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Proyecto de la compositora minimalista Kay Hoffman, \u00abFloret Silva\u00bb surgi\u00f3 cuando Kay fue a estudiar a Italia y all\u00ed conoci\u00f3 a la soprano galesa Jacqueline Darby, que hab\u00eda estado trabajando y grabando con el grupo avant-prog Pierrot Lunaire.<\/p>\n<p>El productor Vincento Miccocci de la RCA mostr\u00f3 interer\u00e9s en grabar en Roma con Darby y esta llam\u00f3 a Kay para empezar un nuevo proyecto. Gaio Chiochio y Arturo Stalteri de Pierrot Lunaire tambi\u00e9n se unieron, junto a otros amigos m\u00fasicos del circuito jazz-prog. En poco tiempo, Kay escribi\u00f3 el material para el \u00e1lbum, inspirada en su amor por la m\u00fasica medieval y renancentista y los textos del Carmina Burana. Kay adem\u00e1s canta y toca el clavinet y piano. Jacqueline ofrece su cristalina y sobrecogera voz y sus amigos \u00abprogresivos\u00bb tocan guitarra, bajo, bater\u00eda, flauta, Fender Rhodes, bouzouki, percusiones, violin, \u00f3rgano de juguete, saxo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>El disco se grab\u00f3 en Roma durante 1977-78 pero RCA se ech\u00f3 atr\u00e1s y el disco nunca vi\u00f3 la luz. Es en 1985 cuando una copia del m\u00e1ster llega a las manos del sello Belle Antique en Jap\u00f3n y se edita por primera vez en vinilo. En el 2006 ve la luz en CD a trav\u00e9s del sello Robot en USA.<\/p>\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de muchos a\u00f1os descatalogado, presentamos una nueva edici\u00f3n de este disco perdido de la escena underground y progresiva italiana 70s. Pero que al mismo tiempo trasciende g\u00e9neros y pa\u00edses y se adelant\u00f3 a todo el movimiento weird-folk de los 90.<\/p>\n<p>Sonido de las cintas originales.<\/p>\n<p>Insert de cuatro p\u00e1ginas con letras, notas y fotos.<\/p>\n<p>Recomendado si te gustan: Jan Dukes de Grey, Vashti Bunyan, Sunforest, Wicker Man, Pierrot Lunaire, Opus Avantra, Current 93, Nico, Gal Costa, Wooden O, Giles Farnaby&#8217;s Dream Band\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEste disco es como la versi\u00f3n elegante y preciosista de las exploraciones medievales de Nico en \u00abThe Marble Index\u201d \u2013 Brainwashed<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFloret Silva\u00bb le gustar\u00e1 a cualquier fan del folk psicod\u00e9lco y experimental pero adem\u00e1s esta peque\u00f1a joya oculta transciende categor\u00edas y g\u00e9neros.\u201d \u2013 Aquarius Records<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u2026Una casi perfecta fusi\u00f3n de estilos que junto a su lenguaje arcaico y su atm\u00f3sfera inquietante puede recordar a Bo Hansson y su famoso \u00abLord of the rings\u00bb\u2013 Richard Allen<\/p>\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n<p>Iste Mundus &#8211; Floret Silva \u2013 Exorcismus &#8211; Intermezzo (Chume, Chume) &#8211; Ich Will Truren \u2013 Rondo &#8211; Mai Tanz &#8211; Quot Sunt Horae \u2013 Tot &#8211; Sonus Dulcis Lyrae \u2013 Ouverture &#8211; Zum Fest &#8211; Intermezzo (Fagott Sommer Nacht Promenade) &#8211; Tempus Instat &#8211; Langueo (Vacillantis) &#8211; Chume, Chume \u2013 Nummus &#8211; Post Communio Sancti Cyrilli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonando a veces como Vashti Bunyan al frente de Sunforest, \u00abFloret Silva\u00bb es un misterioso disco que mezcla m\u00fasica medieval y letras en latin (extra\u00eddas del Carmina<a class=\"read\" href=\"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/producto\/floret-silva\/\"> (...)<\/a>","protected":false},"featured_media":118058,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[23271,21639],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-180683","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-folk-60s-70s-es","product_cat-psychedelic60s-70s-es","pa_artist-hoffman-kay-es-2","pa_format-lp-es","pa_gender-psychedelic60s-70s-folk-60s-70s","pa_label-sommor-es","pa_location-europe-es","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HOFFMAN, Kay - Floret Silva -  (LP) | Guerssen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sounding at times like Vashti Bunyan fronting Sunforest, \u201cFloret Silva\u201d is a haunting mix of medieval music and progressive \/ psych \/ folk with Latin lyrics straight from the Carmina Burana book.The \u201cFloret Silva\u201d project was born when minimalist composer Kay Hoffman went to Italy in the mid-70s. Once there, she met with welsh soprano Jacqueline Darby, who had recently been working with the Italian avant-prog band Pierrot Lunaire. Jaqueline was working on new compositions with RCA producer Vincento Miccocci in Rome and she asked Kay if she was interested in getting involved in a new project. Kay agreed and Gaio Chiochio and Arturo Stalteri of Pierrot Lunaire also joined them on this new venture. Gaio travelled from Rome to play the guitar and other friends of Jacqueline also offered their collaboration.In a short time, Kay wrote all the material, inspired by the Carmina Burana book and her love of Medieval and Renaissance music. Kay also contributed vocals, clavinet and piano and together with Jacqueline Darby - on haunting vocals - plus an impressive cast of jazz\/rock\/progressive musicians, they recorded \u201cFloret Silva\u201d