"When I speak about Al-Andalus tears well up in people's eyes"

Salma Garaudy (Faraouqui)

This CD is a double tribute:

- To Roger Garaudy, 1913-2012, creator of the foundation in Cordoba that bore his name and that is

now the Fundación Paradigma, for bringing to light Córdoba’s crucial role in the ninth to thirteenth

centuries for culture of the East and the West in the symbiosis of Al-Andalus, under the cultural

dimension of universality, dialogue and freedom.

- And to the vinyl/CD "Musique Arabo-Andalouse" by Atrium Musicae, directed by Gregorio Paniagua

and released by Harmonia Mundi in 1975, for being the starting point for a means to become

acquainted with the music of Al-Andalus under a historicist perspective.

This is a compilation of works in the tradition of Al-Andalus, gathered in the Maghreb and returned to

Al-Andalus. Historical music, the dream of coexistence among cultures with a common language of

wisdom and faith, heralding the beginning of the humanist Renaissance in Europe.

Through this music we can relive the splendour of Cordoba: The Guadalquivir, the great river, the

Mosque, Alcazar, Roman bridge, Calahorra tower, Medina Al Zahra. Symbolic elements to cross the

bridge of time and history. To introduce the travelling music-lover to the living history of Al-Andalus.

Eduardo Paniagua.