"Zeus: Dissidio e Furia"
(Zeus: Conflict and Fury)
tells the epic account of the
battle of Zeus against the
Titans and the Giants in his
ascent to the throne. The
composition opens with a long
and stressful progression of
sounds that will eventually
lead to the beginning of the
battle ... this introduction
portrays Zeus's inner conflict
before the fight against the
Titans. Thanks to a harsh and
obscure compositional idiom,
this beginning underlines his
mood filled with profound
worry, anxiety, and terror.
All of a sudden the fury! Zeus
pounces with unheard-of
violence on the Titans who
succumb after a gory fight.
Hearing the agonizing cries,
the god suddenly turns around:
a scenario of death and
destruction moves him to stop
and look at what his rage has
caused ... This moment of
stasis, though, is not
destined to last as Zeus is
forced to face the Giants whom
he manages to defeat after a
brief but slaughtering battle.
From then on, Zeus reins
sovereign as King of the Gods!
