Sunwar the Dead

Sunwar the Dead is an album by neoclassical band Elend. It is the second album in the Winds Cycle.

Track listing

1. "Chaomphalos" — 4:24
2. "Ardour" — 5:10
3. "Sunwar the Dead" — 4:31
4. "Ares in Their Eyes" — 6:02
5. "The Hemlock Sea" — 5:40
6. "La terre n'aime pas le sang" — 5:00
7. "A Song of Ashes" — 6:34
8. "Laceration" — 5:04
9. "Poliorketika" — 4:32
10. "Blood and Grey Skies Entwined" — 6:00
11. "Threnos" — 6:00

Musicians

Vocals

• Solo soprano: Esteri Rémond
• Female choir: Camille Balarie, Louise Legendre, Julia Michaelis, Chloé Nadeau, Esteri Rémond, Séverine Ronsard, Anna Maria Sarasto, Karine Sylvain

Strings

• Solo violin, first violin, solo viola, conductor: David Kempf

Violins

• First violins: Ismaël Guy, Inga Larusdottir, Elsa Saulnier
• Second violins: Sylvain Daumard, Hélène Hector, Sébastien Thaumon
• Third violins: Émilie Dunand, Étienne Philibert, Isabelle Robel

Violas

• First violas: Shinji Chihara, David Choreman, Mathieu Hilbert
• Second violas: Sandra Cardon, Judith Thomas, Emma Urbanek
• Third violas: Julie Corda, Alexandre Grimaud, Anne Tigier

Cellos

• First cellos: Vincent Catulescu, Catherine Fiolka
• Second cellos: Anne Fournier, Benjamin Rabenau
• Third cellos: Christian Dourinat, Éléonore Toinon

Basses

• Basses: Raymond Lebars, Yves Levignon, Arnaud Pioncet

Winds

• Nay flutes: Nizar Attawi
• Bass flute: Estelle Sandrard
• Oboe: Vladimir Jamet
• Bass clarinet: Michaël Hardy
• Trumpet, French horn: Klaus Amann
• French horns: Samir Husseini, Philippe Laumond
• Clarinets: Camille Drillon, Samuel Gresch
• Trombone: Arnaud Pasquier
• Bass trombone: René Adam

Percussion

• Timpani, Bass drums: Marc Bertaud
• Bass drums, snare drum: Alexandre Clément
• Cymbals, gongs, tam-tam: Paul Lantenot
• Various bells, steel drums, windchimes: Pierre Mangin
• Industrial devices: Simon Eberl

All other instruments (flutes, prepared piano, spinet and other keyboards, santur, percussion) and vocals, sound-design and programming by Iskandar Hasnawi, Sébastien Roland and Renaud Tschirner.

References

• Sunwar the Dead at Elends discography page