Track Listing

1. Trojan Women/Voices (Constantinople Lyra, Ney, Harp)
2. Trojan Women/Lament I (Constantinople Lyra, Ney)
3. Trojan Women/Desolate Land I (Laouto, Constantinople Lyra, Harp, ...)
4. Trojan Women/Lament II (Kanonaki)
5. Trojan Women/Hecuba's Lament (Constantinople Lyra)
6. Trojan Women/Parodos (The Land I Call Home) (Harp, Ney, Kanonaki, ...)
7. Trojan Women/Parodos (Home of My Forefathers) (Harp, Kanonaki, ...)
8. Trojan Women/Parodos (I Wish I'm Given There) (Harp, Kanonaki, ...)
9. Trojan Women/Cassandra's Theme (Constantinople Lyra, Ney, Harp)
10. Trojan Women/Cassandra's Trance (Bendir, Laouto, Ney Kanonaki, ...)
11. Trojan Women/First Stasimon (An Ode of Tears) (Laouto, Harp, ...)
12. Trojan Women/First Stasimon (For the Phrygian Land a Vast ...)
13. Trojan Women/Andromache's Theme (Laouto, Constantinople Lyra, ...)
14. Trojan Women/Andromache's Lament (Kanonaki)
15. Trojan Women/Terra Deserta (Santouri, Daouli, Kanonaki, Ney, ...)
16. Trojan Women/Astyanax' Theme (Suling, Harp, Lyra)
17. Trojan Women/Hecuba's Theme I (Harp, Constantinople Lyra, Ney, ...)
18. Trojan Women/Hecuba's Theme II (Harp, Constantinople Lyra, Ney, ...)
19. Trojan Women/Second Stasimon (Telamon, You Came to Conquer Our ...)
20. Trojan Women/Second Stasimon (The City That Gave Birth to You Was ...)
21. Trojan Women/An Ode of Tears (Constantinople, Kanonaki, Ney)
22. Trojan Women/Desolate Land II (Laouto, Constantinople Lyra, Harp, Ney,
23. Trojan Women/Lament III (Constantinople Lyra, Ney)
24. Trojan Women/Third Stasimon (In Vain the Sacrifices) (Laouto, ...)
25. Trojan Women/Third Stasimon (My Beloved, Your Soul Is Wandering) ...
26. Trojan Women/Hecuba's Theme (Harp, Constantinople Lyra, Ney, Kanonaki)
27. Trojan Women/Lament for Astyanax (Oh Bitter Lament, My Bitter Boy) ...
28. Trojan Women/Exodos (Santouri, Daouli, Kanonaki, Ney, ...)
29. Trojan Women/Exodos (Accursed Town) (Ney, Harp, Constantinople ...)
30. Trojan Women/Astyanax' Memory (Suling, Harp, Constantinople Lyra)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81479 in Music
• Released on: 2002-05-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Cast Recording, Import

Amazon.com
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

Customer Reviews

An atypical and moving Karaindrou
If you are a collector of Karaindrou's music like myself you will be surprised when you hear this album for the first time,
the Byzantian tunes will sound unfamiliar. Gradually you will recognise her moving notes in those very tunes.
I strongly recomend this album to everyone who enjoys Karaindrou's music. It is quite different than her past work yet very much like her.

Most beautiful music
This is one of the most beautiful CD's I have heard. The different instruments used and the female chorus is perfect for this. I do not agree that it is monotonous. Grief in all its forms is, ultimately, exhausting. The music is a gorgeous rendition of loss, sorrow and grief.

Core Quality
This is 'transport' music that can take you to your core and let you stand in quiet awe. Magnificent and soul wrenching at the same time the lament and pain is felt at the deepest levels.