Markopoulos, Y.: Liturgy of Orpheus (The)

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 27, 2009
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MARKOPOULOS, YANNIS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Flanders Opera Chorus And So
    • PERFORMER
      Van Dam, Kelessidi, Sheffield, Abrath
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 27, 2009
    • UPC
      747313223572
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572235
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Orpheus on Olympus

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    2. II. Paean - Ode to Apollo

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Philip Sheffield, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    3. III. The Lyre in the Hands of Orpheus

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Philip Sheffield, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    4. IV. Gaia, Mother Earth

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    5. V. Hymn to the Sky

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Philip Sheffield, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    6. VI. Hymn to the Sea

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Philip Sheffield, Elena Kelessidi, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    7. VII. Hyperion

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Philip Sheffield, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    8. VIII. Orpheus in Hades

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Philip Sheffield, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    9. IX. Eurydice Awaits

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elena Kelessidi, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    10. X. Love Has Come

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    11. XI. Curetes - Corybants

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    12. XII. Bacchic Dance

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    13. XIII. Orpheus and the Furies

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Philip Sheffield, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    14. XIV. The Muses of Pieria

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    15. XV. In the Manner of Love

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marc Grauwels, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    16. XVI. Oh Physis - Hymn to Nature

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Elena Kelessidi, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    17. XVII. The Fates

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Elena Kelessidi, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    18. XVIII. The Temple of Orpheus

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Philip Sheffield, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath

    19. XIX. Paean - Epilogue

      Composer: Yannis Markopoulos

      Ensemble: Flanders Opera Chorus, Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Van Dam, Arielle Valibouse

      Conductor: Edwig Abrath


In his lavishly scored oratorio the Liturgy of Orpheus Yannis Markopoulos combines fragments of Orphic poems with a narrative text by Panos Theodoridis to create a work brimming with melodies, rhythms and instrumental tone colours, including those of guitar.