during 1977-78, under the guidance of Vicento Micocci.Sadly, RCA backed off and the album went unreleased until a copy of the masters found their way to Japan, where the great Belle Antique label put out the first vinyl edition of \u201cFloret Silva\u201d in 1985. In 2006, US label Robot Records resurrected it again for the first CD release.After many years out of print on vinyl, we present a new edition of this lost piece from the 70s Italian underground scene. A visionary album which anticipated the sound practiced by many neo-folk bands some decades later.RIYL: Jan Dukes de Grey, Vashti Bunyan, Sunforest, Wicker Man, Pierrot Lunaire, Opus Avantra, Current 93, Nico, Gal Costa, Wooden O, Giles Farnaby&#039;s Dream Band\u2026Master tape sound4-page insert with detailed liner notes by Richard Allen and photos.&quot;This album is like the prettier, more elegant companion piece to Nico&#039;s somber medieval explorations on The Marble Index&quot; \u2013 Brainwashed.com&quot;This should appeal to experimental psych-folk fans for sure, even if this unique treasure is really something outside almost any genre designation you&#039;d care to come up with!&quot; - Aquarius Records&quot;\u2026An almost perfect fusion of styles that when combined with the archaic language is both haunting and entrancing reminiscent perhaps of the otherworldly atmosphere created by Bo Hansson on his Lord of the Rings album.&quot; - Richard AllenIste Mundus - Floret Silva \u2013 Exorcismus - Intermezzo (Chume, Chume) - Ich Will Truren \u2013 Rondo - Mai Tanz - Quot Sunt Horae \u2013 Tot - Sonus Dulcis Lyrae \u2013 Ouverture - Zum Fest - Intermezzo (Fagott Sommer Nacht Promenade) - Tempus Instat - Langueo (Vacillantis) - Chume, Chume \u2013 Nummus - Post Communio Sancti Cyrilli\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/producto\/floret-silva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HOFFMAN, Kay - Floret Silva -  (LP) | Guerssen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sounding at times like Vashti Bunyan fronting Sunforest, \u201cFloret Silva\u201d is a haunting mix of medieval music and progressive \/ psych \/ folk with Latin lyrics straight from the Carmina Burana book.The \u201cFloret Silva\u201d project was born when minimalist composer Kay Hoffman went to Italy in the mid-70s. Once there, she met with welsh soprano Jacqueline Darby, who had recently been working with the Italian avant-prog band Pierrot Lunaire. Jaqueline was working on new compositions with RCA producer Vincento Miccocci in Rome and she asked Kay if she was interested in getting involved in a new project. Kay agreed and Gaio Chiochio and Arturo Stalteri of Pierrot Lunaire also joined them on this new venture. Gaio travelled from Rome to play the guitar and other friends of Jacqueline also offered their collaboration.In a short time, Kay wrote all the material, inspired by the Carmina Burana book and her love of Medieval and Renaissance music. Kay also contributed vocals, clavinet and piano and together with Jacqueline Darby - on haunting vocals - plus an impressive cast of jazz\/rock\/progressive musicians, they recorded \u201cFloret Silva\u201d during 1977-78, under the guidance of Vicento Micocci.Sadly, RCA backed off and the album went unreleased until a copy of the masters found their way to Japan, where the great Belle Antique label put out the first vinyl edition of \u201cFloret Silva\u201d in 1985. In 2006, US label Robot Records resurrected it again for the first CD release.After many years out of print on vinyl, we present a new edition of this lost piece from the 70s Italian underground scene. A visionary album which anticipated the sound practiced by many neo-folk bands some decades later.RIYL: Jan Dukes de Grey, Vashti Bunyan, Sunforest, Wicker Man, Pierrot Lunaire, Opus Avantra, Current 93, Nico, Gal Costa, Wooden O, Giles Farnaby&#039;s Dream Band\u2026Master tape sound4-page insert with detailed liner notes by Richard Allen and photos.&quot;This album is like the prettier, more elegant companion piece to Nico&#039;s somber medieval explorations on The Marble Index&quot; \u2013 Brainwashed.com&quot;This should appeal to experimental psych-folk fans for sure, even if this unique treasure is really something outside almost any genre designation you&#039;d care to come up with!&quot; - Aquarius Records&quot;\u2026An almost perfect fusion of styles that when combined with the archaic language is both haunting and entrancing reminiscent perhaps of the otherworldly atmosphere created by Bo Hansson on his Lord of the Rings album.&quot; - Richard AllenIste Mundus - Floret Silva \u2013 Exorcismus - Intermezzo (Chume, Chume) - Ich Will Truren \u2013 Rondo - Mai Tanz - Quot Sunt Horae \u2013 Tot - Sonus Dulcis Lyrae \u2013 Ouverture - Zum Fest - Intermezzo (Fagott Sommer Nacht Promenade) - Tempus Instat - Langueo (Vacillantis) - Chume, Chume \u2013 Nummus - Post Communio Sancti Cyrilli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/producto\/floret-silva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Guerssen records\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-28T14:54:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/24099-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"HOFFMAN, Kay - Floret Silva -  (LP) | Guerssen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guerssen.com\\\/es\\\/producto\\\/floret-silva\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guerssen.com\\\/es\\\/producto\\\/floret-silva\\\/\",\"name\":\"HOFFMAN, Kay - Floret Silva - (LP) | Guerssen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guerssen.com\\\/es\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guerssen.com\\\/es\\\/producto\\\/floret-silva\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guerssen.com\\\/es\\\/producto\\\/floret-silva\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guerssen.