{"id":17514,"date":"2025-05-31T09:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T07:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=17514"},"modified":"2025-05-31T09:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T07:12:35","slug":"episode-363-orchestral-song-of-latin-america-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/episode-363-orchestral-song-of-latin-america-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 363. Orchestral Song of Latin America, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 363. Orchestral Song of Latin America, Part 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1561-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Villa-Lobos-636x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Villa-Lobos-636x1024.png 636w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Villa-Lobos-186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Villa-Lobos.png 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heitor Villa-Lobos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago I had the idea of doing a program devoted to American orchestral song. It did not take me long to realize that once again \u201cAmerican [that is to say, US] Exceptionalism\u201d was distorting my viewpoint, because there is a rich legacy of orchestral song not only in the United States, but also in both Canada and Latin America. Therefore I will concern myself separately with each of these diverse Americas. Today\u2019s episode is the first of two that plunges into a repertoire that, with a few exceptions, is, I daresay, virtually unknown to the majority of my audience: Latin American orchestral song. The exception is, of course, Heitor Villa-Lobos. Though vocal music was not a focal point of his output, there remain, nonetheless, songs of his which are known throughout the world. I use these, and the semi-classical songs of Mexican Manuel M. Ponce, as a launching pad to this fascinating \u201cdipping of the toes\u201d into a repertoire that fully deserves our attention, and which includes a segment on another Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, as performed by a wide array of singers, including Bid\u00fa Say\u00e3o, Irma Gonz\u00e1lez, Ana Maria Martinez, Jennie Tourel, Lourdes Ambriz, Maura Moreira, and Nina Koshetz. We pay special tribute to iconic Brazilian (mezzo-)soprano Maria L\u00facia Godoy, who recently died at the age of 100, and whom none other than Say\u00e3o claimed as her musical heir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Godoy-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Godoy-Young.png 550w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Godoy-Young-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maria L\u00facia Godoy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ruth Valladares Corr\u00eaa: Aria. Cantilena [excerpt] (<em>Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5<\/em>). Maria L\u00facia Godoy, Alceo Bocchino, Orchestra of Eight Cellos [Alceu De Almeida Reis, Ana Devos, Atelisa De Salles, Edmundo Oliani, Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez Guaita, Giorgio Bariola, Watson Clis, Zygmunt Kubala] [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bidu-Hat-856x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bidu-Hat-856x1024.png 856w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bidu-Hat-251x300.png 251w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bidu-Hat-768x919.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Bidu-Hat.png 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bid\u00fa Say\u00e3o<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Heitor Villa-Lobos, Dora Vasconcelos: Melodia Sentimental [Sentimental Melody] l(<em>Floresta do Amazonas<\/em>). Bid\u00fa Say\u00e3o, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Symphony of the Air [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"824\" data-id=\"17781\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Martinez.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Martinez.png 674w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Martinez-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ana Maria Martinez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"554\" data-id=\"17780\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gisele-Ben-Dor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gisele-Ben-Dor.jpg 554w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gisele-Ben-Dor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gisele-Ben-Dor-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gis\u00e8le Ben-Dor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alberto Ginastera, Anonymous text, orchestrated Shimon Cohen: Triste (<em>Cinco canciones populares argentinas<\/em>, Op. 10\/2). Ana Maria Martinez, Gis\u00e8le Ben-Dor, Santa Barbara Symphony [2016]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irma-Gonz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irma-Gonz.png 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irma-Gonz-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irma Gonz\u00e1lez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Manuel M. Ponce: Estrellita. Irma Gonz\u00e1lez, Andr\u00e9 Kostelanetz and His Orchestra [radio broadcast 20.IX.43]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ponce.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ponce.png 517w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ponce-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manuel M. Ponce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Koshetz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Koshetz.png 605w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Koshetz-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nina Koshetz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Manuel M. Ponce: Serenata mejicana [Alev\u00e1ntate]. Nina Koshetz [1928]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tourel-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tourel-again.jpg 489w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tourel-again-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jennie Tourel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel Bandeira [AKA Manduca Pi\u00e1]: Modinha [Love Song] (<em>Ser\u00e9stas<\/em>, No. 5). Jennie Tourel, Orchestra conducted by Heitor Villa-Lobos [1945]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heitor Villa-Lobos, Oleg\u00e1rio Mariano: Can\u00e7\u00e3o do carreiro [Song of the Ox-Cart Driver] (<em>Ser\u00e9stas<\/em>, No. 3). Jennie Tourel, Orchestra conducted by Heitor Villa-Lobos [1945]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Godoy-trimmed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Godoy-trimmed.png 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Godoy-trimmed-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maria L\u00facia Godoy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heitor Villa-Lobos, Dora Vasconcelos: Veleiros [Sails] (<em>Floresta do Amazonas<\/em>). Maria L\u00facia Godoy, Henrique Morelenbaum, Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica do Rio de Janeiro, Coral Masculino do Rio de Janeiro [1988]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gerasimova.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gerasimova.png 511w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gerasimova-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Natalia Gerasimova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heitor Villa-Lobos, Dora Vasconcelos: Can\u00e7\u00e3o do Amor [Love Song] (<em>Floresta do Amazonas<\/em>). Natalia Gerasimova, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian&nbsp; State Symphony Orchestra [1992] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Revueltas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Revueltas.png 523w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Revueltas-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silvestre Revueltas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Silvestre Revueltas, Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca: V. Canci\u00f3n de Cuna (<em>Cinco Canciones para Ni\u00f1os y Dos Canciones Profanas<\/em>). Margarita Pruneda, Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Garcia-Lorca-at-the-Piano-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Garcia-Lorca-at-the-Piano-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Garcia-Lorca-at-the-Piano-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Garcia-Lorca-at-the-Piano-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Garcia-Lorca-at-the-Piano-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Garcia-Lorca-at-the-Piano-1600x1066.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Garcia-Lorca-at-the-Piano.jpeg 1940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca at the keyboards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Margarita-Pruneda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Margarita-Pruneda.jpg 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Margarita-Pruneda-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margarita Prunedz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Silvestre Revueltas, Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca: VII. Es verdad (<em>Cinco Canciones para Ni\u00f1os y Dos Canciones Profanas<\/em>). Margarita Pruneda, Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lourdes-Ambriz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lourdes-Ambriz.jpg 399w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lourdes-Ambriz-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Silvestre Revueltas, Daniel Casta\u00f1eda: Ranas [Frogs] (<em>Five Songs<\/em>). Lourdes Ambriz, Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Camerata de las Am\u00e9ricas [1996]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Suaste.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17768\" style=\"width:506px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Suaste.jpeg 433w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Suaste-239x300.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jes\u00fas Suaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Silvestre Revueltas, Nicol\u00e1s Guill\u00e9n: No s\u00e9 por qu\u00e9 piensas t\u00fa [Why do you believe?]. Jes\u00fas Suaste, Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Camerata de las Am\u00e9ricas [1996]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Nicolas-Guillen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17791\" style=\"width:529px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Nicolas-Guillen.jpg 349w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Nicolas-Guillen-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicol\u00e1s Guill\u00e9n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Silvestre Revueltas, Nicol\u00e1s Guill\u00e9n: Caminando [Walking]. 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