Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano ; with, variously: Pablo Ziegler, José María Vitier, Eliane Elias, or Chucho Valdés, piano ; Susan Palma, Marcos Granados, flute ; Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet ; Hector del Curto, bandoneon ; Nick Danielson, violin ; Leo Grinhauz, cello ; Pablo Aslan, Jay Elfenbein, bass ; Marc Johnson, acoustic bass ; Memo Acevedo, John Amira, percussion ; Satoshi Takeishi, drums and percussion
In part, arrangements by Pablo Ziegler or Eliane Elias.
Recorded in New York, Oct.-Nov. 2001 and Feb. 2002.
Sung in Spanish and Portuguese.
Yo soy Maria (3:39) ; Los pájaros perdidos (3:43) ; Milonga sin palabras (6:17) / Piazzolla -- Soledad (5:12) ; Al alba, el bosque (8:51) ; Te vas de mí (4:24) / Vitier -- Haabiá-Tupi (4:58) / Elias -- Plancha (4:04) ; Los días perdidos (2:44) ; Plomada (2:53) / Guastavino -- Cancao do poeta do seculo XVIII (3:30) ; Estrella é lua nóva (2:36) / Villa-Lobos -- Habanera de Lorraine (4:25) ; Romanza de Denyce (2:28) / Valdés