Jhann Jhannsson Orphe

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• The composer Jhann Jhannsson, winner of the Golden Globe Prize and nominated for the Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy, releases his first album for the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft: it is a meditation on beauty and the process of artistic creation. Jhannsson is a figurehead in a dynamically growing scene of composers who move freely and imaginatively between film music, classical minimalism, ambient and electronic music
  Orphe describes a path from darkness to light, inspired by the different versions of the ancient Orpheus myth, from Ovid to Cocteau. The multi-layered narrative about death, rebirth, change and the ephemerality of memory can also be interpreted as a metaphor for artistic creativity
  Orphe offers a versatile sound palette: there are acoustic instruments solo or in ensemble combined with electronics and the mysterious sounds of the “number transmitters” on short wave. It is based on many facets of his previous works and incorporates music for solo cello, organ, string quartet, string orchestra and a cappella singing.
  

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• Artist: Jhann Jhannsson Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: LP Units: 1 Country: Europe Genre: Classical Style: Neo-Classical

• A1 Flight From The City
  A2 A Song For Europa
  A3 The Drowned World
  A4 A Deal With Chaos
  A5 A Pile Of Dust
  A6 A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder
  A7 Fragment I
  B1 By The Roes, And By The Hinds Of The Field
  B2 The Radiant City
  B3 Fragment Ii
  B4 The Burning Mountain
  B5 De Luce Et Umbra
  B6 Good Morning, Midnight
  B7 Good Night, Day
  B8 Orphic Hymn