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A remarkable achievement: Gustavo Díaz-Jerez's Maghek, a cycle of seven symphonic poems inspired by the Canary Islands recorded on Signum Classics
[…] the first settlers to the Canary Island of Fuerteventura, before its conquest in the 15th Century. It literally means “stone border”, in clear allusion to the wall that crossed its two socio-territorial tribal demarcations. Again Díaz-Jerez' music starts out evocative, emerging from textures rather than pitched material, building gradually into terrific drama, yet dying out at the end. An intriguing piece. Aranfaybo is a Guanche word associated with the island of El Hierro. It literally means “the one that provokes rain”. Aranfaybo was a male divinity invoked by the Bimbaches (aborigines from El Hierro) when rain was scarce. Here the music is by turns austerely poetic and terrifying. This is a striking cycle, over two hours of music which is complex and evocative. I am unfamiliar with the Canary Islands, but Díaz-Jerez' music brings out a very definite sense of landscape both in its […]
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