Is there some Kithara free sounds? I would love to make track with such instrumental in Deep-Ambient House electronic music <3

Górecki Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: I. Lento — Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile

Waterbird

Experience the delicate nuances of 'Velvet Touch: Pure Felt Improvisation', a profound solo piano piece performed on a finely tuned Felt piano. This track captures the essence of raw emotion and unparalleled clarity, with each note finely crafted to convey a tapestry of introspective melodies. The Felt piano's unique tonal quality enhances the depth and softness of the improvisation, making every keystroke a whisper of musical poetry.

Velvet Touch: Pure Felt Improvisation

Asteriai (Nymphs of the Stars) - a spontaneous improvisation for solo chelys (tortoise shell form) replica ancient Greek lyre, in the profound and timeless ancient Greek Phrygian mode, (equivalent intervals as D-D on the white notes of the piano and misnamed the 'Dorian' Mode in the Middle Ages) in the just intonation of antiquity.

This piece forms track 5 of my album, "The Lyre of Hermes":

http://michaellevy.bandcamp.com/album/the-lyre-of-hermes

This album will also be available from iTunes & Amazon before April 2015!

Buy on iTunes

Asteriai (Nymphs Of The Stars)

Samuel Barber  - Agnus Dei

HENRY PURCELL
DIDO & AENEAS
MusicAeterna, The New Siberian Singers, Teodor Currentzis

Buy on our website: http://www.outhere-music.com/en/albums/dido-aeneas-alpha-140
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id294244412
Extracts taken from « Purcell: Dido & Aeneas » – Out on 2008-11-17
Extraits issus de « Purcell: Dido & Aeneas » – Sortie le 2008-11-17

Production: Alpha


PURCELL: Dido & Aeneas, Act III: Dido's Lament

Gregorio ALLEGRI - Miserere Mei, Deus (+ Lyrics - OXFORD, Choir Of New College)

A rough draft of what hopefully will be the first track to my next planned album,  "The Ancient Greek Kithara of Classical Antiquity" - which will feature the wonderfully recreated Kithara of the Golden Age of Classical Greece - hand-made in modern Greece by Lutherios:

http://en.luthieros.com/

Since late 2014, I have been collaborating with Lutherios in their inspirational "Lyre 2.0 Project" - dedicated to reintroducing the wonderful lyres of antiquity back into the modern world, to make these beautiful instruments accessible to each and every modern musician:

http://etc.ancient.eu/2016/01/11/luthieros-lyre-2-0-project/

This recording hopefully demonstrate why the kithara was so venerated in antiquity, as the instrument of the professional musician - perfect for both accompanying the human voice and for as an incredibly versatile solo instrument.

In particular, I attempt to demonstrate the wonderfully reconstructed 2500 year old vibrato mechanism, for which there is an almost overwhelming body of visual evidence to support this theory. All original illustrations of the ancient Greek kithara clearly show what appear to be curved springs beneath the yoke to which the strings are attached, with the top of the arms carved almost wafer thin, which almost certainly was to allow for lateral movement of the yoke and the attached strings, creating an eerie vocal vibrato effect - some 2500 years before the invention of the 'whammy bar' of the Fender electric guitar! 

The vibrato mechanism can be operated either by light lateral movement of either of the vertical wooden levers at each end of the yoke, or a more subtle vibrato can be achieved by pushing the discs either side of the yoke.

For full details on all my research into the kithara of ancient Greece and Rome, please also see my blog:

http://ancientlyre.com/the_kithara_of_ancient_greece__rome/
Many thanks for listening!

http://www.ancientlyre.com/
https://www.facebook.com/beautifullyre
https://twitter.com/AncientLyre
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelLevy
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-levy/id4324920

The Ancient Greek Kithara of Classical Antiquity

The very first rough draft of what hopefully will be the second track to my next planned album,  "The Ancient Greek Kithara of Classical Antiquity" - which will feature the wonderfully recreated Kithara of the Golden Age of Classical Greece - hand-made in modern Greece by Lutherios:

http://en.luthieros.com/

Since late 2014, I have been collaborating with Lutherios in their inspirational "Lyre 2.0 Project" - dedicated to reintroducing the wonderful lyres of antiquity back into the modern world, to make these beautiful instruments accessible to each and every modern musician:

http://etc.ancient.eu/2016/01/11/luthieros-lyre-2-0-project/

This recording hopefully demonstrate why the kithara was so venerated in antiquity, as the instrument of the professional musician - perfect for both accompanying the human voice and for as an incredibly versatile solo instrument.

In particular, I attempt to demonstrate the wonderfully reconstructed 2500 year old vibrato mechanism, for which there is an almost overwhelming body of visual evidence to support this theory. All original illustrations of the ancient Greek kithara clearly show what appear to be curved springs beneath the yoke to which the strings are attached, with the top of the arms carved almost wafer thin, which almost certainly was to allow for lateral movement of the yoke and the attached strings, creating an eerie vocal vibrato effect - some 2500 years before the invention of the 'whammy bar' of the Fender electric guitar! 

The vibrato mechanism can be operated either by light lateral movement of either of the vertical wooden levers at each end of the yoke, or a more subtle vibrato can be achieved by pushing the discs either side of the yoke.

For full details on all my research into the kithara of ancient Greece and Rome, please also see my blog:

http://ancientlyre.com/the_kithara_of_ancient_greece__rome

In the final mastering, my 'bargain basement' reverb heard here in my own rough DIY mastering, will be replaced by stunningly evocative reverbs created from samples of the actual reverb from Canterbury Cathedral and Belgium Monasteries...watch this space!!!

Many thanks for listening!

http://www.ancientlyre.com/
https://www.facebook.com/beautifullyre
https://twitter.com/AncientLyre
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelLevy
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-levy/id4324920

The Ancient Greek Kithara

Valse De Marimón

New SATB version performed by Kantorei (Joel Rinsema, cond.)

The lyrics for Tundra were written by my frequent collaborator, poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. I asked Tony to write a text based on the title and photos of a part of my native Norway that is very dear to me, the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. It’s pretty close to where my father grew up, in the mountains between Oslo and Bergen. Hardangervidda is quite barren and intensely beautiful—it is easy to feel that you are treading on sacred land, which Tony describes so evocatively in his text:

Wide, worn and weathered, 
Sacred expanse
Of green and white and granite grey; 
Snowy patches strewn, 
Anchored to the craggy earth, 
Unmoving;
While clouds dance
Across the vast, eternal sky.

Kantorei Denver: TUNDRA

Michael Levy is a UK-based composer for the recreated lyres of antiquity, whose musical mission is to create an entirely new musical genre, which could best be described as a 'New Ancestral Music' - dedicated to creating new music for the recreated ancient lyre, featuring an exotic palette of ancient musical modes and intonations not heard for almost 2000 years.

Michael has collaborated with the Grammy award winning Canadian composer, Rufus Wainwright - Rufus musically incorporated one of Michael's "Hymn to Zeus"  in two scenes of his second opera, "Hadrian" - which premiered in Toronto on 13th October 2018.

In 2022, Michael collaborated with the iconic American artist, Jeff Koons – his music for recreated ancient Greek kithara is currently the main soundscape of Koon’s animatronic sculpture, “Apollo Kithara” (2020-2022) on view at DESTE’s Project Space on the Greek island of Hydra.

The Ancient Greek Kithara of Classical Antiquity

Michael Levy Lyre Music

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