Brian Elias : Laments/ Ratushinskaya Songs

Elias's acclaimed settings of the anguished poetry of exiled Russian author Irina Ratushinskaya are coupled with Laments, which sets traditional folk texts of loss and mourning in the nearly extinct Sicilian-Greek dialect, Grico

"Shot through with furious dark passion"
The Sunday Times 2000

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Track Listing	Track Time	MP3
5 Ratushinskaya Songs: 1 It seemed to you	5'08
5 Ratushinskaya Songs: 2 And I undid the old shawl	3'22
5 Ratushinskaya Songs: 3 No, I'm not afraid	6'32
5 Ratushinskaya Songs: 4 Pencil letter	7'56
5 Ratushinskaya Songs: 5 Mermaids and stars	5'26
Laments: 1 And you, burned heart, weep	6'13
Laments: 2 I had in my orchard	10'34
Laments: 3 Apples, twelve apples	8'49

Composers on this disc

Brian Elias