Album

Eleni Karaindrou has made her reputation working with Greek instruments and musical forms for theater and move pieces, and this can only add more luster to her burgeoning reputation. Trojan Women is a series of short, impressionistic pieces, mostly instrumental, although some feature a chorus. Working on a play that's Classical, her choice of Classical instruments makes perfect sense, while her sense of form, working in such confined time strictures, is dense and demanding—while still managing the remarkable balancing act of leaving plenty of space in the sound. In other words, it's atmospheric, and fits in very well with the ECM esthetic. The question of how successful it is as a free-standing piece of music is a different question. By it's nature, there's little development and movement in the pieces, which simply stand as short sketches. But accept it for what it is, and you have something wonderful.

© Chris Nickson, All Music Guide

CD 1
Eleni Karaindrou Composer Trojan Women, incidental music Work 49:45 Andreas Katsiyiannis Santouri, Socratis Sinopoulos Lyra, Chorus of Captive Trojan Women Chorus/Choir, Andreas Papas Bendir, Christos Tsiamoulis Suling, Maria Bildea Harp, Panos Dimitrakopoulos Kanonaki, Alexandra Delitheou Voice, Mara Koukoula Voice, Antonis Kontogeorgiou Chorus/Choir Director, Veronika Iliopoulou Soprano, Maria Tsima Voice
1	Voices (Constantinople lyra, ney, harp)	2:10			$0.99
2	Lament I (Constantinople lyra, ney)	1:18			$0.49
3	Desolate Land I (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)	1:05			$0.49
4	Lament II (kanonaki)	1:06			$0.49
5	Hecuba's Lament (Constantinople lyra)	1:24			$0.49
6	Parodos (The land I call home) (harp, ney, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, santouri, bendir)	2:22			$0.99
7	Parodos (Home of my forefathers) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, new, outi, santouri)	1:50			$0.49
8	Parodos (I wish I'm given there) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, ney, santouri, bendir)	1:35			$0.49
9	Cassandra's Theme (Constantinople lyra, ney, harp)	2:03			$0.99
10	Cassandra's Trance (bendir, laouto, ney kanonaki, santouri, harp)	2:53			$0.99
11	First Stasimon (An ode of tears) (laouto, harp, Constantinople lyra, kanonaki, ney santouri, bendir)	4:04			$0.99
12	First Stasimon (For the Phrygian land a vast mourning) (harp, kanonaki, Constantinople lyra, laouto, ney, santouri, bendir)	2:02			$0.99
13	Andromache's Theme (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)	1:08			$0.49
14	Andromache's Lament (kanonaki)	1:09			$0.49
15	Terra Deserta (santouri, daouli, kanonaki, ney, Constantinople lyra)	2:18			$0.99
16	Astyanax' Theme (suling, harp, lyra)	1:01			$0.49
17	Hecuba's Theme I (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)	0:45			$0.49
18	Hecuba's Theme II (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)	0:38			$0.49
19	Second Stasimon (Telamon, you came to conquer our town) (harp, laouto, kanonaki, ney, bendir)	1:51			$0.49
20	Second Stasimon (The city that gave birth to you was consumed by fire) (laouto, kanonaki, santouri, ney)	1:18			$0.49
21	An Ode of Tears (Constantinople, kanonaki, ney)	0:59			$0.49
22	Desolate Land II (laouto, Constantinople lyra, harp, ney, kanonaki)	1:09			$0.49
23	Lament III (Constantinople lyra, ney)	0:42			$0.49
24	Third Stasimon (In vain the sacrifices) (laouto, kanonaki, harp, ney, santouri, bendir)	2:04			$0.99
25	Third Stasimon (My beloved, your soul is wandering) (kanonaki, harp, laouto, ney, santouri, bendir)	3:11			$0.99
26	Hecuba's Theme (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki)	1:19			$0.49
27	Lament for Astyanax (Oh bitter lament, my bitter boy) (harp, Constantinople lyra, ney, kanonaki, santouri)	1:52			$0.49
28	Exodos (santouri, daouli, kanonaki, ney, Constantinople lyra)	2:26			$0.99
29	Exodos (Accursed town) (ney, harp, Constantinople lyra, bendir, santouri, kanonaki)	1:02			$0.49
30	Astyanax' Memory (suling, harp, Constantinople lyra)	1:01			$0.49