Axiotis: A Love Trilogy, Symphonic Impressions / Fidetzis, New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 22, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Georgios Axiotis
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia
    • PERFORMER
      Byron Fidetzis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 22, 2022
    • UPC
      747313435371
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574353
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Sunset (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)

      Composer: Georgios Axiotis

      Ensemble: New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    2. Prelude and Fugue (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)

      Composer: Georgios Axiotis

      Ensemble: New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    3. I. On the Mountain

      Composer: Georgios Axiotis

      Ensemble: New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    4. II. On the Plain

      Composer: Georgios Axiotis

      Ensemble: New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    5. III. At the Ball

      Composer: Georgios Axiotis

      Ensemble: New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    6. Remembrance from a Ball (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)

      Composer: Georgios Axiotis

      Ensemble: New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    7. Lyrical Intermezzo (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)

      Composer: Georgios Axiotis

      Ensemble: New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    8. Like a Game (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)

      Composer: Georgios Axiotis

      Ensemble: New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis


Georgios Axiotis was a leading and historically significant Greek composer who was opposed to the ‘Germanisation’ of music education in Greece. His training in Naples led him to conceive of national music of a Mediterranean quality related to the naturalism of Italian verismo. The works on this album are his most important and lasting contributions to Greek orchestral music. Axiotis possessed an exceptional instinct for balance and timbre and was a splendid orchestrator. The lyricism in these pieces exudes Greek late Romanticism, while his nature depictions are strongly atmospheric.