Apollo & Marsyas
Catalog Number: GEN26997
Apollo against Marsyas: a musical duel with deadly stakes. Marsyas Baroque retells Ovid's myth as an instrumental pasticcio on period instruments, setting Vivaldi, Telemann, Gesualdo and others beside a new work by Alessandra Bellino, linked by short spoken texts.
Apollo & Marsyas
"Pitiful indeed—most pitiful—was the fate of the satyr Marsyas." (Ovid, "Metamorphoses")
Apollo versus Marsyas—a musical contest pushed to its ultimate limits. On its new GENUIN album, the German-Spanish ensemble Marsyas Baroque transforms this ancient myth into a compelling musical narrative: an instrumental pasticcio that follows the unfolding story, interwoven with brief spoken texts that illuminate key moments along the way. Performed on historical instruments, works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Gesualdo, Reichenauer, and others enter into dialogue with a newly commissioned composition by Alessandra Bellino. Who decides the outcome of a contest over music itself? The answer is as unsettling as it is unforgettable.
Published date
2026-10-02
Number of discs
1
Channels
stereo:24:2.0
Made in Sweden since 1999. In collaboration with Textalk.
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