Sacred Music of Greek Antiquity

Melos Archaion - I mousichi tôn Theôn
Sacred Music of Greek Antiquity - Musique sacré de l'Antiquité grecque - Heilige Musik des Griechichischen Altertums
Petros Tabouris et al.
F.M. Records PAIAN 607

Contents:

{P} Original music fragment
{Q} The music of these pieces is inspired by the composer, based on musical theoretical works of ancient Greek writers such as Aristoxenos, Aristides Quintilianus, Aristotle, Nichomachus, Ptolemy, etc.

    CD-1

    Anon.
  1. Second Delphic Hymn to Apollo {P}

    2. Anon.
  2. Hymn to Zeus {Q}

    3. Anon.
  3. « Maktrismos » Dance {Q}

    4. Mesomedes of Crete
  4. Hymn to the Muse {P}

    5. Anon.
  5. First Delphic Hymn to Apollo (instr.) {P}

    6. Sappho
  6. To Aphrodite {Q}

    7. Anon.
  7. « Agios o Theos » Chanted around the altar

    8. Anon.
  8. « Gigras » Dance {Q}

    9. Mesomedes of Crete
  9. Hymn to Nemesis (P)

    10. Anon.
  10. Instrumental fragment from Contrapollinopolis (P)

    11. Anon.
  11. « Aulos » (instr.) {Q}

    12. Anon.
  12. « Savarios » Dance {Q}

    13. Anon.
  13. « Barbitos » (instr.) {Q}

    14. Anon.
  14. To Demon. Orphic hymn {Q}

    15. Pindar
  15. « Dithyramvos » {Q}

    16. Anon.
  16. « Ithyphallic » melody {Q}

    17. Anon.
  17. « Ioniki » Dance {Q}

    18. Aristophanes
  18. Fragment from comedy "Birds" {Q}

    19. CD-2

    Sophocles
  19. Antigone {Q}

    20. Anon.
  20. First Delphic Hymn to Apollo {P}

    21. Anon.
  21. « Korivantes » (instr.) {Q}

    22. Mesomedes of Crete
  22. Hymn to the Muse

    23. Anon.
  23. « Telesias » Dance {Q}

    24. Euripides
  24. Stasimon « from Orestes » {P}

    25. Anon.
  25. « Thronismos » Dance{Q}

    26. Pindar
  26. The Elysium in Hades {Q}

    27. Mesomedes of Crete
  27. Hymn to the Sun {P}

    28. Anon.
  28. Tecmessas's lament - Fragment from the tragedy "Aias" {P}

Performers:
Aulites [Giannis Basiliou (aulos), Giannis Dobridis (askaulos - bagpipe), Stavros Kouskouridas (souravli), Françoise Bucquet (lyre, barbitos), Stavros Beris (kithara), Nestoras Drougas (krotala, tympanon, rhoptron), Petros Tabouris (pandora, trigonon, piktis)]
Singers: Tasos Aloupis, Kostis Georgalis, Nikos Konstantinopoulos, Giorgos Kostantzos, Stavros Beris, Panourias, Nikos Psarianos
Readers: K. Konstantopoulos, Elini Felipa, Stavroula Seitanidou
with participation of "Early Music Workshop".

Recording site and date:
Unknown [ca 1992]

Excerpts:
[1], [3]-[5], [7], [9]-[12], [16], [18], [24], [27] F.M. Records PAIAN 653 Music of the Greek Antiquity

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Pierre-F. Roberge