Myth and Music

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APOLLO/HELIOS (see also DAPHNE, HYACINTHUS, MARSYAS, MIDAS)
Le Mont Aon de Thrace (late 14^th cent.), 11:00, anon.
A ballade from the Chantilly codex comparing the court of the Count of Foix and its entertainments to those of Apollo and the Muses.
o ARCANA 32 ("Balades a III Chans", with John Roberts’ Se Alixandre et Hector and Se Zephirus, Phebus, et Leur Lignie)

Apollo Slays the Monster at Delphi (1589), 6:00, Marenzio, Luca (1553/4-1599).
One of six interludes for Girolamo Bargagli's comedy La Pellegrina.
o EMI 47998 ("Una 'Stravaganza' dei Medici", with his Pierides and Malvessi's Arion and Jove)

Phöbus Jagt mit Seinen Pferden (between 1638 and 1651), 5:00, Albert, Heinrich (1604-1651).
A song (3.13) for three voices about Apollo going hunting from his song collection Arien.
o DHM 77245 (with his Galathe)

Entrée d'Apollon (1681), 3:00, Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687).
Music for five-part string ensemble and singer separating scenes of an act in the ballet Le Triomphe de l'Amour.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77218 (with his Plainte de Vénus sur la Mort d'Adonis, Entrée pour Bacchus et Ariadne, Récit d'Orphée from Divertissement I, Ouverture de Psyché from Divertissement II)

Raise, Raise the Voice (c.1685), 12:30, Purcell, Henry (1659-1695).
An ode about Apollo's approving presence at the music festival for St. Cecilia's Day.
o TELDEC 95068

L'Apollon Enjoué (1700), Kusser, Johann (1660-1727).
The overture from a lost opera.
o AMATI 9012/1 ("Lully in Deutschland")

L'Isle de Delos (1716), 21:00, Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749).
A cantata celebrating the birthplace of Apollo as a place of peace and beauty.
o CBC 1152 (with his Orphée), OPUS 111 9103 (with his Apollon et Doris, Léandre et Héro and Pirame et Tisbé)

Apollon (1716), 21:00, Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749).
A cantata from Cantates Françoises, Livre 3 about Apollo taking a shepherd to Parnassus to hear the Muses sing.
o MERIDIAN 84272 ("The Triumph of Apollo", with his Alphée et Aréthusa")

Apollon et Doris (1720), 18:00, Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749).
A cantata in which Apollo breaks down Doris' resistance with the promise of eternal fidelity.
o OPUS 111 9103 (with his L'Isle de Delos, Léandre et Héro, Pirame et Tisbé)

Dorilla in Tempe (1726), 148:00, Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741).
An opera in which Apollo asks Dorilla for her love, but is rejected.
o PIERRE VERANY 794092 (2)

La Naissance de la Musette (1741), 17:00, Corrette, Michel (1709-1795).
A cantata in which Apollo creates a musette so that he can release his passions on it.
o JECKLIN 616 (with selections from his Les Amusements d'Apollon chez le Roi Admète)

Les Amusements d'Apollon chez le Roi Admète (1742), 13:00, Corrette, Michel (1709-1795).
A sonata for harpsichord and flute on Admetus' thanks to Apollo for helping him win Alcestis.
o AMON RA 57, JECKLIN 616 (selections, with his La Naissance de la Musette)

Pindar's Ode (1744), Boyce, William (1711-1779).
A revised version of a symphonic work inspired by selections from Pindar's First Pythian Ode extolling Apollo and the power of music and describing other mythical characters, especially Typhoeus.
o ASV 232

Le Temple de la Gloire (1745), 34:00, Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764).
An orchestral suite from an opera on Voltaire's text about Apollo's establishing a temple for the wise and forgiving. o HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 907121(with his Naïs)

Apollo, Symphonie Concertante in D major (1778-c.1805), 23:00, Pichl, Václav (Wenzel Pichel) (1741-1805).
A symphonic concertante whose title suggests the composer's interest in classical myth.
o OLYMPIA 434 (with his Mars Symphony)

Carmen Saeculare (1779), 73:30, Philidor (Danican, François-André) (1726-1795).
Music in cantata form for Horace's Carmen Saeculare, addressed to Apollo and Artemis.
o ERATO MUSIFRANCE 45609

Freiwilliges Versinken (1820), 4:30, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Johann Mayrhofer's poem in which the poet sees a parallel to himself in Helios.
o ERATO 98493 (with his An Schwager Kronos and Die Götter Griechenlands), HYPERION 33014 ("The Hyperion Schubert Edition: Complete Songs vol. 14", songs dealing with Greek mythical figures), NAXOS 8.554738 (with other songs of mythical characters)

Orakel-Sprüche (1851), 7:00, Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899).
A waltz inspired by Apollo's oracle at Delphi, for his "Delphic Oracle" benefit ball.
o MARCO POLO 8.223229

Apollomarsch (1862), 3:00, Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896).
A work for military band whose attribution to Bruckner is questioned.
o KOSEI 3072.

