“El poder espiritual de la música antigua” “Spiritual power of Early ...

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.
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