Leon Berben - Joan Cabanilles: Tientos, Pasacalles y Gallardas (2008)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:18:00 | 456 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Aeolus | Catalog: 10671
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:18:00 | 456 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Aeolus | Catalog: 10671
Joan Cabanilles worked for most of his life in Valencia, whose magnficent cathedral was a reminder of that trading city's glorious past. Organist Léon Berben plays an organ not in that cathedral, but an instrument in Basque country from the middle of the eighteenth century. It's a magnificent choice, and this collection of Cabanilles organ pieces would be worth the money for the graphic design alone. Check the booklet cover reproduction of the screaming faces painted on some of the organ pipes, for a start. Annotator Miguel Bernal Ripoll, whose words appear in English, French, Spanish, and German, writes that "Cabanilles appears like a Janus-headed deity with one face turned toward the past and the other definitely towards the future.