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El Tiempo Latine by Ensemble for These Times

Music by nine exciting contemporary classical Latine composers

 
 
 
 
 

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1-3. Buenos Aires en tres by Claudia Montero 

Buenos Aires en tres: I. Allegro by Claudio Montero
Ensemble for These Times (Megan Chartier, Lylia Guion, and Margaret Halbig)
Buenos Aires en tres: II. Intenso y pesante by Claudia Montero 
Ensemble for These Times (Megan Chartier, Lylia Guion, and Margaret Halbig)
Buenos Aires en tres: III. Decidido by Claudia Montero
Ensemble for These Times (Lylia Guion, Megan Chartier, Margaret Halbig)

4. Milontan by José Bragato 

Milontan by José Bragato
Ensemble for These Times (Megan Chartier, Margaret Halbig)

5-6. Dos canciones argentinas by José Bragato/Salomón Carovich  

Dos canciones argentinas: I. Magia Azul by José Bragato/Salomón Carovich
Ensemble for These Times (Nanette McGuinness, Margaret Halbig)
Dos canciones argentinas: II. Milagroso amor by José Bragato/Salomón Carovich
Ensemble for These Times (Nanette McGuinness, Margaret Halbig)

7. Su-muy-key by Gabriela Ortiz 

Su-muy-key by Gabriela Ortiz 
Ensemble for These Times (Margaret Halbig)

8. Elegia a Paul Robeson by Tania León 

Elegia a Paul Robeson by Tania León 
Ensemble for These Times (Lylia Guion, Megan Chartier, Margaret Halbig)

9. Tumbao by Tania León 

Tumbao by Tania León
Ensemble for These Times (Margaret Halbig)

10. Sueño Recurrente No. 1: Veo carros fantasmas by Angélica Negrón 

Sueño Recurrente No. 1: Veo carros fantasmas by Angélica Negrón 
Ensemble for These Times (Margaret Halbig)

11. the motion between three worlds by inti figgis-vizueta 

the motion between three worlds (2020)
Ensemble for These Times (Megan Chartier)

12-14. Manhattan Serenades by Gabriela Lena Frank

Manhattan Serenades: I. Uptown by Gabriela Lena Frank
Ensemble for These Times (Megan Chartier, Margaret Halbig)
Manhattan Serenades: II. Midtown by Gabriela Lena Frank
Ensemble for These Times (Megan Chartier, Margaret Halbig)
Manhattan Serenades: III. Downtown by Gabriela Lena Frank
Ensemble for These Times (Megan Chartier, Margaret Halbig)

15. Sin vos (from Juana) by Carla Lucero/Alicia Gaspar de Alba

Sin vos (from Juana) by Carla Lucero/Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Ensemble for These Times (Chelsea Hollow, Margaret Halbig)

16. La revelación (from Juana) by Carla Lucero

La revelación (from Juana) by Carla Lucero
Ensemble for These Times (Lylia Guion, Megan Chartier, Margaret Halbig)

17-23. The Unseen by Brennan Stokes/Sara Teasdale  

The Unseen: I. Open Windows by Brennan Stokes/Sara Teasdale  
Ensemble for These Times (Chelsea Hollow, Margaret Halbig)
The Unseen: II. Lost Things by Brennan Stokes/Sara Teasdale  
Ensemble for These Times (Chelsea Hollow, Margaret Halbig)
The Unseen: III. Pain by Brennan Stokes/Sara Teasdale  
Ensemble for These Times (Chelsea Hollow, Margaret Halbig)
The Unseen: IV. The Unseen by Brennan Stokes/Sara Teasdale  
Ensemble for These Times (Chelsea Hollow, Margaret Halbig)
The Unseen: V. Gray Fog by Brennan Stokes/Sara Teasdale  
Ensemble for These Times (Chelsea Hollow, Margaret Halbig)
The Unseen: VI. There Will Come Soft Rains (Wartime) by Brennan Stokes/Sara Teasdale  
Ensemble for These Times (Chelsea Hollow, Margaret Halbig)
The Unseen: VII. If Death Is Kind by Brennan Stokes/Sara Teasdale  
Ensemble for These Times (Chelsea Hollow, Margaret Halbig)
 

El Tiempo Latine, the stunning double-length album from San Francisco-based, award-winning, powerhouse Ensemble for These Times (E4TT), features music by nine exciting contemporary classical Latine composers in the group’s repertory. The composers on El Tiempo Latine range from major prize winners–Mexican Gabriela Ortiz and Argentinians Claudia Montero and José Bragato (GRAMMY®), Cuban-American Tania León (Pulitzer), and Californians Gabriela Lena Frank (2026 Pulitzer & Heinz) and Carla Lucero (Opera America)–to rising stars Puerto-Rican Angélica Negrón and Andean-American inti figgis-vizueta–and emerging San Francisco talent, half-Peruvian Brennan Stokes.

 

Featuring E4TT core members cellist Megan Chartier, pianist Margaret Halbig, and soprano Nanette McGuinness, plus guest artists violinist Lylia Guion and soprano Chelsea Hollow.

CREDITS

Ensemble for These Times
Megan Chartier, cello (Tracks 1-4, 8, 11-14, 16) 
Lylia Guion, violin (Tracks 1-3, 8, 16) 
Margaret Halbig, piano (Tracks 1-10, 12-23)
Chelsea Hollow, soprano (Tracks 15, 17-23)
Nanette McGuinness, soprano (Tracks 5-6)

Produced by David Garner and Nanette McGuinness
Co-Produced by Margaret Halbig

Engineered by Lilly Conley (recording engineer)
and Cory Todd (mixing/mastering engineer)

Recorded July 1-5, 2025, Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA

Cover art: Taylor Chan
Additional graphic design: Meerenai Shim