Gregorio Paniagua & Atrium Musicae de Madrid – La Spagna (UHQCD)

Spanish dances from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, recorded on period instruments by a septet led by Gregorio Paniagua, released on a Swedish classical label are typically not the stuff of audiophile dreams. In this case, however, everything is different. In 1980, the Swedish label BIS landed a hit in the world of early music with this release – and a group of astonished audiophile record listeners also got their hands on entirely new musical pleasures with instruments such as a spinet, a bass krummhorn or a metallophone and, of course, the Spanish guitar.

The legendary recording is now newly available as an Ultimate HQ disc from Audionautes in Italy. It has been recompiled not from the original master, but from the previous session tapes; as it were, from the tapes that were later compiled into one master.

UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to the softer photopolymer for scratch protection. The combination results in significantly reduced reflection of laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with standard CD players. Musically, the result is a sound image strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

Lista pieselor

1. Spagna Contrapunto

2. Spagnoletta

3. Danza alta, sobre ‘la Spagna’

4. Historia Baetica 1’45

5. Calata a la Spagnola I

6. Calata a la Spagnola II

7. Calata a la Spagnola III

8. Calata a la Spagnola VI

9. Spaniol Kochesberger

10. Spaniol tancz

11. The Old Spagnoleta

12. Spagnioletta

13. Triste España

14. Rè di Spagna

15. La bassa Castiglya – Falla con Misuras

16. La Spagna

17. La Spagna

18. Olvida tu Perdicion España

19. Spagniöler tancz – Hopper dancz ‘Spagna’

20. Spanieler

21. Espagnoletta

22. Spagnoletto – Villanicco di Spagna – Pavaniglia di Spagna – Spagnoletto da capo

23. La Spagna a 5

24. Recercada primera sobre canto lliano la Spagna

25. Recercada segunda

26. Recercada tercera

27. Recercada quarta

28. Recercada quinta

29. Recercada sesta

30. Gagliarda quarta a 5 alla Spagnola

31. The Spaynard

32. The Spanish Pavane

33. Triste España

34. Espagnoletta

35. Ricercar Spagnuola ‘duna cossa spagnola’

36. Ain spaniyelischer hoff dantz

37. Tres sobre el canto llano de la alta (sobre la Spagna)

38. Triste España

39. Spagnoletta nouva al modo di madriglia

40. Furioso alla Spagnuola

41. Padvana hispanica

Artist	Gregorio Paniagua & Atrium Musicae de Madrid
Format	UHQCD
Casă de discuri	AudioNautes
Gen muzical	Muzică clasică