Carles Magraner delves into the universe of Leonardo’s grotesque heads that place us far from the search for beauty, in a world at odds with form (deformity) and norm (abnormality). Is there music in that world? Music -which is, by definition, harmony- has historically found a role in the world of the grotesque thanks to its eternal symbiosis with the word and the body. This disc on grotesque music (Pepe Rey) dives into these sources. For this disc, Magraner (viola and direction) has counted on the singers Delia Agúndez, Hugo Bolívar, Jorge Morata and Antonio Sabuco and the performers Robert Cases (Renaissance guitar) and Miguel Ángel Orero (percussions), with the collaboration of Giorgio Celenza and Toni Aparisi. The selection of the repertoire and the notes are by musicologist Pepe Rey, in addition to including a text by Mariano Moret, whose collection of etchings on the grotesque heads of Leonardo da Vinci and his exhibition were the trigger for the project.
