Xenakis: A Hélène for female voices (1977) - Part 1/2

Xenakis' traditional-Greek based setting of text from Euripides' "Helen of Troy". You can read a bit about the work, its inspiration, and its technique here:

http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/444403.html

Part 1 of 2.

[[Apologies for the delay in getting this part 1 up; youtube is being frustrating, yet again.]]

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[omgtkseth]

Well well, Xenakis the 'traditional'.

[Asfrandi]

@mindbodylightsound10 it depends what kind of female choir you are listening to. They must be perfectly tuned and the sound mixture must be studied very well. A female choir that sings like elder women church choir is awful!!!!

[mindbodylightsound10]

i honestly can't stand female choirs, but this is pretty good.

[MatthewBearne]

I just found this piece on Naxos, what a refreshing contrast!