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/24099-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-28T14:54:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Sounding at times like Vashti Bunyan fronting Sunforest, \u201cFloret Silva\u201d is a haunting mix of medieval music and progressive \\\/ psych \\\/ folk with Latin lyrics straight from the Carmina Burana book.The \u201cFloret Silva\u201d project was born when minimalist composer Kay Hoffman went to Italy in the mid-70s. 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Once there, she met with welsh soprano Jacqueline Darby, who had recently been working with the Italian avant-prog band Pierrot Lunaire. Jaqueline was working on new compositions with RCA producer Vincento Miccocci in Rome and she asked Kay if she was interested in getting involved in a new project. Kay agreed and Gaio Chiochio and Arturo Stalteri of Pierrot Lunaire also joined them on this new venture. Gaio travelled from Rome to play the guitar and other friends of Jacqueline also offered their collaboration.In a short time, Kay wrote all the material, inspired by the Carmina Burana book and her love of Medieval and Renaissance music. Kay also contributed vocals, clavinet and piano and together with Jacqueline Darby - on haunting vocals - plus an impressive cast of jazz\/rock\/progressive musicians, they recorded \u201cFloret Silva\u201d during 1977-78, under the guidance of Vicento Micocci.Sadly, RCA backed off and the album went unreleased until a copy of the masters found their way to Japan, where the great Belle Antique label put out the first vinyl edition of \u201cFloret Silva\u201d in 1985. In 2006, US label Robot Records resurrected it again for the first CD release.After many years out of print on vinyl, we present a new edition of this lost piece from the 70s Italian underground scene. A visionary album which anticipated the sound practiced by many neo-folk bands some decades later.RIYL: Jan Dukes de Grey, Vashti Bunyan, Sunforest, Wicker Man, Pierrot Lunaire, Opus Avantra, Current 93, Nico, Gal Costa, Wooden O, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band\u2026Master tape sound4-page insert with detailed liner notes by Richard Allen and photos.\"This album is like the prettier, more elegant companion piece to Nico's somber medieval explorations on The Marble Index\" \u2013 Brainwashed.com\"This should appeal to experimental psych-folk fans for sure, even if this unique treasure is really something outside almost any genre designation you'd care to come up with!\" - Aquarius Records\"\u2026An almost perfect fusion of styles that when combined with the archaic language is both haunting and entrancing reminiscent perhaps of the otherworldly atmosphere created by Bo Hansson on his Lord of the Rings album.\" - Richard AllenIste Mundus - Floret Silva \u2013 Exorcismus - Intermezzo (Chume, Chume) - Ich Will Truren \u2013 Rondo - Mai Tanz - Quot Sunt Horae \u2013 Tot - Sonus Dulcis Lyrae \u2013 Ouverture - Zum Fest - Intermezzo (Fagott Sommer Nacht Promenade) - Tempus Instat - Langueo (Vacillantis) - Chume, Chume \u2013 Nummus - Post Communio Sancti Cyrilli","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/producto\/floret-silva\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/producto\/floret-silva\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/producto\/floret-silva\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/24099-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/24099-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":2560,"caption":"Kay - Floret Silva - SOMMOR (LP) | Guerssen"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/producto\/floret-silva\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Inicio","item":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/guerssen-records\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Floret Silva"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/","name":"Guerssen records","description":"psychedelia - progressive - folk - garage ","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/#organization","name":"Guerssen records","url":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Logo_Guerssen_trans_100.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Logo_Guerssen_trans_100.png","width":122,"height":100,"caption":"Guerssen records"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/180683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=180683"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=180683"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guerssen.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=180683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}