Hi Res Download, Skalkottas (composer)
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Skalkottas: Orchestral Works
RecommendedGeorgios Demertzis (violin), Vassilis Varvaresos (piano), Eleftherios Venizelos
Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Byron Fidetzis
Orchestrations that bring the works powerfully to life. — More…
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Skalkottas: 36 Greek Dances & ‘The Return of Ulysses' Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nikos Christodoulou
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Skalkottas - Concertos
Georgios Demertzis & Simos Papanas (violins), Maria Asteriadou & Nikolaos Samaltanos (pianos) & Dimitris Desyllas (xylophone)
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Vassilis Christopoulos
The Concerto for Two Violins was composed at the end of the second world war, though Skalkottas never wrote out a full score...It's an extraordinarily dense and ambitious piece...The two-piano... — More…
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Ramou navigates her way through these sometimes knotty scores, which she clearly knows inside-out, with consummate musicianship. The piano tone is warm and full although the over-resonant acoustic... — More…
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Skalkottas: Piano Concerto No. 2, Tema con variazioni, Little Suite
Geoffrey Douglas Madge (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nikos Christodoulou
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Skalkottas - Cello Works & Piano Trios
Maria Kitsopoulos (cello), Maria Asteriadou (piano), Georgios Demertzis (violin)
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Skalkottas - Duos with Violin
Georgios Demertzis (violin), Chara Sira (viola), Maria Kitsopoulos (cello), Maria Asteriadou (piano)
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Skalkottas: World Premiere Recordings
Nina Pissareva Zymbalist (violin), Nikolaos Samaltanos (piano), Angelica Cathariou (mezzo-soprano), Christophe Sirodeau (piano), Little Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco, Gregory Millar, Tota Economos
This sequence reaffirms the inventiveness of the Greek composer. His two-piano version of the misleadingly titled “overture” The Return of Odysseus is a five-part driven structure of true virtuosity…and... — More…