Cuerdas Cubanas by Toomai String Quintet

Toomai String Quintet's debut album, Cuerdas Cubanas, celebrates Cuba’s vibrant musical history through a quintessential collection of Cuban songs recast as modern string arrangements. This album features treasured compositions by Ernesto Lecuona as well as salsa, bolero, and mambo classics.

The New York-based quintet presents a range of Cuban styles in eleven tightly-orchestrated, superbly balanced tracks that are rooted in traditional rhythms and passionate melodies. Executed with top-drawer instrumental virtuosity, the album pays homage to the great artistic lineage of Lecuona, Cachao, Beny Moré, and Celia Cruz through the lens of a string quintet.

Special guest Alina Roitstein lends her dynamic voice to several tracks to represent the spirit of the great Cuban American Songbook.
-----from Toomai's Symphony Space CD Release

Tracklist

1.	A Gozar Con Mi Combo	3:32

2.	Gitanerías	2:03

3.	No Encuentro Palabras (feat. Alina Roitstein)	2:37

4.	Zambra Gitana	3:38

5.	Andalucía	2:44

6.	Bonito y Sabroso (feat. Alina Roitstein)	2:51

7.	En Tres por Cuatro	2:02

8.	Cómo Fue (feat. Alina Roitstein)	3:43

9.	La Comparsa	2:09

10.	Dame Bururú (feat. Alina Roitstein)	2:42

11.	Danza Lucumí	2:50

Credits

released June 10, 2018

Toomai String Quintet:
Alex Fortes and Emilie Anne Gendron, violins
Erin Wight, viola
Hamilton Berry, cello
Andrew Roitstein, bass

Alina Roitstein, guest vocalist

All songs arranged by Andrew Roitstein

Recorded and edited by Ryan Streber, Oktaven Audio
Mastered by Nate Wood, Kerseboom Mastering

Album art by Gonzalo Borges
Design by Kurt A. Schumacher

2018, Tocanta Media

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