La Noche Buena.

La Noche Buena

Savae

World Library Publications

3708 River Road, Suite 400, Franklin Park, IL 60131-2158

Rock Paper Scissors (publicity)

216 West Allen Street, Suite 137, Bloomington, IN 47403

1584592419 $17.00 www.wlpmusic.com

A unique and very highly recommended addition to any multicultural Christmas music collection, "La Noche Buena: Christmas Music Of Colonial Latin America" is an outstanding compilation of sixteen superbly performed pieces drawn from the decades between 1570 to 1680 where it was played in Spanish Catholic cathedrals throughout Latin America. Drawing from Mayan, Incans, West African, and Spanish sources, these pieces told the Nativity story through music in celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. SAVAE (San Anstonio Vocal Arts Ensemble) blends its seven voices with pre-Colombian, African, and European instruments to recreate these flawlessly recorded selections which include: Hoy es dia de placer (2:03); Christus natus est (2:15); Serenissima una noche (3:20); Hanacpachap cussicuinin (3:05); Dame albricia mano Anton (3:30); Tarara yo soy Anton (3:34); Eso rigor e repente (3:16); Magnificat tertii toni (4:53); Conceptionem virginis Mariae (2:15); DXiochi, xiochi conetzintle (2:14); AQ siolo Flasiquiyo (4:18); En un portalejo pobre (2:49); Los coflades de la estrella (4:45); De carambanos el dia (3:29); and Convidando esta la noche (2:54).