Skalkottas - Sinfonietta, Concerto for Violin & Piano, Suite
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2434
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th February 2020
Contents
Works
Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra (orch. Y Samprovalakis)Digenes in his Last Agony (trad., arr. Skalkottas, orch. Y Samprovalakis)
Marches (2) and Greek Dances (9) for the Lyceum Club of Greek Women
Sinfonietta in B flat major
Suite for violin and chamber orchestra (orch. Y Samprovalakis)
Artists
Georgios Demertzis (violin)Vassilis Varvaresos (piano)
Eleftherios Venizelos (voice)
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Byron FidetzisWorks
Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra (orch. Y Samprovalakis)Digenes in his Last Agony (trad., arr. Skalkottas, orch. Y Samprovalakis)
Marches (2) and Greek Dances (9) for the Lyceum Club of Greek Women
Sinfonietta in B flat major
Suite for violin and chamber orchestra (orch. Y Samprovalakis)
Artists
Georgios Demertzis (violin)Vassilis Varvaresos (piano)
Eleftherios Venizelos (voice)
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Byron FidetzisAbout
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 Marches are original compositions, but follow Greek models, while the Nine Dances are 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.
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