Bridges - Works for Violin & Piano by Greek Composers

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BIS
Release Date
June 2, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Dinos Constantinidis, Yannis Constantinidis, Boris Papandopulo, Dimitri Terzakis
    • PERFORMER
      Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Meditation

      Composer: Boris Papandopulo

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    2. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Boris Papandopulo

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    3. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Boris Papandopulo

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    4. III. Largo (Sostenuto adagio)

      Composer: Boris Papandopulo

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    5. VI. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Boris Papandopulo

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    6. I. Moderato

      Composer: Dinos Constantinides

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    7. II. Adagio

      Composer: Dinos Constantinides

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    8. III. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Dinos Constantinides

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    9. I. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    10. II. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    11. III. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    12. I. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    13. II. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    14. III. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    15. IV. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    16. V. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    17. VI. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    18. VII. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    19. VIII. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    20. IX. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    21. X. —

      Composer: Dimitri Terzakis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    22. I. Air de Karpathos -

      Composer: Yannis Constantinidis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    23. II. Chant pastoral de Kalymnos

      Composer: Yannis Constantinidis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    24. III. Chant et danse de Rhodes

      Composer: Yannis Constantinidis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    25. IV. Danse de Leros

      Composer: Yannis Constantinidis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    26. V. Air d' Archangelos (Rhodes)

      Composer: Yannis Constantinidis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke

    27. VI. Chant nuptial et danse (Sousta) de Rhodes

      Composer: Yannis Constantinidis

      Performer: Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Uwe Matschke


This recording has been designed to introduce works for violin and piano by Greek composers or composers of partial Greek descent, whose works were inspired and shaped far from their place of birth by the influences and cultural trends of their new environments. Boris Papandopulo was based in the former Yugoslavia and his music is infused with Balkan folk music elements as displayed by his Sonata while the Meditation, which opens this recording, is infused with an elegiac atmosphere inspired by the Dalmatian coast. Dinos Constantinides lived for more than 50 years in the United States.

While his Sonata for violin and piano uses the twelve-tone technique it is at the same time characterized by long sweeping melodies. Dimitri Terzakis’ Sonate infernale was inspired by the reading of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Dedicated to violinist Danae Papamattheou-Matschke, Sprüche im Wind is an aphoristic cycle made of miniatures displaying short melodic ideas which can be seen as a poetic distillation of his sonata. One of the most versatile Greek musicians of the twentieth century, Yannis Constantinidis composed his Suite on popular Greek songs from the Dodecanese based on authentic melodies and folk dances richly harmonized with an almost impressionistic sensitivity to which improvisational embellishments are added.