Melpomen

Melpomen
Altgriechische Musik - Ancient Greek Music - Musique de la Grèce antique
Ensemble Melpomen - Conrad Steinmann, dir.
Harmonia Mundi "Documenta" HMC 90 5263

Contents:

    Anon., Ancient Greece
  1. Akoúsate / Argos

    2. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Anacreon (t)
  2. Mélomai

    3. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Alcaeus (t)
  3. Sáppho

    4. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Sappho (t)
  4. Eros

    5. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Sappho (t)
  5. Máter

    6. Anon., Ancient Greece (m)
  6. Nomos M

    7. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Alcaeus (t)
  7. Tenge pleúmonas oino

    8. Anon., Ancient Greece (m)
  8. Dithyrambos

    9. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / in the style of Anacreon (t)
  9. Gaia

    10. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Anacreon (t)
  10. Dáktylos améra

    11. Anon., Ancient Greece (m)
  11. Makrótatos

    12. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Anacreon (t)
  12. Anakreon

    13. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Bakchykides (t)
  13. Perikleitos

    14. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Sappho
  14. Agalís

    15. Anon., Ancient Greece (m)
  15. Dialogos

    16. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Sappho (t)
  16. Mona

    17. Anon., Ancient Greece (m)
  17. Prótos

    18. Anon., Ancient Greece (m) / Archilocos (t)
  18. Ekleipsis

    19. Anon., Ancient Greece (m)
  19. Próteron

    20. Anon., Ancient Greece, Homeric hymn
  20. Hypne anax

    21. Anon., Ancient Greece (m)
  21. Kretikos

Playing time: 55' 58"

Performers:
Ensemble Melpomen:
Conrad Steinman (aulos), Arianna Savall (soprano, barbitos), Luiz Alves da Silva (altus, kymbala), Massimo Cialfi (tympanon, krotala, salpinx)
Conrad Steinmann, dir.

Excerpts:
[1] -[2], [4], [6], [10]-[11], [18] Harmonia Mundi "Century" HMX 290 8163 [CD] A History of Music, Century 1: Ces musiques du fond des âges / Music from the earliest times - La musique de l'Antiquité / Music of the Ancient World

Recording site and date:
Klosterkirche Beinwil, SO, Switzerland [03/2004];
Rel. 2005

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 532-112 (january 2006)
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 29/6-256 (july/august 2006)
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 83/1004-71 (april 2006)

Comments:
Information from CD.

Another recording by this ensemble:

Sappho and her Time
Ensemble Melpomen – Conrad Steinman, dir.
Deutsche Harnonia Mundi DHM 88697 67174 2 [CD]

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Pierre-F. Roberge