podcast de Junio Guerra

La relación del compositor Eneko Vadillo con el saxofón se ilustra en el reciente disco del grupo Sax Ensemble. Como ejemplo se escucha "Fusions" y "Metamorphosis". Completando el programa suena la "Sonata 5" de Isaac Albéniz en la interpretación de la pianista Belén González-Domonte. Escuchar audio

Composer Jeff Beal deconstructs the main title theme music to the Netflix original series House of Cards. The show has been nominated for multiple Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Original Main Title Theme and Outstanding Music Composition. The show was adapted from a British series of the same name by writer Beau Willimon, and director and executive producer David Fincher. Jeff talks about his...

Se recuerda la veterana grabación del "Tratado de glosas" de Diego Ortiz en versión de Jordi Savall. También se escuchan varias obras pianísticas de Salvador Brotons a partir de la interpretación de Alex Alguacil, responsable de la grabación de la integral para piano de este autor. Escuchar audio

SOLER: Sonata nº 134 (9'). L. Ricoy (p.). Sonata 137 (11'). L. Ricoy (p.). Arturo Dúo VitalDÚO VITAL: Sinfonía para un aniversario (24'10"). Orq. Fil. de Málaga. Dir.: J. L. Temes. Escuchar audio

Alfred Darlington, better known as Daedelus, takes apart his song Experience. This early track of his is made with only acoustic sounds, but Alfred still considers it a piece of electronic music, and explains why. He also talks about the unexpected life the song has had since he recorded it, after being sampled by Madlib for his collaboration with MF Doom, Madvillain. Experience became the beat fo...

El centenario de la muerte de Fernando Valero permite presentar a quien fuera uno de los tenores más destacados de la escena lírica de finales del XIX y principios del XX. Asimismo, se presenta el último disco del pianista Juan Carlos Garvayo dedicado a la Alhambra y en el que se incluyen obras españolas de Albéniz, Joaquín Turina, Ángel Barrios, Xavier Montsalvatge, Antón García Abril y el estren...

Los 175 años de la muerte del compositor Vicente Cuyás justifican este programa monográfico en el que se escuchan fragmentos de su ópera "La fattucchiera". Escuchar audio

Alex Brown Church of Sea Wolf breaks down Kasper, a song from the album Old World Romance. He talks about his songwriting process, collaborating with his bandmates, and the evolution that comes with learning the difference between making something that's good, and making something that's perfect. 

La escucha de las "Endechas para una reina de España" de Cristóbal Halffter sirve de excusa parra recorrer el ambiente musical del siglo XV y XVI, particularmente la de Francisco Correa de Arauxo, sugerencia estética de la obra. La composición de Halffter suena en la versión del Cuarteto de Leipzig con Cristina Pozas a la viola y Miguel Jiménez al violonchelo. Escuchar audio

Repaso a la ópera de Josep Soler "Edipo y Yocasta" a partir del registro dirigido musicalmente por Antoni Ros-Marbà. Presentación de la edición discográfica dedicada al "Piano valenciano en puertas del siglo XX", protagonizada por Victoria Alemany. El programa se completa con un breve homenaje a Luis Sagi-Vela en el centenario de su nacimiento. Escuchar audio

Will Wiesenfeld of Baths breaks down his song Miasma Sky, which came out last year on his highly-praised sophomore album Obsidian. Will talks about using the computer to intentionally destroy sounds, trying to find a balance in his music between simplicity and complexity, and what went into making his drum tracks. 

Homenaje al compositor Francisco Cano tras su fallecimiento en diciembre de 2013. Se escucha: "Aquarius" y "Música a seis". El programa se completa con la Misa "Beata Dir genitrix" de Alonso Lobo en interpretación de La grande Chapelle dirigida por Albert Recasens Escuchar audio

Claire and Jona of the band YACHT deconstruct their brand new single Plastic Soul, a fun pop song about human suffering. They explain how technology inspired them musically as well as lyrically, and how they recycle bits of their old recordings to create new songs. 

Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf takes apart The Outer Banks, a song he recorded in Iceland with members of Sigur Ros accompanying him. He reveals how the melody of the song was made from a glockenspiel, violin, and Moog synthesizer; and he talks about the importance of letting go of control during the recording process. 

Our first guest on Song Exploder is Jimmy Tamborello, aka Dntel, aka one half of The Postal Service (the other half being Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie). Jimmy breaks down the song The District Sleeps Alone Tonight, and talks about his instruments, his influences, and accidentally making a loop out of Jenny Lewis's backing vocals.