{"product_id":"802210","title":"Susan Bickley \/ Roderick Will - Brian Elias: Electra Mourns [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title work on this new album by Brian Elias sets text from 'Electra', a 5th Century BC play by the Greek dramatist Sophocles. It is sung in the original ancient Greek by mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley, accompanied by cor anglais and string orchestra, and recounts the tale of Electra and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother and stepfather following the murder of their father.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuing Elias's fascination with ancient Greece, Geranos is a dramatic and rhythmic ensemble piece inspired by a ritual 'crane dance' associated with Theseus, the mythical king of Athens.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast, the two song cycles on this album are set to texts by English poets. Meet me in the Green Glen for unaccompanied solo voice is a setting of five John Clare poems, here performed by both Susan Bickley and Roderick Williams, and Once did I breathe another's breath for baritone and piano was commissioned for the 2013 Ludlow Weekend of English Song; the poems (some anonymous) were all written in the first half of the seventeenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Geranos I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Geranos II (Adonidia)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Geranos III\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Meet me in the Green Glen I Meet me in the Green Glen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Meet me in the Green Glen II Song\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Meet me in the Green Glen III Now is Past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Meet me in the Green Glen IV Love's Pains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Meet me in the Green Glen V Hesperus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Once did I breathe another\\u2019s breath I Dost ask my dear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Once did I breathe another\\u2019s breath II Dear, let us two each other spy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Once did I breathe another\\u2019s breath III Now sleep, bind fast the flood of air\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Once did I breathe another\\u2019s breath IV Once did my thoughts both ebb and flow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Once did I breathe another\\u2019s breath V There comes a night\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Elias_Electra Mourns\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55143195083137,"sku":"802210","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51TfBqvb2bL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767675956","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/802210","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}