Three World Premiere Recordings of Works by Hilda Paredes

UYMP House Composer, Hilda Paredes, closes out the year with three premiere recordings: Altazor (ensemble with baritone and electronics, Wergo), Recordare (orchestral, Mode Records NY), and Chaczidzib (solo piccolo, Laura Falcon).

Wergo has released a portrait CD of House Composer, Hilda Paredes, Altazor, featuring world premiere recordings of three important works, performed by Ensemble Aventure with baritone Guillermo Anzorena (soloist in Altazor) and electronics by Thomas Hummel(Experimentalstudio des SWR).

  • Altazor (2011) – monodrama for baritone, eight soloists, and electronics; commission by Festival d’Automne à Paris and IRCAM; text from the epic poem by Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro.

  • Epitafio (2021) – ensemble work composed in response to the passing of the composer’s mother.

  • Siphonophorae – ensemble work inspired by a jellyfish’s structure and a visual artwork.

Wergo CD information

Mode Records, New York released Recordare on 4 December 2025 as part of the CD New Orchestral Music from Mexico, recorded by Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México conducted by Scott Yoo (2024).

Listen on Mode Records Bandcamp

Chaczidzib (1992) for solo piccolo was recorded by Laura Falcon in 2025, Buenos Aires, as part of her CD Viento y raíces.

Listen on Spotify

All works are published by University of York Music PressHilda Paredes – UYMP