Stripping a Dark Forest was composed in 2023 as the first in a series inspired by The Divine Comedy. Written for narrator and orchestra, the work traces a symbolic journey from the darkness of Inferno to the luminosity of the end of Purgatorio, musically articulating a kind of inner transformation.
Reflections 2.0 is a digital version of the piece Reflexos, originally conceived in 1991 as part of the installation El Agua y el Silencio. The new composition preserves the original structure but replaces the musical block performed by eight clarinets with a version executed by eight different instruments. The new recording was digitally processed using filters that stretch the sound, producing a timbre similar to that of an organ. The result creates a much more immersive and hypnotic atmosphere than the original version.
12 Inventions for piano represents a turning point in my musical production, having been conceived specifically for a solo instrument. Unlike my previous compositions, focused on musique concrète, both analog and digital, this series remains within less experimental boundaries, where the emotional dimension does not turn away from mathematical and contrapuntal transformation processes.
The Bards of the Tower of Babel is a work situated within the tradition of musique concrète, in which I explore the limits of language from both an acoustic and structural perspective. Its point of departure is my poem The Purity of Your Smile, which I conceive not only as articulated speech but as a manifestation of metalanguage—where poetry functions as a device that transcends conventional communicative purpose and delves into the symbolic, rhythmic, and phonetic dimensions of language.
Strings Editions was founded in 2020 with the purpose of providing free access to a specialized repertoire for plucked string instruments from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical-Romantic periods. Its catalog brings together carefully fingered editions and high-quality transcriptions specifically adapted for the modern guitar. Additionally, the platform offers an extensive directory of original sources, as well as a selection of audiovisual materials produced by leading specialists in the field of historically informed performance
Throughout the 16th to 18th centuries, tablature—or intavolatura—was the predominant system for writing music for the vihuela, lute, and baroque guitar. In Intavolatura, recorded in 1999, Oriol Espinal brings us closer to this sonic universe, long hidden in archives and libraries. Ranging from Renaissance refinement to Baroque expressivity, the album features modern guitar renditions of works by Capirola, Milán, Narváez, Dowland, Sanz, Weiss, and Bach, among others, interpreted with an approach that honors tradition without forgoing a contemporary vision.