Orphee[LP]

Orphee[LP]

Prolific and critically acclaimed composer JÃ³hann JÃ³hannsson releases his DG debut album.

ORPHÃ‰E is his highly anticipated new studio album the first in 6 years!

JÃ³hannssons genre-blending score represents all facets of his previous works from intimate string quartet pieces, to large string orchestra works, featuring electronics, drones, organ, piano, choir, as well as enigmatic shortwave broadcasts to create an evocative & immersive sound.

I started writing this album in 2009, using a number of simple contrapuntal themes. I began to reshape and transfigure these ideas, writing many different variations. These renderings slowly mutated over time in a process of deconstruction and re-assembly, to the extent that the original versions began to fade into the darker corners of my hard disk. Unlike many of my previous albums, this one didnt start out with a conceptual or narrative theme binding the music together. Rather, the music seemed to be waiting for its form, for its momentum. JÃ³hann JÃ³hannsson

ORPHÃ‰E is a melancholic, yet optimistic musical journey inspired by the Orpheus myth Orpheus rising from the underworld, trying to escape darkness into the light.

OrphÃ©e was for me about moving to a new city, breaking up old relationships and beginning new ones, leaving behind an old life in Copenhagen and building a new one in Berlin. I think that s why I gravitated to Ovid s version of the Orpheus myth, which tells of death, rebirth and an artist s search for truth. This album is an oblique reflection on personal change.

One of these pieces seemed to ask for vocals, and the composer was drawn to the text of Ovid s Metamorphoses, and the poet s version of the Orpheus myth, whose multiple meanings offered JÃ³hannsson a rich source of inspiration.
Country USA
Brand Dolce & Gabbana
Manufacturer Deutsche Grammophon
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber 4796322
ReleaseDate 2016-09-16
UnitCount 1
UPCs 028947963226
EANs 0028947963226

Country	USA
Brand	Dolce & Gabbana
Manufacturer	Deutsche Grammophon
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	4796322
ReleaseDate	2016-09-16
UnitCount	1
UPCs	028947963226
EANs	0028947963226

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