The Zafraan Ensemble is pleased to announce the commercial release of »Palimpsesto«. The CD-DVD release is now available in the Testklang online shop and through Harmonia Mundi in German and Austrian specialist retailers.
“Palimpsesto” includes five outstanding new recordings of works by contemporary Spanish composers Hèctor Parra, Elena Mendoza, Alberto Posadas and Juan María Cué, as well as a Renaissance piece by Luis de Narváez in a new arrangement by Miguel Pérez Iñesta.
The title of “Palimpsesto” is derived from the ancient and medieval context of the word, which refers to the shimmering through of old, erased text levels on a newly written sheet of parchment. Similarly, the Zafraan Ensemble, led by Manuel Nawri, examines the works of the Spanish avant-gardists for the influences of their tradition and opens up an excitingly complex sound world with superior virtuosity.
Other components of “Palimpsesto” are five poems, including a new creation by the poet José Antonio Rodriguez Alva and a music video by Martin Maier for Hèctor Parra’s Ciel Rouillé . The five art objects by the painter Luis Ángel Prestell, which were created based on the five pieces of music, serve as the source material for Fabian Lefelmann’s design.
Further information can be found here .
