However, it was necessary to choose the child who would play little San Martín, and the chosen one was Rafael Esteban Holguín Funes, one of the sanctuary’s acolytes. “We greatly thank the Dominican nuns of Santa Rosa de Lima who made the Dominican habit for the boy Rafael,” said those responsible for the choir.
Finally, the recording took place on December 8, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, in various places in Lima such as the historic center and the Convent of Santo Domingo, where the Dominican saint lived.