New Music on old instruments and new organ literature in dialogue with historical Iberian works. The present edition contains a collection of works, composed for an authentically rebuilt historical Spanish organ and covering awide range of styles, which adds new sounds to the purely Baroque repertoire.
With works by Jos&eacute, Blasco de Nebra, Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Antonio de Cabez&oacute,n, Pedro de Araujo, and new compositions byGuy Bovet, Michael Kapsner, Pavel Klimashevsky, Zsigmond Szathm&aacute,ry and Alfred M&uuml,ller -Kranich.
The new Spanish organ of the Hochschule f&uuml,r Musik Mainz as an authentically rebuilt historicalinstrumentfrom the workshop of the organ builder Joaqu&iacute,n Lois from Tordesillas in Castile shall both adequately reproduce early music and be a source of inspiration for contemporary music. For this reason, the Hochschulef&uuml,r Musik Mainz commissioned five composers to write modern compositions according to the motto 'Early mu sic in dialogue with New MusiC' which are a valuable addition to the repertoire of historical instruments of the 'Siglode Oro '.
Certain specifications had to be taken into account: e. g. a limited pitch range, half stops for treble and bass registers, the short octave as well as a mean -tone temperament. In addition, each composition isbased on a work of the Iberian organ literature, sometimes, the work found its way into the new composition, sometimes, it only served as an inspiration. urely Baroque repertoire.