Mexican musician Jorge Morenos presents this program of traditional music from the Huasteca and coast of Veracruz. Jorge Morenos is a musician, composer, author, and expert of the Mexican stringed instrument, the jarana. He has performed all over the world, including the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and Costa Rica. The works on this release were composed by Morenos, and they are performed her by an excellent lineup of musicians, including harpist Carmen Carvajal, gambist Alejandro Cardozo, guitarist Mariano Herrera, and several other instrumentalists who are well-versed in traditional Mexican music.

This new release is a showcase of compositions by Mexican composer Salvador Torré. Torré is a composer, performer, and Director of the Department of Musical Composition of the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico. The works of Salvador Torré have been performed in the U. S. (New York, San Francisco, San Diego), London (Royal School of Music), Paris (Center Georges Pompidou and many others), Germany (Darmstadt Festival), Canada, Japan, Slovenia, Chile, and in Mexico. For the past 25 years, his music has been performed at the Manuel Enríquez International Forum of New Music Manuel Enrí­quez. His music has been recorded on dozens of albums. Torré has represented Mexico in the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers and other International Festivals, and has been a Composition Professor at the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico since 1990.