CD, 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: Two Concertos
George Zacharias, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, George Zacharias, George Zacharias, Alexandros Koustas, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, Alexandros Koustas
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Skalkottas’s scoring – needing far more players than the 10 required in his Third Piano Concerto (BIS, 3/05; Paladino, 5/20) – is miraculously clear, but required Brabbins and the London Philharmonic’s... — More…
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Skalkottas: 36 Greek Dances & ‘The Return of Ulysses' Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nikos Christodoulou
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Trio Gaspard has a chameleon-like ability to adapt to the widely varying styles of each composer: Mendelssohn’s stately poise, Juon’s passionate mysticism, and Skalkottas’s spikiness. If future... — More…
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These 20th-century works for violin and cello are beautifully programmed and transition seamlessly. The playing is intuitive and spirited, despite an overarching melancholic mood. — More…
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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…
