Athens Philharmonia Orchestra & Byron Fidetzis - Skalkottas: Orchestral Works (2020)
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra & Byron Fidetzis - Skalkottas: Orchestral Works (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 377 MB | Tracks: 25 | 69:55 min
Style: Classical | Label: BIS
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 377 MB | Tracks: 25 | 69:55 min
Style: Classical | Label: BIS
This programme of previously unrecorded works illustrates a highly distinctive aspect of Nikos Skalkottas as a composer: The ‘neoclassical’ Skalkottas goes hand in hand with the ‘national’ and the ‘modernist’ composer, the common denominators being perfect architecture of form, harmonic refinement and skilful orchestration. The opening Sinfonietta in B flat major is a typical example of the composer’s ‘neoclassical’ side. In four movements and with a duration of 25 minutes, it was written in 1948, during Skalkottas’s final years. It is followed by the Suite for Violin and Chamber Orchestra and the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, examples of the composer’s atonal idiom. Both works were among the many that disappeared after the composer left Berlin in 1933.
The remaining pieces demonstrate Skalkottas’s involvement with the project of exploring the traditional music of Greece. The Cretan folk song Digenés in his Last Agony was transcribed and harmonized by Skalkottas – for this release a recording from 1930 of the voice of Eleftherios Venizelos, the Greek Prime Minister at the time, has been superimposed over the newly recorded orchestral accompaniment. The two Marchesare original compositions, but follow Greek models, while the Nine Dancesare Skalkottas’s orchestrations of published folk songs. Simple and functional, they are in no way reminiscent of his great work, the 36 Greek Dances for large orchestra, but still reveal the composer’s refined aesthetic approach. In a labour of love, the music is performed by conductor Byron Fidetzis and violinist Georgios Demertzis, who have both made important contributions to the Skalkottas discography, as well as pianist Vassilis Varvaresos and the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, making their first appearance on BIS.
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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FILE: 14. Digenés in His Last Agony (Transcr. N. Skalkottas) [Orch. Y. Samprovalakis].flac
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FILE: 17. The Vlach Woman (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis].flac
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FILE: 19. Mount Pelion Dance (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis].flac
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FILE: 21. Corfiot Dance (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis].flac
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FILE: 22. Up the street (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis].flac
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