Gesang der Apollopriesterin (1896), 7:30, Strauss, Richard (1864-1949).
A song for soprano and orchestra from Two Songs, Op. 33 on E. von und zu Bodmann's text welcoming the god.
o CHANDOS 8631, 9159 (with his Frühlingsfeier), DG 445182 (with his Frühlingsfeier), 459648 (2) (with his Frühlingsfeier)

Der Abend (1898), 10:00, Strauss, Richard (1864-1949).
A song from his Zwei Gesänge describing a sunset in terms of Phoebus falling into the arms Thetis.
o COLLINS 14952 (with his An den Baum Daphne)

Helios (1903), 12:00, Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931).
A concert overture inspired by a sunset over the Aegean Sea during a trip to Greece.
o CBS 42093, CHANDOS 6533, *9287 (with his Pan and Syrinx), DG 447757 (with his Pan and Syrinx), 5162247 (with his Pan and Syrinx), DUTTON 2502, KONTRAPUNKT 32157, PHILIPS 438867, SONY 45989

First Choral Symphony: Finale (1924), 19:00, Holst, Gustav (1874-1934).
A work for soprano, chorus, and orchestra whose finale draws upon John Keats' Hymn to Apollo.
o HYPERION 66660, INTAGLIO 740

Hymn to Apollo (1926, rev. 1965), 10:30, Bliss, Arthur (1891-1975).
A tone poem for orchestra about Apollo as god of healing who can end both physical and emotional pain.
o CHANDOS 8818, LYRITA 225 (1966 rev.)

Apollo (Apollon Musagète) (1928, rev.1947), 31:00, Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971).
A ballet about Apollo's birth with dances by three Muses as each receives her specific gift.
o ASV 618 (with his Orpheus), CBC 5161, CHANDOS 9237, 9240 (with his Oedipus Rex) (5), DG 415979, ELEKTRA/NONESUCH 79343, EMI 49636, ESS.A.Y. 1015, GLOBE 5071, INFINITY DIGITAL 66727, KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 7359, LONDON 414457, 430740, *440327, 443577, 458142, MELODIYA 25197, MUSICMASTERS 67078 (2) (with his Oedipus Rex), NIMBUS 5097, NONESUCH 79343, ORFEO 198891, PEARL 9020, PHILIPS 438350 (2), RCA 60156, REVELATION 10052, RUSSIAN DISC 10908, SONY 46292, 46667

Apollo (1935), 8:00, Wood, Haydn (1882-1959).
An orchestral overture inspired by the Greek mythical character.
o MARCO POLO 8.223402

The God in Disguise (1938), 30:00, Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986).A suite of music, song, and recitation for Hjalmar Gullberg's Förklädd's Gud about Apollo's living among mortals as a low-born individual
o BIS 96, INTIM MUSIK 082, MARCO POLO 8.225123, SWEDISH SOCIETY 1020

Young Apollo (1939), 8:00, Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976).
A piece for piano, string quartet, and string orchestra inspired by the conclusion of John Keats' Hyperion, Book 3 describing the abdication of the old gods who are replaced by a new order of younger gods with Apollo as the new god of beauty.
o ASV 737, CHANDOS 241/2 (2), 8817, EMI 54270 (2), 73983, ERATO 25502, PHOENIX 111

Far-darting Apollo (1954), 3:30, Bush, Geoffrey (1920-).
A song for baritone and piano from The End of Love on Kathleen Raine's text about Apollo as a sportsman playing deadly games with human destiny.
o CHANDOS 8830 ("A Little Love Music", with his Three Songs of Ben Jonson)

Helios (1977), 15:00, Mathias, William (1934-1992).
An orchestral work dealing with a journey in sound "beginning in darkness and closing in the memory of light."
o NIMBUS 5343

The Oracle of Apollo (1988), 4:00, Vangelis (Papathanassiou, Evangelos) (1943-).
A New Age acoustic/electronic work by the Greek composer/performer.
o ARISTA 8545, ATLANTIC 8545 ("Direct")

Hélios: Mythologie III (1989), 19:00, Fénelon, Philippe (1952-1994).
A work in four scenes for harpsichord solo representing Helios' successes, but ending sadly with his son Phaethon's death.
o THESIS 82057 (with his La Colère d'Achille, Orion, Ulysse)

Hymn to Apollo (1989), 16:00, Roussakis, Nicolas (1934-1994).
Music for ensemble whose first movement praises the god and whose second describes his Hyperborean winter.
o CRI 624, NMC 74

