10/03/2025
[IGM] is proud to present for your GRAMMY® consideration our latest release: the world-premiere recordings of two song cycles by composer Julián De La Chica — Arias Florentinas, Op. 15 and Canciones de la Muerte, Op. 20 — featured on the stunning debut album of mezzo-soprano Rosario Armas and pianist Ahmed Alom.
Canciones de la Muerte, commissioned for this album, is also submitted in the Contemporary Classical Composition category. The work was inspired by 17-century verses of Portuguese priest Fr. António da Ascenção, which the composer encountered during a visit to Évora’s haunting Chapel of Bones in 2023.
“Armas employs the full breadth of her vocal register, skillfully transitioning from lower Verdian mezzo tones to the gentleness of bel canto legato. Her mastery echoes the golden-age singers…”
— Juan Lázaro, Spanish coach & Assistant Conductor, Metropolitan Opera NY
🎶 Produced & Presented by Irreverence Group Music
🎚 Mastered by Greg DiCrosta
📍 Recorded at Firehouse 12
🎹 Piano: Steinway & Sons
🙏 We thank the Recording Academy community for listening and for your consideration.
El Vagabundo