Ten musical compositions that take the poetry of Nezahualcóyotl, the king poet of ancient Mexico. This recording explores Nezahualcoyotl’s philosophy about life and death through Alfredo Sanchez’s compositions filled with a combination of electronic ambients and string and wind instruments.

• Alfredo Sánchez (sequences, keyboards, voice, percussions)
• Eduardo Arámbula (recorders, hurdy-gurdy)
• Miguel Angel Gutiérrez (guitar)
• Production: Alfredo Sánchez.
• Photos: Rubén Orozco
• Design: Avelino Sordo.
• Recorded and mixed by Raúl Cuevas in E.S. Estudio, Guadalajara, Mexico.
• Edited by Grabaciones Lejos del Paraíso en 1996.

SONGS:

• Ponte en pie

• Como una pintura

• No acabarán mis flores

• Monólogo

• Cantos

• Jade y oro

• El árbol florido

• Flor y canto

• Filo de obsidiana

• Si yo nunca muriera
(All lyrics: Nezahualcóyotl / all music: A. Sánchez)