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4 When Eduardo Paniagua founded Pneuma in Madrid in 1994 his intention was to release previously unrecorded Spanish medieval music. An artist’s sense of innovation and attention to detail can be appreciated in all his C.D.s, from the front cover to the music inside. The Digipack format with a cardboard cover and accompanying booklet includes carefully prepared texts and illustrations, whilst the sound includes both voice and rare instruments, copies of period instruments. The philosophy behind Pneuma’s recordings goes beyond the musical element in search of the human and cultural background of the medieval works. If our ancestors have preserved the songs and the music through so many centuries, in codices or in oral tradition, it is because they considered them to be of great value.
That human, cultural and spiritual value, together with the aesthetic musical value, is what Pneuma hopes to capture and bring to light, thus participating in an awakening to a more cultured and human world, that accepts the wealth of other traditions and learns from the best of its past. Pneuma’s first great project was the CANTIGAS OF ALFONSO X THE WISE COLLECTION, embracing all 427 Cantigas de Santa María, the culminating work of the 13th century. Pneuma began the project with three discs and Eduardo Paniagua continued it for a time with Sony Classical producing ten CDs. The Collection has now returned to Pneuma, which continues with new releases. The second project was the AL-ANDALUS COLLECTION, including music from the Islamic culture in medieval Spain featuring performances conceived by Eduardo Paniagua, as well as groups from the Maghreb, now home to Andalusí music. This collection includes both secular and religious works recorded for the first time in the world. The third project, HISTORICAL COLLECTION features early music not included in the previous collection, and covers the religious and secular music from Christian Spain as well as Judaeo-Spanish or Sephardic music. The fourth collection, TRADITION, includes traditional music as well as new works based on traditional themes or instruments. Over the last thirty years, Eduardo Paniagua has regularly taken part in concerts and numerous recordings of early music. Currently with his groups Música Antigua and Ibn Baya he welcomes guest soloists both from Spain and abroad. 5
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