Ensemble Melpomen & Conrad Steinmann – CHOROS – Chorische Musik zur Tragödie Oidipous von Sophokles (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:52 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Classical
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“ΧΟΡÓΣ/CHOROS or Oidípous Týrannos of Sophocles» us of ancient Greece, newly imagined by Conrad Steinmann.
What did Greek antiquity sound like? This question, which had already heated the minds of scholars in 16th-century Italy and led to the invention of opera in wonderful ways, has also occupied the Swiss flutist and musicologist Conrad Steinmann for some time. But unlike 450 years ago, when Andrea Gabrieli set Sophocles to music in Italian translation, Steinmann and his Ensemble rely on the rhythms and accents of the original ancient Greek and on meticulously recreated instruments of the classical period. Choruses from Sophocles’ “Oedipus” are at the centre of this fascinating Sonic Adventure and conjure up the twilight of an ancient family saga with the tragic figure of that direct descendant of her brother Kadmos, and thus distant relative of Europe.
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