Helios (1994), 17:00, Musgrave, Thea (1928-).
A work for oboe and chamber orchestra, calling to mind Helios’ (oboe) ride across the sky.
o COLLINS 15292, NMC 074

Schwanengesang an Apollo (1996), 16:30, Rabinovitch, Alexandre (1945-).
A work for piano, amplified celeste, and violin inspired by the story of Apollo's birth on Delos.
o MEGADISC 7831(with his La Belle Musique no. 3 [Prometheus])

Hyacinth from Apollo (1998), 11:00, Samuel, Gerhard (1924-).
A work for tenor, saxophone, bass, and percussion.
o VIENNA MODERN MASTERS 3046 ("The Orpheus Oracle" with his Remembering Orpheus and Darrell Handel's Orpheus Left His Heart and Orpheus Oracle)

Oracle at Delphi, 9:30, Constantinides, Dinos (1929-).
A work for trio to recreate musically a visit to the oracle at Delphi.
o CRYSTAL 941.

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ARES/MARS (see also OLYMPIAN GODS)
Altri Canti d'Amor (1638), 9:00, Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643).
Music for a poem of an unknown poet in honor of the god Ares from Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi.
o EMI 54333 (with his Chi Voi Haver Felice e Lieto il Core [Eros] and Ninfa Che Scalza il Piede e Sciolto il Crine)

Courante Mars (1654), 1:30, Eyck, Jacob van (c.1590-1651).
A popular air by Pierre Guédron about Mars the troublemaker, set for the recorder.
o HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 907170 ("Fluyten Lust-Hof, vol. 2")

Symphony in D major (Mars) (1778-c.1805), 16:30, Pichl, Václav (Wenzel) (1741-1805).
A symphony whose subtitle suggests the composer's interest in classical myth.
o OLYMPIA 434 (with his Apollo)

Mars, the Bringer of War (1914-16), 8:00, Holst, Gustav (1874-1934).
An instrumental rock version of a movement from The Planets for the progressive-rock group Emerson, Lake, and Powell.
o ATLANTIC 829297, POLYDOR 829297, POLYGRAM 829297

Mars + Venus (1993), 14:30, Finnissy, Michael (1946-).
An abstract work for chamber ensemble inspired by Rubens’ painting Mars and Venus in the Palazzo Bianco in Genoa, which suggests that the forces of war and love are present in ordinary people.
o NMC 043

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ARGONAUTS (see JASON, THESTOR)

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ARIADNE (see also DIONYSUS, THESEUS)
Lamento d'Arianna (1608), 13:00, Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643).
The lone surviving aria from Monteverdi's opera inspired by Ovid's Heroides.
o ALIA VOX 9815 ("Battaglie & Lamenti"), ANGEL 54333, CLAVES 9016 (with Haydn's Ariadne auf Naxos), DG 457617 ("Lamenti"), DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77115 ("Lamento d'Arianna" with the treatment of Ariadne by Bonini, Costa, Monteverdi, Pari, Rascarini, and Il Verso), 77190, DG 415296, 457617 ("Lament"), DORIAN 90104 ("Songs of Love and War"), EMI 49414 (2) (exactly the same set as DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77190), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901129, NAXOS 8.553320, PROPRIUS 9008, TELDEC 43635, VANGUARD 8100

Lamento d'Arianna in Stile Recitativo (1613), 30:00, Bonini, Severo (1582-1663).
A work for one and two voices on Ariadne's lament, inspired by Monteverdi and Rinnuccini's Arianna.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77115 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), EMI 49414 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry)

Lamento d'Arianna a 5 (1614), 13:00, Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643).
An arrangement for five voices of the first four sections of the surviving aria.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77115 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), EMI 49414 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), VIRGIN 91154.

Il Lamento d'Arianna (1619), 30:00, Pari, Claudio (fl.1611-1619).
The name of the first twelve madrigals from his fourth book of madrigals.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77115 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), EMI 49414 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry)

Lasciatemi Morire (1619), 3:00, Il Verso, Antonio (c.1560-1621).
A madrigal from a fifteenth-century collection about Ariadne's lament after her desertion by Theseus.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77115 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), EMI 49414 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry)

Pianto d'Arianna a voce solo (1626), 7:00, Costa, Francesco (fl.1615-1626).

A work composed under the impact of Monteverdi's work.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77115 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), EMI 49414 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry)

Pianto della Madonna (1640), 9:00, Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643).
The music of the lament with a new Latin text substituting Jesus and his mother for Theseus and Ariadne.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77115 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), EMI 49414 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), NAXOS 8.553318

Pria ch'Adori (c.1662-1665), 17:00, Cesti, Antonio (1623-1669).
A serenata a 2 voci in which a poet seeks Ariadne's magical thread to help him out of his "labyrinth" of love.
o HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901011 (with d'India's Lamento di Giasone)

Entrée pour Bacchus et Ariadne (1665), 2:00, Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687).
A musical interlude for five-part string ensemble and singer from Ballet de la Naissance de Vénus.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77218 (with his Plainte de Vénus sur la Mort d'Adonis, Récit d'Orphée from Divertissement I, Ouverture de Psyché from Divertissement II, Entrée d'Apollon from Divertissement III)

L'Arianna (16??), 17:30, Stradella, Alessandro (1644-1682).
A cantata in which Ariadne laments her desertion by Theseus on Naxos.
o ADDA 581 173, HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 907192

Arianna (1680s-90s), 20:00, Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725).
A cantata about Ariadne's abandonment by Theseus and her rescue by Bacchus.
o CONIFER 51293 (with his Orfeo)

Lasciatemi Morire (c. 1695), 6:00, Rascarini, Francesco Maria (d. 1706).
A cantata for three voices acknowledging its debt to Monteverdi.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77115 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry), EMI 49414 (2) (see previous Monteverdi entry)

Ariadne Musica (1702), 41:30, Fischer, Johann Kasper (?c.1670-1746).
Twenty preludes and fugues for organ.
o GEMM 9124, HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901026, NAXOS 8.550964

Ariana (1726), 184:00, Marcello, Benedetto (1686-1739).
An opera on the familiar story of Ariadne's abandonment and rescue by Bacchus.
o CHANDOS 0656 (3)

Arianna in Nasso (1733), 147:00, Porpora, Nicolo (1686-1768).
An opera based on the story of Ariadne and Theseus on Naxos.
o BONGIOVANNI 2250 (2)

Arianna in Creta (1734), 150:00, Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759).
An opera dealing with Theseus' arrival in Crete and his slaying of the Minotaur with Ariadne's help.
o L'OISEAU-LYRE 425 496-2 (orchestral version)

Il Pianto d'Arianna (1741), 15:00, Locatelli, Pietro (1695-1764).
The last violin concerto a quattro from Opus 7 as the violin imitates the sighs of the heroine.
o CBC 5099, FONE 87F 05-17

Ariadne auf Naxos (1775), 41:00, Benda, JiÍí Antonín (Georg) (1722-1795).
Continuous musical accompaniment for a melodrama on Johann Jakob Christian Brandes' work.
o MDG GOLD 3350740 (with Eberwein's Proserpina), NAXOS 8.553345 (with his Pygmalion)

Arianna auf Naxos (1789), 18:00, Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809).
A cantata in which Ariadne laments her desertion by Theseus.
o ARABESQUE 6717 (2), ARCHIV 447 106, ARTS 47286, BBC 4049, BRIDGE 9059 (with his Cupido), CAMERATA 123, CLAVES 9016 (also contains Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna), ELYSIUM 706, EUROPA MUSICA 350-251, HUNGAROTON 12432, HYPERION 67174, JECKLIN-DISCO 621, KICCO CLASSIC 196, KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 7044, *LONDON 440297 ("The Impatient Lover", with Schubert's Vedi Quanto Adoro [Dido] and Pensa, Che Questo Istante [Heracles]), MERIDIAN 84495, MQS 193 ("Passion and Piety"), L'OISEAU-LYRE 425496, VIRGIN 59033, 91215

Lamento d'Arianna, Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936).
An orchestral transcription of Monteverdi's work.
o ÉLAN 82280

Ariadne auf Naxos (1911, rev. 1916), 125:00, Strauss, Richard (1864-1949).
A comic opera with a story within a story as a serious opera on Ariadne and a farce are performed simultaneously.
o ANGEL 69296 (2), CAPRICCIO 10481, *DG 419225 (2), 445332 (2), 471323 (2), *EMI 55176, 64159 (2), 69296 (2), KOCH-SCHWANN 314732 (2), LONDON 430384 (2), MELODRAM 270105 (2), MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY 524766W (2), PHILIPS 422084 (2), PREISER 90217, 90259, (2), RCA 60398 (2), VIRGIN 45111 (2)

L'Abandon d'Ariane (1927), 10:00, Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974).
One of his Trois Opéras-Minutes about a drunken Theseus carrying off Phaedra rather than Ariadne.
o ARION 68195, CLASSICAL COLLECTOR 150 122 (3), KOCH SCHWANN 1139

Bacchus et Ariane (1930), 35:00, Roussel, Albert (1869-1937).
A ballet about Theseus' triumph over the Minotaur, but ending with Bacchus taking Ariadne from Theseus.
o *CHANDOS 9494, DG 449748 (with Milhaud's Les Choéphores), *EMI 64690, ERATO 240240 (2) (with his Aeneas), 45278, 75348, FORLANE 16529, HIS MASTER'S VOICE 747376, MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY 515894Z
o (Suite 1 - renamed first act) CYBELIA 2002, MULTISONIC 31 0150, PRAGA 264 008
o (Suite 2 - renamed second act) ANGEL 62669, CHANDOS 7007, 8996, DG 423957, DISQUES MONTAIGNE 20415, MULTISONIC 31 0150, ORFEO 199891, RCA 60469, REM 311220, SONY 62644, SONY FRANCE 5081082, SUPRAPHON 110681, TESTAMENT 1239

The Minotaur (1947), 33:00, Carter, Elliot (1908-).
Music for a ballet on the story from Pasiphae's meeting with the bull to Ariadne's abandonment in the labyrinth.
o ELEKTRA/NONESUCH 79248.

Errand into the Maze (1947), 14:00, Menotti, Gian-Carlo (1911-).
Music for a ballet symbolizing an inner struggle to overcome fear, a Minotaur-like creature.
o KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 7051 ("More Music for Martha Graham" with Schuman's Night Journey (Oedipus)).

Labyrinth (1951), 9:00, Henze, Hans Werner (1926-).
A "psycho-chamber-jazz ballet" on the familiar story of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur.
o L'OISEAU-LYRE DSLO 4 (with his Apollo and Hyacinth)

Ariane (1958), 44:00, Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959).
An opera on Georges Neveux' play Le Voyage de Thésée presented from a Freudian perspective.
o SUPRAPHON 3524, 104395

The Minotaur (1968), 7:30, Hyman, Dick (1927-).
A jazz sonata for piano and violin adapted from music originally composed for Moog synthesizer and drum machine.
o ANGEL 55061 ("Jazz Sonatas")

Laberinto (1971), 23:00, Montsalvage, Xavier (1912-2002).
A three-movement symphonic suite inspired by the myth of Ariadne, Theseus, and the Minotaur.
O ASV 1060

Nenia (1975), 10:00, Edlund, Lars (1922-).
A vocal work for chamber choir on the opening words and motifs of Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna.
o PHONO SUECIA 38

The Crown of Ariadne (1979), 20:00, Schafer, R. Murray (1933-).
A suite for harp, percussion and tape of a differently tuned harp on Ariadne, Theseus, and the Minotaur.
o CENTREDISCS 4292 (2) ("Chimera" with his Theseus), DOREMI 9307, MARQUIS 81289

Ariadne Music (1984), 15:00, Hovda, Eleanor (1940-).
A work for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion inspired by Ariadne’s unwound ball of thread leaving a trail for Theseus’ escape from the labyrinth just as the musical sounds , spun into a resonant thread, are uncoiled.
o OO 46

Trionfo di Bacco e d'Arianna (1986), 3:30, Heppener, Robert (1925-).
A song for a capella mixed chorus from Canti Carnaschialeschi on Lorenzo de Medici's poem about the fleeting nature of youthful love.
o DONEMUS 78, TELARC 80384 ("Invisible Cities")

Theseus (1986), 18:00, Schafer, R. Murray (1933-).
An atonal work for harp and string quartet, part of the same work as The Crown of Ariadne.
o CENTREDISCS 4292 (2) ("Chimera", with his The Crown of Ariadne)

After Ariadne (1987), Bennett, Richard Rodney (1936-).
A viola work representing Ariadne's voice as she laments her abandonment by Theseus on Naxos.
o BBM 1058 ("Invocations: Contemporary Viola Works")

Ariadne (1987), 9:30, Harrison, Lou (1917-2003).
A work in two movements for flute and percussion for a ballet about the desertion and rescue of Ariadne.
o CRI 568, DYNAMIC 263, EQUILIBRIUM 53, MUSICMASTERS 7051 (with his A Summerfield Set (Aphrodite))

Ariadnes Faden (Ariadne's Thread) (1990), 20:00, Stahmer, Klaus Hinrich (1941-).
A work for contrabass flute, percussion, and computer-manipulated sounds of twelve large ceramic jars to suggest Theseus' journey through the labyrinth with the aid of Ariadne's thread.
o PRO VIVA 167

Ariadne's Lament (1993), 8:00, Leach, Mary Jane (1949-).
One of four works in a project based on the myth of Ariadne, this one for female chorus drawing upon isolated fragments from Monteverdi.
o NEW WORLD 80525 (with her Tricky Pan)

Song of Sorrows (1995), 8:00, Leach, Mary Jane (1949-).
A second work on Ariadne, for mixed chorus, expressing her helplessness.
o NEW WORLD 80525 (with her Tricky Pan)

O Magna Vasti Creta (1997), 9:30, Leach, Mary Jane (1949-).
A third work, for women’s chorus and string quartet, to her as queen, with quotes from Euripides and Seneca.
o NEW WORLD 80525 (with her Tricky Pan)

Call of the Dance (1997), 10:00, Leach, Mary Jane (1949-).
A fourth work, for soprano and a capella women’s chorus, with quotes from Homer, Timocreon, Corinna, Euripides, and Alcman.
o NEW WORLD 80525 (with her Tricky Pan)

Ariadne's Thread (1994), 16:00, Reynolds, Roger (1934-).
A work for string quartet and computer-generated sound.
o MONTAIGNE 782083 (2)

Lamenting with Ariadne, (1999), 16:00, Musgrave, Thea (1928-).
A concerto for viola and chamber orchestra on Ariadne's fate.
o ALBANY 607

Ariadne, Arter, Matthias (1964-).
An improvisational work for solo oboe.
o PAN 510087 ("Matthias Arter, Oboe")

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ARION
Arion and the Dolphin (1589), 14:00, Malvessi, Cristofano (1547-1599).
One of six interludes for Girolamo Bargagli's comedy La Pellegrina on a story found in Herodotus.
o EMI 47998 ("Una 'Stravaganza' dei Medici", with his Jove and Marenzio's Apollo and Pierides)

Arion (1708), 14:00, Campra, André (1660-1744).
A cantata about the familiar story of the poet's rescue at sea by a dolphin.
o ANALEKTA FLEUR DE LYS 3018, HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901238 (with his Dispute de l'Amour et de l'Hymen, Enée e Didon), PIERRE VERANY 786101 (with his Achille Oisif, Daphné, Didon, Hébé)

Arion (1912), 2:30, Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943).
A song for tenor on a text by Alexander Pushkin, op.34.5.
o CHANDOS 9477, 9562

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ARTEMIS/DIANA/SELENE (see also ACTAEON, APOLLO, CALLISTO, ENDYMION, OLYMPIAN GODS)
Diana (1623), 3:00, d'India, Sigismondo (c.1582-c.1630).
A song describing Diana as yielding her symbols of chastity to a royal lady.
o ELEKTRA/NONESUCH 79125 ("Olympia's Lament), HYPERION 66106 ("Olympia's Lament"), 66227 ("The Emma Kirby Collection")

La Diane de Fontainebleau (1686), 51:00, Desmarest, Henri (1661-1741).
A succession of scenes without any real dramatic action and with three groups of characters (Diana and her nymphs, the hunters, and Sleep and his attendants) welcoming King Louis XIV of France to a hunt at Fontainebleau.
o ASTRÉE 8633

With Horns & with Hounds (1700), 1:30, Purcell, Daniel (c.1660-1717).
Music for a song about Artemis preparing for the hunt from John Dryden’s The Secular Masque.
o MUSICA OSCURA 070979 ("Sound the Trumpets from Shore to Shore", with Eccles’ Ah, How Lovely, Sweet and Dear [Galatea], and excerpts from his, Eccles’, Finger’s and Weldon’s music for Congreve’s The Judgment of Paris)

Diana Cacciatrice (1707), Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759).
A cantata for solo voice, instruments, and continuo celebrating hunting and the goddess of the hunt.
o EUFODA 1297

The Hunt (BWV 208) (1713), 44:00, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750).
A cantata about Diana's being so absorbed in hunting that she neglects her beloved Endymion.
o ARCHIV 431 118, BERLIN CLASSICS 9223, EMI 65729, 72634 (2), HÄNSSLER 98.161, *HYPERION 66169, MUSICAPHON 51351, NAXOS 8.550643, TELDEC 46151

Diana (1860), 3:00, Strauss, Josef (1827-1870).
A French polka to inaugurate the opening of a winter garden at Dianabad, named after the goddess.
o MARCO POLO 8.223562 (with his Amazon Quadrille)

Diane (1883-6), Debussy, Claude (1862-1918).
A work for two pianos scored from vocal music on Théodore de Banville's Diane au Bois II about Eros' conquest.
o ARION 268128 ("Piano Music" with his Bacchus)

Inno a Diane (1899), 2:30, Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924).
A hymn to the goddess, dedicated to the hunters of Italy.
o CBS 44981 ("Placido Domingo: The Unknown Puccini"), ETCETERA 1050 ("Songs and Rare Pieces")

Diane Séléné (1921), 2:00, Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924).
A song from L'Horizon Chimérique on Jean de la Ville de Mirmont's text about yearning for Diana's serenity.
o ARCANA 28, BLUEBELL 46, CALLIOPE 9841, CENTAUR 2508, CRD 3479, DANTE 003/4 (2), HYPERION 66165, LONDON 425975, NONESUCH 79371, PHILIPS 438964 (4), REM 311175

