''Dust of Time'' is a soundtrack album by Greek composer

Eleni Karaindrou Eleni Karaindrou ( el, Ελένη Καραΐνδρου, born 25 November 1941) is a Greek composer. She is best known for scoring the films of the Greek director Theo Angelopoulos. Biography Karaindrou moved with her family to Athens when she wa ...

featuring music for the film '' The Dust of Time'' by

Theodoros Angelopoulos Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (; ; 27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, and Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely re ...

recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM New Series label.ECM discography
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Reception

The

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "While her many scores for his films have been celebrated for their subtlety and ingenious sense of time and nuance – as well as instrumentation, texture, and color – this one moves across musical cultures as well as across the span of years built into the script. As a piece of music, it walks the line between modern classical music with folk themes and more historical post-Romantic-era composition".Jurek, T
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Eleni Karaindrou'' # "Le Temps Perdu" – 2:07 # "Dance Theme Var II" – 2:40 # "Notes I" – 1:19 # "Seeking Var II" – 2:23 # "Waltz by the River" – 3:33 # "Unravelling Time I" – 1:21 # "Tsiganiko I" – 1:22 # "Dance Theme Var I" – 3:17 # "Seeking" – 2:37 # "Memories from Siberia" – 3:16 # "Unravelling Time II" – 1:21 # "Notes II" – 2:33 # "Tsiganiko II" – 1:22 # "Seeking Var I" – 3:26 # "Dance Theme" – 4:30 # "Le Mal Du Pays" – 1:16 # "Nostalgia Song" – 1:38 # "Solitude" – 2:21 # "Adieu" – 2:18 ;*Recorded at Megaron in Athens, Greece in January (tracks 9 & 15) & March (tracks 1–8, 10–14 & 16–19), 2008

Personnel

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Sergiu Nastasa Sergiu is a Romanian-language given name that may refer to: *Sergiu Băhăian *Sergiu Celibidache *Sergiu Dan *Sergiu Floroaia * Sergiu Klainerman *Sergiu Nicolaescu * Sergiu P. Pașca *Sergiu Samarian *Sergiu Suciu Sergiu Suciu (born 8 May 199 ...

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violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

Renato Ripo Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means "born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata is ...

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cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

* Maria Bildea – harp * Vangelis Christopoulos –

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

* Spyros Kazianis – bassoon * Antonis Lagos –

french horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

* Dinos Hadjiiordanou – accordion * Camerata – Friends of Music Orchestra * Natalia Michailidou –

(tracks 9 & 15) * Hellenic Radio Television Orchestra

conducted Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

by Alexandros Myrat (tracks 9 & 15)

References

{{Authority control ECM New Series albums ECM Records soundtracks Eleni Karaindrou albums 2009 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher