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Orphea's Journey

by Russudan Meipariani Ensemble

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1.
Ritornello 00:41
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2.
Childhood in the Mountains 03:47
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3.
Shepherd 02:17
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4.
Humoresque 02:08
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5.
Aria Loneliness 02:33
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6.
Piggery 03:46
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Night Piece 03:19
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8.
Well 02:37
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9.
Farewell Song 01:08
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Water Aria 02:01
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11.
Shadow 03:01
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12.
Ritornello 00:41
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13.
Through the dark Lanes 02:20
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14.
Onoono 01:50
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15.
Swing 01:38
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16.
Forest Duett 02:08
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17.
To the golden Field 02:11
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18.
Detachment 02:52
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19.
Ritornello 00:41
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20.
Boat Song 02:29
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21.
Airplanes 02:52
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about

Once upon a time ... In 2008, as I listened extensively to Claudio Monteverdi's opera Orpheo,
I got the idea to write a chamber opera myself. The resulting fairytale evolved, inspired by
C. G. Jung's Hero's Journey and is set in a Monteverdi-inspired Renaissance atmosphere.

It's the story of a girl's quest for her identity. This quest leads her to her transformations between
being a pig during daytime and her human form at night. She is confronted with surprising
and frightening encounters and complex challenges along her path. During her dream-like travel
through a world of shadows, she experiences isolation and fear, until she finally reaches the
golden field. There she can cast away her pig identity and travel with like-minded people
in open spaces.

Since writing this musical fairytale, Das Mädchen auf der Windwelle (The Girl on the Windwave),
our ensemble has performed it in many variations. In developing these pieces the intense artistic exchange with my sister Nata and the two other musicians, Giga and David, was extremely important. Now after twelve years of performances,
we are thrilled to release the recording under the title ORPHEA'S JOURNEY.

Russudan Meipariani Piano, Keyboard, Vocals
Natalie Meipariani Violin, Vocals
Giga Khelaia Violoncello
David Stützel Musical Saw, Pot, Overtone Singing

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released October 30, 2020

Composed by Russudan Meipariani
Fairy Tale by Russudan Meipariani, version told
in booklet by Russudan Meipariani and Ulrika Bohnet
Recording and Editing Gabriele Starke, Stuttgart
Mix and Mastering at Zbikbeat Studio, Stuttgart
Photos by Daniela Incoronato & Sonja Schuberth
Original fresco painted by Sandro Botticelli (Villa Lemni)
Cover Design by Clemens Schmidlin
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Russudan Meipariani Germany

Russudan Meipariani is a Georgian composer, pianist and singer.
Her music combines classical, minimal music, georgian polyphonie, contemporary new music, and works with elements of pop culture. The soundscape that Russudan's music creates is academic and archaic, contemplative and extrovert, dreamy and wild, strange and familiar at the same time. ... more

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