Artist: Eleni Karaindrou
Title: Euripides: Medea
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: ECM
Genre: Classical, Folk
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [24Bit/96kHz]
Total Time: 45:12
Total Size: 879 MB (d.booklet)
Eleni Karaindrou (born 1941) is a Greek composer, born in the village of Teichio in Phocis, Central Greece, on November 25, 1941. She is best known for scoring the films of Greek director Theo Angelopoulos.
Eleni Karaindrou's collaborations with stage director Antonis Antypas have generated some of her most powerful music. Medea, like the earlier Trojan Women, comes out of this association. Recorded at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, the music vibrates with emotional intensity. Karaindrou gives her themes to a small ensemble, its sound-colours creating an ambiance both archaic and contemporary, as textures of santouri, ney, lyra and clarinets are combined and contrasted.
Tracklist:
01. Argo's Voyage 1:41
02. Ceremonial Procession 3:47
03. On The Way To Exile 4:51
04. The Haze Of Mania 1:14
05. Medea's Lament I 1:46
06. Woman Of Mourning 1:20
07. Medea's Lament II 1:45
08. Loss 1:43
09. Backwards To Their Sources 3:40
10. A Sinister Decision 3:55
11. Love's Great Malevolence 3:22
12. For The Sake Of A Greek's Words 1:51
13. Do Not Kill Your Children 4:30
14. An Unbearable Song 1:21
15. All Hope Is Lost Chorus 3:24
16. The Night Of Killing 2:48
17. Silence Chorus 2:09
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Socratis Sinopoulos - constantinople lute & lyra
Haris Lambrakis - ney
Nikos Guinos - clarinet on 1, 2, 6
Marie-Cecile Boulard - clarinet on 1, 2, 6
Alexandros Arkadopoulos - clarinet
Yiorgos Kaloudis - violoncello
Andreas Katsigiannis - santouri
Andreas Papas - bendir
Eleni Karaindrou - voice on 5, 7
Choir directed by Antonis Kontogeorgiou
Recorded at Studio Sierra in Athens in June 2011
Produced by Manfred Eicher
