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.

Mary King mezzo soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo soprano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor 
Tadaaki Otaka conductor

AUDIO

REVIEWS

'Shot through with furious dark passion' The Sunday Times

FUNDERS

Produced in association with BBC Radio 3

RECORDING CREDITS

Recording date: 17-19 December 1997 (Ratushinskaya Songs), 26 November 1999 (Laments)

Recording venue: BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London (Ratushinskaya Songs), Royal Festival Hall, London (Ratushinskaya Songs)

Engineers: Mike Clements (Ratushinskaya Songs), Neil Pemberton
Producers: Colin Matthews (Ratushinskaya Songs), Ann McKay

(P) & (c) 2000 NMC Recordings Ltd

Catalogue number: NMC D064
Release Date: 1 November 2000