    Villancico de las campanas
13.    Cancion de noel (poesía de Eduardo Castillo, 1889-1980)