Othello (Ballet Score)
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Othello is an orchestral score composed by Elliot Goldenthal
for Lar Lubovitch
's production of the ballet in 1998 and released commercially on the Varèse Sarabande label. The ballet was commissioned by The American Ballet Theater and The San Francisco Ballet.
The score is atonal and dissonant like Goldenthal's film scores but vastly more complex as he is required to provide not only the music but also all of the complex ambience and to set the pace and rhythm for the dancers on the stage.
Elliot Goldenthal
Elliot Goldenthal is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways...
for Lar Lubovitch
Lar Lubovitch
Lar Lubovitch is an American choreographer and founded his own dance company, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Based in New York City, he and the company have toured worldwide....
's production of the ballet in 1998 and released commercially on the Varèse Sarabande label. The ballet was commissioned by The American Ballet Theater and The San Francisco Ballet.
The score is atonal and dissonant like Goldenthal's film scores but vastly more complex as he is required to provide not only the music but also all of the complex ambience and to set the pace and rhythm for the dancers on the stage.
Track listing
- Act I: Sarabande (3:12)
- Act I: Entrada (2:24)
- Act I: Carnival Dance (2:09)
- Act I: Cassio (2:36)
- Act I: Formal Court Dance (5:09)
- Act I: Othello And Desdemona (6:08)
- Act I: Zigzag Dance (1:47)
- Act I: Iago And Emilia (5:06)
- Act II: Storm And Ships' Arrival (8:51)
- Act II: Tarantella (14:12)
- Act III: Lies And Variations: Lies And Variations/Iago And Othello/Othello's Solo Dance (7:44)
- Act III: Desdemona's Prayer (5:25)
- Act III: Adagietto And Coda Agitato (6:25)
Crew
- Music Composed and Orchestrated by Elliot GoldenthalElliot GoldenthalElliot Goldenthal is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways...
- Recording Produced by Joel Iwataki
- Executive Producer: Robert Townson
- Performed by the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
- Conducted by Emil De CouEmil de CouEmil de Cou, ConductorEmil de Cou is an American conductor who became associate conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in September 2003 and has been an active participant in a wide range of NSO performances and events since his debut at Wolf Trap in 2000...
- Recorded and Mixed and Edited by Joel Iwataki