UPC: 028947213925
Format: CD
Release Date: Mar 25, 2002
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Personnel: Veronika Iliopoulou (vocals, soprano); Maria Tsima, Alexandra Delitheou, Mara Koukoula (vocals); Maria Bildea (harp); Panos Dimitrakopoulos (kanonaki); Sokratis Sinopoulos (lyra); Christos Tsiamoulis (suling, ney); Andreas Papas (bendir).
Liner Note Author: Eleni Karaindrou.
Recording information: Studio Polysound, Athens, Greece (07/2001).
Editors: Yiannis Ioannidis; Manfred Eicher.
Photographers: Kostas Ordolis; Athina Kazolea.
Translator: Harina Deliyannis Easty.
Eleni Karaindrou has made her reputation working with Greek instruments and musical forms for theater and move pieces, and this can only add more luster to her burgeoning reputation. Trojan Women is a series of short, impressionistic pieces, mostly instrumental, although some feature a chorus. Working on a play that's Classical, her choice of Classical instruments makes perfect sense, while her sense of form, working in such confined time strictures, is dense and demanding -- while still managing the remarkable balancing act of leaving plenty of space in the sound. In other words, it's atmospheric, and fits in very well with the ECM esthetic. The question of how successful it is as a free-standing piece of music is a different question. By it's nature, there's little development and movement in the pieces, which simply stand as short sketches. But accept it for what it is, and you have something wonderful. ~ Chris Nickson
Liner Note Author: Eleni Karaindrou.
Recording information: Studio Polysound, Athens, Greece (07/2001).
Editors: Yiannis Ioannidis; Manfred Eicher.
Photographers: Kostas Ordolis; Athina Kazolea.
Translator: Harina Deliyannis Easty.
Eleni Karaindrou has made her reputation working with Greek instruments and musical forms for theater and move pieces, and this can only add more luster to her burgeoning reputation. Trojan Women is a series of short, impressionistic pieces, mostly instrumental, although some feature a chorus. Working on a play that's Classical, her choice of Classical instruments makes perfect sense, while her sense of form, working in such confined time strictures, is dense and demanding -- while still managing the remarkable balancing act of leaving plenty of space in the sound. In other words, it's atmospheric, and fits in very well with the ECM esthetic. The question of how successful it is as a free-standing piece of music is a different question. By it's nature, there's little development and movement in the pieces, which simply stand as short sketches. But accept it for what it is, and you have something wonderful. ~ Chris Nickson
Tracks:
1 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Voices (Constantinople lyra, ney, harp)
2 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Lament I (Constantinople lyra, ney)
3 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Desolate Land I (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)
4 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Lament II (kanonaki)
5 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Hecuba's Lament (Constantinople lyra)
6 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Parodos (The land I call home) (harp, ney, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, santouri, bendir)
7 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Parodos (Home of my forefathers) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, new, outi, santouri)
8 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Parodos (I wish I'm given there) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, ney, santouri, bendir)
9 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Cassandra's Theme (Constantinople lyra, ney, harp)
10 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Cassandra's Trance (bendir, laouto, ney kanonaki, santouri, harp)
11 - Trojan Women, incidental music~First Stasimon (An ode of tears) (laouto, harp, Constantinople lyra, kanonaki, ney santouri, bendir
12 - Trojan Women, incidental music~First Stasimon (For the Phrygian land a vast mourning) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, laouto
13 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Andromache's Theme (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)
14 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Andromache's Lament (kanonaki)
15 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Terra Deserta (santouri, daouli, kanonaki, ney, Constantinople lyra)
16 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Astyanax' Theme (suling, harp, lyra)
17 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Hecuba's Theme I (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)
18 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Hecuba's Theme II (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)
19 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Second Stasimon (Telamon, you came to conquer our town) (harp, laouto, kanonaki, ney, bendir)
20 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Second Stasimon (The city that gave birth to you was consumed by fire) (laouto, kanonaki, santouri,
21 - Trojan Women, incidental music~An Ode of Tears (Constantinople, kanonaki, ney)
22 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Desolate Land II (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)
23 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Lament III (Constantinople lyra, ney)
24 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Third Stasimon (In vain the sacrifices) (laouto, kanonaki, harp, ney, santouri, bendir)
25 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Third Stasimon (My beloved, your soul is wandering) (kanonaki, harp, laouto, ney, santouri, bendir)
26 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Hecuba's Theme (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)
27 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Lament for Astyanax (Oh bitter lament, my bitter boy) (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki, sa
28 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Exodos (santouri, daouli, kanonaki, ney, Constantinople lyra)
29 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Exodos (Accursed town) (ney, harp, Constantinople lyra, bendir, santouri, kanonaki)
30 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Astyanax' Memory (suling, harp, Constantinople lyra)
2 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Lament I (Constantinople lyra, ney)
3 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Desolate Land I (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)
4 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Lament II (kanonaki)
5 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Hecuba's Lament (Constantinople lyra)
6 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Parodos (The land I call home) (harp, ney, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, santouri, bendir)
7 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Parodos (Home of my forefathers) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, new, outi, santouri)
8 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Parodos (I wish I'm given there) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, ney, santouri, bendir)
9 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Cassandra's Theme (Constantinople lyra, ney, harp)
10 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Cassandra's Trance (bendir, laouto, ney kanonaki, santouri, harp)
11 - Trojan Women, incidental music~First Stasimon (An ode of tears) (laouto, harp, Constantinople lyra, kanonaki, ney santouri, bendir
12 - Trojan Women, incidental music~First Stasimon (For the Phrygian land a vast mourning) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, laouto
13 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Andromache's Theme (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)
14 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Andromache's Lament (kanonaki)
15 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Terra Deserta (santouri, daouli, kanonaki, ney, Constantinople lyra)
16 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Astyanax' Theme (suling, harp, lyra)
17 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Hecuba's Theme I (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)
18 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Hecuba's Theme II (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)
19 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Second Stasimon (Telamon, you came to conquer our town) (harp, laouto, kanonaki, ney, bendir)
20 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Second Stasimon (The city that gave birth to you was consumed by fire) (laouto, kanonaki, santouri,
21 - Trojan Women, incidental music~An Ode of Tears (Constantinople, kanonaki, ney)
22 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Desolate Land II (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)
23 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Lament III (Constantinople lyra, ney)
24 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Third Stasimon (In vain the sacrifices) (laouto, kanonaki, harp, ney, santouri, bendir)
25 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Third Stasimon (My beloved, your soul is wandering) (kanonaki, harp, laouto, ney, santouri, bendir)
26 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Hecuba's Theme (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)
27 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Lament for Astyanax (Oh bitter lament, my bitter boy) (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki, sa
28 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Exodos (santouri, daouli, kanonaki, ney, Constantinople lyra)
29 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Exodos (Accursed town) (ney, harp, Constantinople lyra, bendir, santouri, kanonaki)
30 - Trojan Women, incidental music~Astyanax' Memory (suling, harp, Constantinople lyra)