Joan Valen tells us that these 'Canciones Singulares' (Singular Songs), commissioned by soprano Cristina Dominguez, show different phases of her life as a woman and, above all, as a fighter against a terminal illness, which despite its seriousness could not keep her from the stage as a singer...

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The composer divided the four songs into moments in life that are fundamental to the existence of every human being—birth, youth, maturity, and, in her case, the relentless fight against severe cancer.