Tyrannide / Musique pour guitare

Description

Tyrannide was conceived with the desire to explore the theme of cante jondo as a universal expressive archetype, not confined to Spanish tradition but deeply rooted in human nature. Its primordial character — often expressed through the insistence of semitonal and microtonal inflections — becomes a symbol of the human condition, compelled to confront suffering, death, and their inexorable musical reflection. A tyranny, indeed: that of a lamentation that does not belong to any people or a single era, but traverses the history of music, reappearing in the form of appoggiaturas, suspended tensions, and melodies imbued with nostalgia. Cante jondo, initially linked to Andalusian flamenco, thus becomes in the program of this recording a universal musical principle, capable of manifesting even in languages far removed from Spanish tradition. The program includes two works never recorded before: Cantar de mio Cid by the French composer Jean-Dominique Krynen and the Concerto Trois Graphiques by Maurice Ohana in its original arrangement for guitar and piano. Surrounding these two central works unfolds a musical journey that places cante jondo in dialogue with different historical and stylistic contexts, revealing its surprising expressive continuity.