Sol Y Vida

2019 release. Sol y vida is Elina Garanca'sjourney to the South, from Spain to Italy and Latin America, and is her first album focusing entirely on non core-classical repertoire. Featuring jewels of Latin American song repertoire like Piazolla's Yo soy Maria, originally part of a tango operita and Gracias a la vida, one of the most covered Latin American songs in history both featuring guitarist Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey in new intimate arrangements. Many of the popular pieces have mainly been sung by tenors, like "Core 'ngrato", which was probably written for Caruso or the popular Neapolitan songs "Torna a surriento" or "Canto napoletano".