In his lavishly scored oratorio the Liturgy of Orpheus Yannis Markopoulos combines fragments of Orphic poems with a narrative text by Panos Theodoridis to create a work brimming with melodies, rhythms and instrumental tone colours, including those of guitar.

Tracklist:

The Liturgy of Orpheus: I. Orpheus on Olympus
The Liturgy of Orpheus: II. Paean - Ode to Apollo
The Liturgy of Orpheus: III. The Lyre in the Hands of Orpheus
The Liturgy of Orpheus: IV. Gaia, Mother Earth
The Liturgy of Orpheus: V. Hymn to the Sky
The Liturgy of Orpheus: VI. Hymn to the Sea
The Liturgy of Orpheus: VII. Hyperion
The Liturgy of Orpheus: VIII. Orpheus in Hades
The Liturgy of Orpheus: IX. Eurydice Awaits
The Liturgy of Orpheus: X. Love Has Come
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XI. Curetes - Corybants
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XII. Bacchic Dance
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XIII. Orpheus and the Furies
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XIV. The Muses of Pieria
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XV. In the Manner of Love
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XVI. Oh Physis - Hymn to Nature
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XVII. The Fates
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XVIII. The Temple of Orpheus
The Liturgy of Orpheus: XIX. Paean - Epilogue

UPC: 747313223572
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 1.27.09
Format: CD

JOSE VAN DAM - Liturgy of Orpheus (CD)