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Ilan Chester
Cancionero Del Amor Puertorriqueño
Independent
Pop
2002  (CD)

Tracks

01- Madrigal (Don Felo) 3:52
02- Olas y Arenas (Sylvia Rexach) 4:46
03- Por Que Ahora? (Bobby Capó) 4:40
04- Mujer Boricua (Gonzalo O'Neil) 4:21
05- Ausencia (Rafael Hernández) 4:00
06- Piel Canela (Bobby Capó) 3:42
07- Alondras En El Bosque (Carlos Padilla) 2:49
08- Lo Que Yo Quiero Ser (Rafi Escudero) 4:09
09- Obsesión (Pedro Flores) 3:05
10- Simplemente Una Ilusión (Héctor Urdaneta) 3:31
11- Romance Del Campesino (Roberto Cole) 3:49
12- Tu No Comprendes (Rafael Hernández) 4:21

Musicians

Vocals: Ilan Chester

Vocal Duos: Ilan Chester & Andy Montañez (track 04)
                            Ilan Chester & Angel "Cucco" Peña (track 07)

Keyboards & Programming: Fernando Muscolo (tracks 01, 03, 06)

Piano: José Lugo (track 04)
                Luis Marín (tracks 09, 10)
                Ramón Sánchez (track 11)
                Otmaro Ruiz (track 12)

Drums: José Jiménez

Guitar: Jorge Laboy (tracks 01, 07, 09, 11)
                 Marcos Rijos (tracks 02, 06)
                 Gustavo Carucí (track 03)

Guitar & Tres: Máximo Torres (track 04)

Bass: Ramón L. Irizarry (tracks 01, 08)
        Pedro Pérez (tracks 02, 03, 04, 07, 09, 10, 11)
        Ricardo Lugo (track 06)

Violin: David Betancourt (track 04)

Percussion: Eliud Velásquez (tracks 01, 02, 06, 08, 09)
                           Rafael Da Gracia (tracks 04, 11)

Flute & Sax: Angel Torres (tracks 01, 02, 06, 09, 10)

Trumpet: José Rodriguez (track 04)

Oboe: Harry Rosario (tracks 03, 07, 08, 11)

Clarinet: Enmanuel Díaz (tracks 07, 08, 11)

Fagot: Roberto López (track 07)

Flute: Rubén López (tracks 07, 08, 11)

French Horn: Raimundo Díaz (tracks 07, 11)

Strings:

Violins: Aida Sosa, Arnaldo Figueroa, Carlos Rodriguez, Emma Matos
           David Betancourt, Enid Collado, Enrique Collazo, 
           Francisco Caban, Inoel Jirau, John Dederick, José Vanga,
           Marcos Gómez, Linnette Cartagena & Omar Velásquez

Violas: Elisa Rivero, Javier Matos, María Santiago, Ramón Negrón,
          & Martha Hernández

Cellos: Felix Guadalupe, Harry Almodóvar & José De Jesús

Acoustic Bass: Jorge Díaz, José García & Maricarmen Rivera

Other Credits

Produced by Angel "Cucco" Peña & Ilan Chester

Executive Production: Ilan Chester

Production Coordinator: Merci Mayorca

Recorded by José Caldas & Emilsan Velásquez

Recorded at Altamar Music (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Strings Recorded by Papo Sánchez
                        at Telesound (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Piano track 12 Recorded at Otmatik Sound (Los Angeles)

Vocal track 12 Recorded by Oliver Quintero 
                                  at Música Infinita (Miami)

Additional Recordings & Transfers at Valhalla Studios (Caracas)

Digital Editing: Merci Mayorca

Graphic Design: Anabella González de Derlon

Illustrations: Ileana Frómeta Grillo

Photo: Daniel Machado