Aubade (Diane) (1929), 19:00, Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963).
A concerto for piano and instruments on Diana's rebellion against the law condemning her to eternal chastity.
o AS DISC 333, ERATO 88140, MUSIC AND ARTS 649 ("Salute to France"), NEWPORT CLASSIC 60087

Mirror of Diana (1991), 7:30, Winslow, Walter (1947-1998).
A work for solo clarinet inspired by a visit to the Nemus Dianae at Nemi and the story of her priests.
o CRI 842 (with his A voice from Elysium)

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ASCANIUS (see AENEAS)

ASCLEPIUS/AESCULAPIUS
Aeskulap-Polka (1853), 3:00, Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899).
A polka written for and dedicated to the medical students of the Wiener Hoch-Schule.
o MARCO POLO 8.223203 (with his Amazonen-Polka)

ATALANTA (see also MELEAGER)
Atalanta (Acts of Gods) (1985), 133:30, Ashley, Robert (1930-).
An opera based on the Atalanta/Hippomenes story, but situated centuries later as Atalanta is re-incarnated as the Odalisque wooed by three extraordinary suitors, Max Ernst the artist representing image, Willard Reynolds the storyteller representing narrative, and Bud Powell the jazz composer representing music.
o LOVELY MUSIC 3301

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ATHAMAS AND INO
Ino (1765), 38:00, Telemann, Georg (1681-1767).
A cantata for soprano and orchestra on Ino's flight from the mad Athamas and her change into a sea goddess.
o DG 429772, TELDEC 44633 (with Handel's Apollo e Dafne), 77621 (2)

Ino (1780), 30:00, Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795).
A cantata which covers the same part of the story as Telemann's cantata.
o CAPRICCIO 10303 (with his Pygmalion)

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ATHENE/MINERVA (see also OLYMPIAN GODS)
Trionfo della Dea Minerva (late 15^th cent.), 2:00, anon.
An instrumental version of a song about the goddess, sung as part of the May carnival in Florence during the reign of Lorenzo de Medici (1469-1492).
o IMP 825 ("A Florentine Carnival"), MCA 5953 (same recording)

Minerva Polka Mazurka (1859), 4:30, Strauss, Josef (1827-1870)
A work written for the ball of an artists’ group named after the patroness of the arts.
o MARCO POLO 8.223567 (with his Hesperus-Bahnen)

Pallas Athene, the Goddess of Victory (1921), 5:00, Simonsen, Rudolf (1889-1947).
The last movement of his three-movement symphony Hellas, inspired by this goddess.
o DANACORD 370-1 (2)

Minerva's Web (1985), 26:30, Scott, Stephen (1944-).
A work for bowed and plucked grand piano on Ovid's Metamorphoses 6, referring to images of webs of material.
o NEW ALBION 026 (with his Niobe)

La Deesse Athena (1992), 8:00, Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001).
A work for baritone, solo percussion, and chamber ensemble on Aeschylus' Eumenides 681 ff. about equality.
o MODE 58 (with his Persephassa)

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ATLAS
Der Atlas (1828), 3:00, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Heinrich Heine's poem in which Atlas laments having to bear not only the world, but also its sorrows.
o ASV 6171, DG 429766, 437235, 437536, DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77319, FORLANE 16647, PAVANE 7400 ("Jules Bastin, Bass"), PHILIPS 442460, PREISER 89997 ("Franz Völker: Lieder Recital"), RUSSIAN DISC 15 022 ("Great Russian Artists: Pavel Lisitsian"), SONY 66835, SYMPOSIUM 1064

ATREUS
Prelude to an Opera: The House of Atreus (1987), 7:00, Fortner, Jack (1935-).
A work for symphony orchestra conceived as prologue for an unwritten opera on the accursed House of Atreus.
o VIENNA MODERN MASTERS 3009 ("Music from Six Continents 1992 Series")

The House of Atreus Act I (1999), 74:00, Defeis, David.
The re-creation of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon in heavy metal rock music.
o NOISE 0042

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ATTIS
Atys (1676), 171:00, Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687).
An opera on Ovid's Fasti with a love triangle introduced as Sangaride and Cybele vie for the love of Attis.
o HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901257/9 (3), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901249 (excerpts), HARMONIA MUNDI 905805 (excerpts)

Atys (1817), 4:30, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Johann Mayrhofer's poem in which Atys mourns his lost home as he is forced to serve Cybele.
o BBC 8015 ("Britten the Performer", with his Gruppe, Prometheus), BBCL 4070 (with his Memnon), CAMERATA 32CM-115 ("Ernst Haefliger: Song Recital", with his Aeschylus), CLAVES 508611 (with his Die Götter Griechenlands), DG 437225 ("Schubert Lieder, Vol. 2"), HYPERION 33034 (with his Prometheus), ORFEO 592021 (with his Die Götter Griechenlands), TUDOR 764 ("Lieder Set to Poems by Johann Mayrhofer", with his Der Zürnenden Diana, Fahrt zum Hades, Philoktet, Uraniens Flucht)

