Intimate Sounds by the Athens Classical Players

Music can sometimes be a cry and sometimes a whisper. A ringing, lofty statement but also a hushed, intimate confession. The latter –music’s spiritual, inner dimension– is highlighted in the romantic and contemporary works performed here by the Athens Classical Players, a string ensemble made up of string musicians from the Athens State Orchestra.

ARVO PART (b. 1935)

Summa, for strings

EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)

two Elegiac melodies, Op. 34

GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)

Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809–1847)

String Symphony No. 10 in B minor

CARL NIELSEN (1865—1931)

Suite for Strings in A minor, Op.1

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)

Elegy for strings in G major

PETERIS VASKS (b.1946)

Musica dolorosa

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Athens Classical Players