KK028
cat#
KK028
title:
El Estanque Esmeralda
artist:
Federico Durand
time:
41' 00"
format:
CD

tracklist

1.
Clavel
mp3
2.
La linterna magica
mp3
3.
El pequeno puente de madera
4.
Un claro del bosque iluminado por la luz de la luna
5.
El maravilloso cuenco de Ritva Kaukoranta
6.
Visiones del estanque esmeralda
7.
Iris, la nina invisible
8.
Nymphaea

Text by Federico Durand

I usually like to talk about the memories of my childhood. One day, when my grandparents took me to a trip to the southern mountains and forests in my country, I met these wonderful landscapes for the first time - larches and the beautiful green colored lakes. During that trip, I suddenly caught a cold but nevertheless, my grandparents took me for a walk around the pond. In my blurry memories, the emerald color of the water, the wooden bridge and flowers remained inside of me as if it was a dream. Many years later, I visited the Museum of Decorative Arts in Buenos Aires with my wife Lucia and we sat in a cafe inside the garden. Near our table was an ornamental pond, with lilies and reeds. While looking at the flowers, I suddenly had this vivid impression, and flashback of the old pond that I saw in my childhood so clearly.El estanque esmeralda(The Emerald Pond) was made in remembrance of that vision. For this album, I used different kinds of instruments, but I wanted to keep music very simple: little melodies and cassette tapes, some of them from 30 years ago that I found lying on the streets of my city, Buenos Aires. I hope you will enjoy this wander to the Emerald Pond.