The music of Eleni Karaindrou - Concert in Athens / Kashkashian, Garbarek, Christopoulos, Karaindrou, Nastasa, Ripo, Gadedi et al.

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Album Summary

Performers

• Sonia Pisk (Bassoon)
• Marie-Cecile Boulard (Clarinet)
• Stella Gadedi (Flute)
• Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
• Eleni Karaindrou (Piano)
• Kim Kashkashian (Viola)
• Maria Bildea (Harp)
• Dinos Hadjiiordanou (Accordion)
• Vangelis Christopoulos (Oboe)
• Sergiu Nastasa (Violin)
• Aris Dimitriadis (Mandolin)
• Socratis Anthis (Trumpet)
• Vangelis Skouras (French Horn)

Conductor

• Myrat, Alexander

Ensembles

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• Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra

Composer

• Eleni Karaindrou (1939 - )

Notes & Reviews:

An exceptional live recording, Concert In Athens, the tenth ECM release by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou incorporates moving performances by guests Kim Kashkashian and Jan Garbarek. The US violist and the Norwegian saxophonist have each made important contributions to Karaindrou's music in the past, Garbarek with his playing in the score for The Beekeper and Kashkashian as the key musical protagonist of Ulysses' Gaze. Themes of both those films are revisited here, amongst much that is new. A primary emphasis is music written theater: the wide-reaching emotional scope of pieces for play by Arthur Miller, Tennesee Williams and Edward Albee provides a wonderful context for bringing the guest musicians into contact with Eleni's soloists, above all the brilliant oboist Vangelis Christopoulos. Recorded November 2010, with Manfred Eicher as producer, Concert in Athens gives us perhaps the fullest picture of Eleni Karaindrou's compositional creativity to date.

The Times, 16th February 2013
Greece's finest film and theatre composer also has some useful friends. Fabulous solos from saxophonist Jan Garbarek, viola player Kim Kashkashian and oboist Vangelis Christopoulos grace this concert of Eleni Karaindrou's beguilingly atmospheric music. I like it best when it is mistily melancholic.

The Arts Desk, 9th March 2013
There are marvellous things here. Karaindrou's style is generally understated and subtle. Colours are muted, tempi tend to be restrained. Yet this music always moves, seems to be going somewhere and has something definite to say - there's a welcome lack of ambient, moody blandness.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Megaron, Athens (11/19/2010).

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Works Details

Karaindrou, Eleni : Death of a Salesman :: Requiem for Willy Loman

• Performers: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone); Eleni Karaindrou (Piano)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Ensemble: Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Eternity and a Day :: Eternity Theme

• Performer: Eleni Karaindrou (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1998

Karaindrou, Eleni : Closed Roads, for viola & orchestra

• Performer: Kim Kashkashian (Viola)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Number Ten :: Waiting

• Performers: Eleni Karaindrou (Piano); Maria Bildea (Harp); Dinos Hadjiiordanou (Accordion)
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Voyage to Cythera :: Voyage

• Performer: Vangelis Christopoulos (Oboe)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1984

Karaindrou, Eleni : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf :: Invocation

• Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Number Ten :: Tango of Love

• Performers: Dinos Hadjiiordanou (Accordion); Sergiu Nastasa (Violin)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : The Glass Menangerie :: Tom's Theme

• Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : The Glass Menangerie :: Laura's Waltz

• Performers: Aris Dimitriadis (Mandolin); Jan Garbarek (Saxophone); Kim Kashkashian (Viola); Dinos Hadjiiordanou (Accordion)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Landscape in the Mist :: Adagio

• Performers: Vangelis Christopoulos (Oboe); Jan Garbarek (Saxophone); Kim Kashkashian (Viola)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1988

Karaindrou, Eleni : After Memory, for viola, tenor saxophone & oboe

• Performers: Vangelis Christopoulos (Oboe); Jan Garbarek (Saxophone); Kim Kashkashian (Viola)
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Chamber Music

Karaindrou, Eleni : The Beekeeper :: Farewell Theme

• Performers: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone); Eleni Karaindrou (Piano)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1986

Karaindrou, Eleni : Dust of Time :: Seeking Theme

• Performers: Socratis Anthis (Trumpet); Vangelis Skouras (French Horn); Vangelis Christopoulos (Oboe); Sonia Pisk (Bassoon); Marie-Cecile Boulard (Clarinet); Stella Gadedi (Flute)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Number Ten :: Nostalgia Song

• Performers: Stella Gadedi (Flute); Dinos Hadjiiordanou (Accordion); Maria Bildea (Harp); Aris Dimitriadis (Mandolin); Eleni Karaindrou (Piano)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Number Ten :: Waltz of the Rain

• Performers: Stella Gadedi (Flute); Dinos Hadjiiordanou (Accordion); Maria Bildea (Harp); Aris Dimitriadis (Mandolin); Sergiu Nastasa (Violin)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Adagio for Saxophone, for tenor saxophone & orchestra

• Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Karaindrou, Eleni : Ulysses' Gaze :: Dance

• Performers: Dinos Hadjiiordanou (Accordion); Vangelis Christopoulos (Oboe); Kim Kashkashian (Viola)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995

Karaindrou, Eleni : Death of a Salesman :: Requiem for Willy Loman, variation

• Performers: Eleni Karaindrou (Piano); Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Alexander Myrat
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary