Skalkottas: Orchestral Works

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Orchestrations that bring the works powerfully to life. — MusicWeb International, March 2020 More…

Release Date: 28th Feb 2020
Catalogue No: BIS2434
Label: BIS
Length: 69 minutes

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Skalkottas: Sinfonietta in B flat major, AK 10

Work length26:02

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro

Track length6:54

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II. Andantino triste

Track length6:37

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III. Scherzino. Molto vivace

Track length5:12

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IV. Finale. Vivacissimo

Track length7:19

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Skalkottas: Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra, AK 21

Work length11:06

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$8.75

Georgios Demertzis (violin), Vassilis Varvaresos (piano)
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

I. Allegro giusto

Track length3:21

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II. Andante sostenuto

Track length3:10

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III. Allegro vivo

Track length0:56

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IV. Andante sostenuto

Track length0:41

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V. Allegro

Track length2:58

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Skalkottas: Little Suite for Strings

Work length8:22

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Georgios Demertzis (violin)
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

I. Allegro moderato

Track length1:22

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II. Moderato maestoso

Track length2:03

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III. Allegretto vivace

Track length1:44

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IV. Andante sostenuto

Track length3:13

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Digenés in His Last Agony (Transcr. N. Skalkottas) [Orch. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length2:30

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Eleftherios Venizelos
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

Skalkottas: Ancient Greek March, AK 11d

Work length2:17

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

March in D Major

Work length1:19

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

The Vlach Woman (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length1:17

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

The Maypole (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length1:28

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

Mount Pelion Dance (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length1:35

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

High up on Kostilata (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length1:26

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

Corfiot Dance (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length1:13

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

Up the street (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length0:57

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

Lioúlios (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length5:37

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

Paraskevoúla (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length2:20

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

Physoúni (Orch. N. Skalkottas) [Ed. Y. Samprovalakis]

Work length2:10

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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
Byron Fidetzis

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The opening Sinfonietta in B flat major is a typical example of the Skalkottas' neoclassical side. In four movements and with a duration of 25 minutes, it was written in 1948, during Skalkottass final years. It is followed by the Suite for Violin and Chamber Orchestra and the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, examples of the composers atonal idiom. Both works were among the many that disappeared after the composer left Berlin in 1933. The remaining pieces demonstrate Skalkottass 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 Skalkottass 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 composers 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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March 2020

Orchestrations that bring the works powerfully to life.

February 2020

This superbly played collection of the Greek composer’s orchestral music is so stylistically diverse that on first listen I was convinced I had my iPhone set to random shuffle: the late Sinfonietta in B flat begins like Brahms and morphs into something closer to Shostakovich, whilst the Double Concerto and Little Suite occupy a far more austere, atonal sound-world, and the Marches and Greek Dances which make up the last twenty minutes of the album sound for all the world like the score of a Hollywood epic.

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