Caravassilis - From Sappho’s Lyre
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Label: Orchid Classics
Cat No: ORC100260
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 20th October 2023
Contents
Artists
Jenni Klauder (soprano)Ariana Chris (mezzo-soprano)
Jeffrey Duban (narrator)
Maria Pikoula (piano)
Tenth Muse Ensemble
Tallina Kammerorkester
Conductors
Constantine CaravassilisKaisa Rose
Works
Duban Songs (5): Eros SanctifiedFrom Sappho's Lyre
My Life a Lyric Cry
Sappho de Mytilene
Artists
Jenni Klauder (soprano)Ariana Chris (mezzo-soprano)
Jeffrey Duban (narrator)
Maria Pikoula (piano)
Tenth Muse Ensemble
Tallina Kammerorkester
Conductors
Constantine CaravassilisKaisa Rose
About
The first disc is devoted to From Sappho’s Lyre, a multimedia cantata for large chamber ensemble based on Sappho’s two major surviving poems: The Hymn to Aphrodite and He Appears to Me (Equal to the Gods). Conceived as a stage work to be accompanied by dance and action, the composition’s design lavishly fuses elements of ancient Greek theatre with Western ballet and opera. Caravassilis conducts Tenth Muse Ensemble, with narration by the poetry’s translator and interpreter, Jeffrey M. Duban.
The second half of the release draws together several song cycles by Caravassilis, all inspired by or based on Sappho, starting with Five Duban Songs performed by mezzo-soprano Ariana Chris with the Tallina Kammerorkester conducted by Kaisa Rose. In My Life a Lyric Cry we hear settings of Sara Teasdale’s poetry, featuring soprano Jenni Klauder and pianist Maria Pikoula, while in Sappho de Mytilène, the first of his Sapphic inspirations, Caravassilis has orchestrated a translation into French of the poet Odysseus Elytis’s Greek.
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