Concert In Athens (Live In Athens / 2010)

Vangelis Christopoulos

Released on 1/25/13 by ECM New Series
Main artists: Eleni Karaindrou Jan Garbarek Kim Kashkashian Vangelis Christopoulos
Genre: Classical

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The music of Greek film and theater score composer Eleni Karaindrou draws on elements of classical music and jazz, and sometimes on traditional Greek music, but it's not easy to classify as any of these. Karaindrou relies on small ensembles, with or without a small orchestra, creating a distinctive timbre for each piece. The music is low-key, but it's a remarkably flexible language. With Karaindrou herself on piano, top-flight chamber players Kim Kashkashian on viola and Vangelis Christopoulos on oboe, and Jan Garbarek's saxophone providing subtle jazz accents, the music has a remarkable fluid quality. ECM's sound in this live recording is strikingly clear (you can hardly tell it's live, and there's no applause or audience noise), but the label's usual minimalist graphics are a bit annoying here; it would have been helpful to know exactly what scenes the pieces were intended for: although some of the material (like Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie) is well known, titles like Laura's Waltz are very general. Still, the music grows on you as its colors emerge on repeated hearings, and the musicians of the Camerata Orchestra under Alexandros Myrat play with both sheen and obvious enjoyment. This is apparently something of a retrospective of Karaindrou's work, and it makes you want to hear more of it.

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Concert In Athens (Live In Athens / 2010)

Eleni Karaindrou

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Karaindrou: Requiem For Willy Loman (Live At Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens / 2010)

Jan Garbarek

00:03:58

Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eleni Karaindrou, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Camerata, Friends Of Music Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexandros Myrat, Conductor, MainArtist - Nikos Espialidis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2013 ECM Records GmbH

Eternity And A Day (Eleni Karaindrou)

3. Eternity Theme (Live At Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens / 2010)

Eleni Karaindrou

00:01:58

Manfred Eicher, Producer - Eleni Karaindrou, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nikos Espialidis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2013 ECM Records GmbH

Karaindrou: Closed Roads (Live At Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens / 2010)

Kim Kashkashian

00:05:36

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Karaindrou: Waiting (Live At Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens / 2010)

Eleni Karaindrou