Athens Philharmonia Orchestra & Byron Fidetzis – Skalkottas: Orchestral Works (2020) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Athens Philharmonia Orchestra & Byron Fidetzis – Skalkottas: Orchestral Works (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:09:39 minutes | 749 MB | Genre: Classical
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A series of new releases have revealed to the public the music and personality of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949). Virtually unknown outside of his home country, Skalkottas can be described as a member of the Second Viennese School. His very personal style blossomed in dodecaphonic pieces but the composer never confined himself to this form. Greatly influenced by traditional Greek music, he was also able to master and freely use a more neoclassical approach.

A combination of styles, this new album demonstrates how Skalkottas could switch from neoclassicism (Sinfonietta in B flat major, composed at the end of his life, in 1948) to the superimposing of acoustic layers (his 1930’s Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra) or to the Schönberg influenced harshness of his 1929 Suite for violin and chamber orchestra. Also included in the record is a piece named Digenés in His Last Agony, re-arranged by musicologist Yannis Samprovalakis and largely inspired by a traditional Cretan song.

Directed by Byron Fidetzis since its inception in 2016, the Philharmonia Orchestra of Athens has teamed up with the Department of Musicology of the University of Athens to promote and record Greece’s musical heritage. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
01. Sinfonietta in B-Flat Major, AK 10 (Ed. Y. Samprovalakis): I. Andante sostenuto-Allegro
02. Sinfonietta in B-Flat Major, AK 10 (Ed. Y. Samprovalakis): II. Andantino triste
03. Sinfonietta in B-Flat Major, AK 10 (Ed. Y. Samprovalakis): III. Scherzino. Molto vivace
04. Sinfonietta in B-Flat Major, AK 10 (Ed. Y. Samprovalakis): IV. Finale. Vivacissimo
05. Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra, AK 21 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): I. Allegro giusto
06. Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra, AK 21 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): II. Andante sostenuto
07. Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra, AK 21 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): III. Allegro vivo
08. Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra, AK 21 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): IV. Andante sostenuto
09. Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra, AK 21 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): V. Allegro
10. Little Suite, AK 23 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): I. Allegro moderato
11. Little Suite, AK 23 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): II. Moderato maestoso
12. Little Suite, AK 23 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): III. Allegretto vivace
13. Little Suite, AK 23 (Orch. Y. Samprovalakis): IV. Andante sostenuto
14. Digenés in His Last Agony (Transcr. N. Skalkottas) [Orch. Y. Samprovalakis]
15. Ancient Greek March, AK 11d
16. March in D Major
17. The Vlach Woman (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]
18. The Maypole (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]
19. Mount Pelion Dance (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]
20. High up on Kostilata (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]
21. Corfiot Dance (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]
22. Up the street (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]
23. Lioúlios (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]
24. Paraskevoúla (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]
25. Physoúni (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

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