Ulysses' Gaze is a soundtrack album by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou recorded in December 1994 and released on the ECM New Series the following year, featuring music for the Theodoros Angelopoulos film of the same name.ECM discography accessed November 17, 2011
Background Ulysses’ Gaze, the album, is the third ECM recording to feature music written by Eleni Karaindrou for her countryman Angelopoulos. The first edition—issued under the title Music for Films—focused primarily upon the director’s Trilogy of Silence (Voyage to Cythera, The Beekeeper, and Landscape in the Mist); the second presented music written for The Suspended Step of the Stork, Angelopoulos’ critically-heralded 1991 film. Reception The AllMusic review by Stacia Proefrock states, "Perhaps no previous Karaindrou score contains the evocative power of her compositions for Ulysses' Gaze, the film about memory, artistic quests, and war.... The theme associated with 'A', the central character who serves as the Ulysses of the film's title, is a constant repetitive framework upon which small vignettes of European folk music and elegiac song are built. The effect mirrors the film's journey across a portion of Europe torn apart by political divides and war, but more importantly provides small fragments of the pure images of peace and beauty that are so essential for Ulysses to find.."Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 20, 2011
Track listing The following tracks appear on the album.EMC Records accessed March 8, 2024 All compositions by Eleni Karaindrou "Ulysses' Theme" – 1:25 "Litany [Variation I]" – 3:12 "Ulysses' Theme [Variation I]" – 1:27 "Woman's Theme" – 1:09 "Ulysses' Theme [Variation II]" – 1:11 "Ulysses' Theme [Variation III]" – 1:33 "The River" – 4:57 "Ulysses' Theme" – 2:11 "Ulysses' Theme/Litany" – 6:54 "Ulysses' Gaze/Woman's Theme/Ulysses' Theme/Lento/Largo/Dance" – 17:20 "Byzantine Psalm" (Traditional) – 1:12 "Ulysses' Theme [Variation IV]" – 1:32 "Ulysses' Theme [Variation V]" – 1:30 "Ulysses' Theme [Variation VI]" – 3:33 "Ulysses' Theme/Lento/Largo" – 5:29 "Litany [Variation II]" – 3:29 "Ulysses' Theme [Variation VII]" – 1:31
Personnel
Musicians Lefteris Chalkiadakis – conductor Vangelis Christopoulos – oboe Andreas Tsekouras – accordion Sopcratis Anthis – trumpet Vangelis Skouras – French horn Christos Sfetsas – violoncello Georgia Voulvi – voice Kim Kashkashian — viola
Technical personnel Manfred Eicher – musical direction & producer
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