Memoirs of a Damned (21)

21.07.2025

The composer years (14)

An avoidable album. Los Panza y sus Baratarias: suite para la estupidez humana (The Panzas and the Baratarias: suite for a human stupidity)2013

If you asked me today if I would write a piece on nationalism and independence,

I would answer no. Because it's a topic that no longer holds the slightest interest for me.

The cover is explicit: crowns on a skeleton coat rack. Some might interpret this as an attack on the Monarchy, but it's exactly the opposite.

The idea of the suite format was inspired by the works of Ravel and distanced from the Baroque concept.

Cervantes's iconic work served as a way for me to compare Sancho's ineptitude in governing his island. The Castilian writer would undoubtedly agree with my essay.

There's little more to add to a short orchestral work. Though it's painstakingly crafted, it is.