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Teodor Currentzis / Musica Aeterna Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas 1 Overture 2 Act 1 (1-7) PURCELL Dido and Aeneas • Teodor Currentzis, cond; Simone Kermes ( Dido ); Dimitris Tiliakos ( Aeneas ); Deborah York ( Belinda ); Oleg Ryabets ( Sorceress ); Valiera Safonova ( Spirit ); Margarita Mezentseva ( First Woman ); Sofia Fomina ( Read more ); Alexandre Zverev ( Sailor ); New Siberian C Ch; Musica Aeterna (period instruments) t's difficult to know where to begin enumerating the qualities that make this astonishing performance of Dido and Aeneas unique. The most obvious is geographical: the recording was made at the Opera Theatre of Novosibirsk, Siberia. The chorus is the New Siberian Singers and the early music ensemble Musica Aeterna, is based in Novosibirsk, and most of the secondary parts are taken by Russian singers. Otherwise, the cast is international; Simone Kermes (Dido) is German, Deborah York (Belinda) is British, and Dimitris Tiliakos (Aeneas) and conductor Teodor Currentzis are Greek, although Currentzis has been based in Russia since 1994 and has been at the Novosibirsk Opera since 2004. The performance itself challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the opera; it is so daringly idiosyncratic that if it didn't work brilliantly, it might be dismissed as an eccentric exercise in interpretive hubris. To begin with, the performance practice sounds more Continental than English in its execution of dotted rhythms, instrumentation, style of ornamentation, and extreme tempo choices. Currentzis treats the score with a latitude not usually brought to Purcell, as a framework open to, and even requiring, extensive elaboration from the performers. For instance, he supplements Purcell's string and continuo orchestra with theorbo, guitar, lute, viola da gamba, and percussion; he repeats some movements and even adds instrumental interludes based on the existing vocal material. Currentzis' tempos tend to be extreme -- the fast are very fast and the slow are very slow -- but his choices never seem capricious or arbitrary; they make musical and dramatic sense, and heighten the emotional impact of the opera in a way that sounds natural and spontaneous. His use of dynamics is likewise out of the ordinary. Dido's monologue at the opening of the opera and her lament at the end are sung in a grief-stricken pianissimo. It's a marvel that Kermes can sing with such purity, control, intensity, and expressiveness at a level that rarely rises above a whisper. Even her final "Remember me," which most sopranos take as an opportunity to cut loose, is rendered as the hushed last request of a woman who is close to death. Kermes brings a striking power to the moments that call for it, however, as in her contemptuous dismissal of Aeneas. As Belinda, York sings with a clear, bright tone and infectious energy. Aeneas is not a role that offers much of an opportunity to shine, but Tiliakos makes the most of it. The New Siberian Singers and Musica Aeterna, both of which Currentzis founded, respond to his demands with performances of stunning virtuosity and intensity. This outside-the-box performance should be of interest to any fan of Dido and Aeneas, and might make converts of listeners who think of Baroque opera as quaint and stuffy. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts0h6D3PRBY

Arch Club 2 Jun 2023 SERAFIM TSOTSONIS feat.JƎAN DARK Ο Serafim Tsotsonis είναι συνθέτης ενός ευρέως φάσματος μουσικών ειδών (electronic, modern classical, ambient, jazz, post-rock, dream-pop), που δραστηριοποιείται στην Ελλάδα και στο εξωτερικό. Είναι, επίσης, πιανίστας, μουσικός παραγωγός και sound designer. Έχει συνθέσει μουσική για τον κινηματογράφο, το θέατρο, ντοκιμαντέρ, video art και διαφημίσεις, ενώ έχει επιμεληθεί την παραγωγή μουσικών έργων, καθώς και τα remixes τραγουδιών μιας μεγάλης γκάμας ελλήνων και ξένων καλλιτεχνών. Έχει κυκλοφορήσει πέντε προσωπικά άλμπουμ στην αμερικανική εταιρεία Hush Hush Records - Seattle, καθώς και στην ελληνική Klik Records, όπως επίσης και πολλά EP και Remixes. Η JƎAN DARK aka Αγγελική Τσοτσώνη κάνει τη μουσική και τραγουδάει στους Ocean Hope το side project που έχει μαζί με τον Σεραφείμ. Επίσης επιμελείται τα video του συγκροτήματος. Τα δυο αδέρφια κάνουν μαζί μουσική, ηχογραφούν στο σπίτι τους δίπλα στη θάλασσα, λίγο έξω από την Κόρινθο και στο home studio του Σεραφείμ στην Αθήνα, πειραματιζόμενοι με τον δικό τους ήχο, “nu-chamber pop”, Το 2015 κυκλοφόρησαν το ντεμπούτο τους EP “Chamber Dreams’’ και στη συνέχεια, το 2018, το πρώτο τους άλμπουμ με τίτλο “Rolling Days” στην Hush Hush Records, στο Seattle. Πρόσφατα κυκλοφόρησαν το νέο τους single "Doomsday" στην Hatsuyume Records . https://serafimtsotsonis.bandcamp.com... https://soundcloud.com/serafim-tsotsonis https://www.instagram.com/serafim_tso... ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW_GXNmRXVM