* a work in progress album *
Armida Records 11-170226
artist: EDUARDO MORALES-CASO
INVISIBLE WORDS | Fantasy for Guitar and Piano (2018)
Anders Clemens Øien | Guitar
Teresa Vilaplana Maza | Piano
Recorded at Eduardo Del Pueyo Auditorium Higher Conservatory Of Music Of Aragon in Zaragoza (Spain)
Sound engineer: Chechu (Andres Jesus) Martinez Herranz Estudio De Grabacion Septimo Cielo S.L.. Zaragoza, (Spain)
Final Master completed on december 22, 2025
Total time: 10:30
Invisible Words (2018), a fantasy for guitar and piano by the composer Eduardo Morales-Caso, dedicated to the exceptional performers Anders Clemens Øien, guitarist, and Teresa Vilaplana Maza, pianist, explores that universe of resonances in which the guitar and the piano merge into a single timbre – the latter becoming an expansion, extension, and timbral enrichment of the guitar. In this unusual chamber combination, the composer Eduardo Morales-Caso meticulously attends to the physical-acoustic phenomena that define these two very dissimilar natures, achieving an extraordinary balance and an indivisible sonic unity, in which the “egos of interpretative individuality,” so markedly present throughout history, do not exist. Subtle textures shaped by “colour” and profound beauty establish the communicative principle of Invisible Words.
MIRADA A LA INFINITUD | Fantasy for Guitar (2021)
Hana Watanabe | Guitar
Recorded in Tokyo, Japan, and mastered in Madrid on March 19, 2026
Sound engineer: Luis del Toro Modolell
Total time: 9:35
In Mirada a la infinitud (Fantasy for Guitar, 2021; a tribute to Ferdinand Hodler), a work commissioned by the Spanish Guitar Society, composer Eduardo Morales-Caso draws inspiration from the Swiss painter’s art, evoking Plato’s vision of the idea of the infinite: a realm in which everything is possible and where “true contemplation must be directed toward the World of Ideas or Forms, which are immutable and eternal.”
The exceptional Japanese guitarist Hana Watanabe delivers a performance that is profound, subtle, and powerful, rich in imagination and supported by a solid technical and interpretative command. Her reading immerses us in the musical language – deeply expressive and rigorous – of an established composer such as Eduardo Morales-Caso, whose catalogue for classical guitar is both substantial and widely recognized on the international guitar scene.
INTANGIBLE MAELSTROM | Fantasy for Guitar (2016)
Pavel Kukhta | Guitar
Recorded in Minsk, Republic of Belarus on May 6, 2026
Sound engineer: Viktor Kisten
Total time: 6:11
The fleeting and immaterial nature of opposites forms the central metaphor that composer Eduardo Morales-Caso places at the heart of Intangible maelstrom, a work that demands exceptional technical and expressive virtuosity from the performer, capable of transporting us to unforeseen realms where fantasy and imagination dwell without limits.
Dedicated to the exceptional Belarusian guitarist Pavel Kukhta, Intangible maelstrom finds in him its ideal interpreter, thanks to his boundless virtuosity and profound affinity with the musical language of this distinguished composer.
Undoubtedly, Pavel Kukhta succeeds in transforming the intangible into a vividly tangible experience through the creative vision of Morales-Caso, making this recording the most significant discographic reference of Intangible maelstrom to date.
CORAZÓN SUSPENSO | Poem for Soprano and Piano Trio
Lyrics and Music by Eduardo Morales-Caso
Performers
Eglise Gutiérrez | Soprano
Pablo Suárez | Violin
Aldo Mata | Violoncello
Duncan Gifford | Piano
Recorded at Estudio Uno in Colmenar Viejo, Madrid (Spain) on June 22, 2026
Recording & Mastering Engineer: Gonzalo Noqué
Producer: Adolfo Becerril de la Fuente
“Corazón suspenso” (“Suspended Heart”), a Poem for Soprano and Piano Trio (2026) by the composer Eduardo Morales-Caso, is a poetic and musical homage to the powerful sea goddess Yemanjá.
The work is a magnificent example of chamber music integration, in which four voices of striking individuality – soprano, violin, cello, and piano – engage in a dialogue through a language of remarkable virtuosity and profound lyricism, sustained by subtle, evocative timbral textures always at the service of colour. The longed-for sea, where everything flows and nothing remains, emerges as the work’s central poetic protagonist. It symbolizes perpetual transformation and evokes Heraclitus’ dialectical principle that no one can step into the same river twice, because neither the river nor the person who crosses it is ever the same again.
This recording, made in the traditional manner and conceived as an artistically significant document, brings together four exceptional performers around the music of the distinguished composer Eduardo Morales-Caso: Eglise Gutiérrez (soprano), Pablo Suárez Calero (violin), Aldo Mata Payero (cello), and Duncan Gifford (piano). The result is an extraordinary demonstration of chamber music synergy and of the artistic sensitivity of four musicians of our time, whose interpretive excellence finds an exceptional vehicle for expression in this work.
Acknowledgments
The composer, Eduardo Morales-Caso, gratefully acknowledges Mitchell Sven Andersson and Adolfo Becerril de la Fuente for their invaluable support, generosity, and collaboration, without which this project would not have been possible.
CORAZÓN SUSPENSO (2026) is registered with the Spanish Intellectual Property Registry and with the Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE). It is also published by MORALES-CASO Editions, Madrid (Spain)..
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Recorded at the Various Times and Places