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Trojan Women (after the play of Euripides)

Trojan Women (after the play of Euripides)
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Euripides wrote The Trojan Women in 415 B.C., but his tragic play about the aftermath of the fall of Troy continues to resonate many centuries after it was first performed. Eleni Karaindrou, best know for her film scores for Ulysses' Gaze and Eternity and a Day, composed this score for a 2001 production of The Trojan Women after being struck by the parallels between the ancient Greek story and the recent situation in the Balkans. Although she chose to use various folk instruments from around the Mediterranean, such as the lyre, an ancestor of the modern violin; the lauto, a Greek form of the lute; and the ney, an end-blown flute, her stark compositions are not folkloric recreations. Instead, she blends the ancient timbres of the instruments with a vocal chorus to create a sound that is not quite modern but not archaic either. Perhaps the best word to use in describing Karaindrou's austere, beautiful music is timeless. --Michael Simmons
Country USA
Brand ECM RECORDS
Manufacturer Ecm Import
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber unknown
ReleaseDate 2002-05-14
UnitCount 1
Format Import
UPCs 028947213925
EANs 0028947213925

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