Corybantes (1932), 1:30, Foulds, John (1880-1939).
A part of Hellas, a suite for double string orchestra, harp, and percussion, about Cybele's followers.
o LYRITA 212 (with his Song of the Argive Helen and Dirge for a Hero)

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BACCHANALIA
Bacchic Song (1912), 3:30, Glazunov, Alexander (1865-1936).
A work for chorus and orchestra on lyrics by Aleksandr. Pushkin.
o PEARL 9111, RCD 16004 ("Russia and Fiodor Ivanovich Shalyapin")

Bacchanal (1913), 4:30, Reger, Max (1873-1916).
Part of a tone poem Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin, on a painting of "a beer festival in Roman costume."
o BERLIN CLASSICS 2177, BIS 601, CAPRICCIO 10 307, CHANDOS 8794, KOCH SCHWANN 311011, TELARC 80589

Dionysiaques (1913), 11:00, Schmitt, Florent (1870-1958).
A tone poem on the revels of Dionysus' followers.
o BRAIN 7002 ("The Original, vol. 2"), CALLIOPE 9859, CAPRICE 21384, CHANDOS 9897("French Wind Band Classics"), KLAVIER 11066, MARK 1116, MHS 515557 ("American Games")

Bacchanale (1938), 7:30, Cage, John (1912-1992).
Vigorous, African, and primitive-sounding music for prepared piano written for and danced by Syvilla Fort.
o ARGO 436925 ("The American Innovator"), CATALYST 61980, DORON 3002 ("American Piano Music of the 20th Century"), NEW ALBION 070, WERGO 6159

Bacchanale (1956), 8:30, Ibert, Jacques (1890-1962).
An orchestral composition commissioned by the BBC for the tenth anniversary of the Third Program.
o ANGEL 49261, LONDON 440332, NAXOS 554222

Bacchantic Dance Scenes (1983), 11:30, Denhoff, Michael (1955-).
A chamber work in two movements for four percussions, originally for a ballet project on Euripides’ Bacchae.
o KOCH SCHWANN 312342

Bacchanal (1989), 6:00, Hoffman, Kurt.
A work for two violins, cello, two saxophones, and rock rhythm section for the rock group The Ordinaires.
o BAR/NONE 72615 ("One")

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BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
Philemon und Baukis (1773), 6:00, Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809).
The overture for a marionette opera on the familiar story of the gods' visit to the elderly couple.
o KOCH SCHWANN 317232 (with his Acis et Galatea overture)

Philémon et Baucis (1860, 1876 rev.), 97:00, Gounod, Charles (1818-1893).
A comic opera on Ovid's Metamorphoses 8 about the couple's restoration to youth and the gods' love for Baucis.
o FOYER 2-CF 2016, GAIETE LYRIQUE 202342, MUSIDISC 202342

Philemon and Baukis (1987), 12:30, Harrison, Lou (1917-2003).
A work for violin and gamelan recalling the aged mythical couple.
o MUSICMASTERS 67091 ("Gamelan Music")

BELLEROPHON
Il Belerofonte (1767), 173:00, Myslivecek, Josef (1737-1781).
An opera in three acts dealing with the basic story of this hero.
o SUPRAPHON 110006 (3)

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BELLONA
Bellona (1860), 2:30, Strauss, Josef (1827-1870).
A polka mazur heralding a feeling of new beginnings following Austrian defeats in Italy in 1859.
o MARCO POLO 8.223574

BOREAS
Zéphire et Flore (1716), 14:30, Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749).
A cantata about Zephyr’s pursuit of the nymph Chloris and her transformation into Flora.
o MERIDIAN 84182 (with his Léandre et Héro and Orphée)

Zéphire (1753), 41:30, Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764).
An opera-ballet about Zephyr’s amorous pursuit of the nymph Chloris.
o ERATO 85774 (2)

Abaris ou Les Boréades (1763), 156:00, Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764).
An opera about a woman who discovers that the man she is obliged to marry is actually her beloved.
o ERATO/MUSIFRANCE 45572 (3), GALLO 863/4, NAXOS 8.553388 (suite), PHILIPS 420240 (suite with his Dardanus suite)

Zéphyr et Flore (1925), 41:00, Dukelsky, Vladimir (Vernon Duke) (1903-1969).
Music for a ballet about brother wind gods fighting for the attention of the goddess of flowers.
o CHANDOS 9766