Tango Del Cielo! – An album of Argentine Tango & Spanish music for the Harp with a lush orchestral backdrop recorded at Skywalker Sound in Northern California. The project gives special focus to the music of Astor Piazzolla as we approach the 100th Anniversary of his birth in 2021. Special arrangements were created for Anna Maria by an all-star list of composers and personal friends of Piazzolla including multi Grammy Award winner & Oscar nominee Jorge Calandrelli and multi Grammy Award winner Pablo Ziegler. An original composition and other arrangements are by multi Grammy nominee Jeremy Cohen of Quartet San Francisco, winner of the International Tango Competition and co-producer for the album. Music includes: Libertango, Jalousie, La Cumparsita, Asturias, Malagueña, Oblivion and others.

A full, lush orchestra accompanies Anna Maria in this well received, “listener’s choice” album, remembering the greatest Broadway musicals of our time. Inspiring arrangements from the Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserable’s, West Side Story, Porgy and Bess, among others are presented in an elegant and classical setting.

From the National Geographic Society’s “Around the World” Series, this album was produced in response to 9/11 to promote peace and healing through an array of musical meditative expressions representing many different countries from around the globe. Anna Maria Mendieta soothes the soul with a beautiful Spanish lullaby in her rendition of “Vals Muy Lento” by Enrique Granados.