Gilgamesh

Description

Clive Mitten's latest project sees him setting to music the epic tale of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a King of Sumer c.2,700 BCE. His Epic grew over 1,500 years to become at tale of a hero and a tyrant. Clive has studied the Epic for many years being one of the few people in the word who can read the cuneiform script.CD1 contains the Epic spoken by Pete Lawremce with Clive's music followed by the classic Sumerian tale, Inanna and the Underworld. CD2 features Clive's instrumental version of the Epic and the famous myth of Noah and the Flood.There are four main musical themes in Gilgamesh: The Epic. Gilgamesh Fanfare, Enkidu Fanfare, the moods of Ishtar, the Goddess of Love and War and a lamented for Enkidu.Gilgamesh: A Musical Odyssey. These are the instrumental mixes from Disc One giving the listener a chance to hear all the detail therein. Most of the tracks have also been enhanced with further instrumentation some of which is most unexpected... All the music was written, performed, recorded and produced by Clive in his home studio. The texts were translated, abridged and edited by Clive and beautifully spoken by Pete Lawrence, whose performance is again, as it was on Words & Music, quite stunning. This is a special RSK Entertainment limited-edition release. The lavish 24-page booklet includes all the text as well as images of the key players over a 2,000-year period. All told it is a quite a remarkable album pairing the epic story of Gilgamesh with Clive's thoughtful and imaginative musical settings.