A review of Eleni Karaindrou's "Elegy of the Uprooting"

For this ambitious performance she brings together 110 musicians, including a fourteen-piece ensemble of conventional instrumentalists, and a sextet featuring traditional instruments like ney, bendir and kanonaki, a choir and an orchestra.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=23171


+ another review: http://www.audaud.com/article.php?ArticleID=2094

Track listing:
CD1: Prayer; Refugee's Theme; The Weeping Meadow; Dance; An Ode of Tears; For The Phrygian Land Vast Mourning; By the Sea; Depart and Eternity Theme; Rosa's Aria; Memories; Hecuba's Lament/Hecuba's Theme II; Telamon, You Came To Conquer Our Town; the city that gave birth to you was consumed by fire; An Ode of Tears; Theme Of The Uprooting I; The Weeping Meadow II; Voyage; Voyage To Cythera; On The Road.
CD2: Parade; Return; Andromache's Theme; The Land I Call Home; Home Of My Forefathers; I Wish I'm Given There; Refugee's Theme; The Seagull; Song Of The Lake; Adagio--Father's Theme; In Vain The Sacrifices; My Beloved, Your Soul Is Wandering; Decision; Farewell Theme; Theme Of The Lake; Hecuba's Theme II; Lament for Astynax; Exodus; The Weeping Meadow.

Colin Jones finds out about Eleni Karaindrou, a greek film music composer, using in her music mostly traditional instruments.

http://www.folkworld.de/9/e/eleni.html


Her music sound to me like it has its roots in Greek folk music. See her entry on IMDB, where all her soundtracks are listed.

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Copied from Ektoplazm:

-The time of a track is generally around 8′30″, but can be between 6′00″ and 12′00″ … sometimes more, sometimes under 6′00″ (especially on mixed compilations), but too short tracks are generally hard to get into.
-The beat is generally 4/4 and around 135-150 BPM … sometimes less, rarely more!
-In the music there’s a constant use of strange and psychedelic sounds, and that gives a strange atmosphere. Sometimes those sounds are frogs, barking dogs, crying baby’s but mostly you can’t describe it… You simply have to hear it!! Also used are the famous acid or 303 sounds, and even guitars, who drive people completely crazy!
-Most Goa (but NOT all) is also very melodic.
-The music is mostly very full on, good to dance…
-The basslines are mostly harder and deeper as from normal Trance or Techno.
-The combination of all those things make this music very good for dancing, tripping and listening…!

Read more (much much more) on:
http://www.ektoplazm.com/projects/library/what-is-goa/

("Written by Gav & Anoebis with occasional additions from Mindbender. Chunks are copied from Isratrance and Return To The Source, Grow! and Goacidia.")

A few free downloads from Rednex :

Cotton Eye Joe
http://www.popbandforsale.com/Rednex_CottonEyeJoe.mp3

Old Pop in an Oak
http://www.popbandforsale.com/Rednex_OldPopInAnOak.mp3

Wish You Were Here
http://www.popbandforsale.com/Rednex_WishYouWereHere.mp3

Spirit Of The Hawk
http://www.popbandforsale.com/Rednex_SpiritOfTheHawk.mp3

Mama take me home
http://www.popbandforsale.com/Rednex_MamaTakeMeHome.mp3

Fe Fi
http://www.popbandforsale.com/Rednex_FeFi.mp3