TYRANNIDE was conceived from the desire to explore the theme of cante jondo as a universal expressive archetype, not confined to the Spanish tradition but deeply rooted in human nature. Its primordial character — often expressed through the insistence of the semitone and microtonal inflections — becomes a symbol of the human condition, forced to confront suffering, death, and their inexorable musical reflection. A tyranny, indeed: that of a lament that does not belong to a single people or era, but which runs through the history of music, re-emerging in the form of appoggiaturas, suspended tensions and melodic lines filled with longing. Cante jondo, originally connected with Andalusian flamenco, thus becomes in the programme of this recording a universal musical principle, capable of manifesting itself even in languages far removed from the Spanish tradition.

The programme includes two works never previously recorded: Cantar de mio Cid by the French composer Jean-Dominique Krynen and the Concerto Trois Graphiques by Maurice Ohana in its original arrangement for guitar and piano. Around these two central works unfolds a musical journey that places cante jondo in dialogue with different historical and stylistic contexts, re-vealing its surprising expressive continuity.