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From Berlin To Athens: Piano Works By Nikos Skalkottas / Ramou
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From Berlin To Athens: Piano Works By Nikos Skalkottas / Ramou

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Composer
SKALKOTTAS, NIKOS
Artist
Lorenda Ramou
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jun 07, 2019
Catalog #
BIS-2364
UPC
7318599923642

About

The choice of works on this amply filled album, as well as the performances are the result of Lorenda Ramou’s research into the artistic environment of Nikos Skalkottas, in Berlin (1921–33) and in Athens (1933–49). The programme is organized as a triptych, focusing on three distinctive compositional styles. First, all surviving Berlin works for piano solo are presented in chronological order, showing how the young composer was reacting to the new and exciting jazz/dance music, but also to the people around him and to events in the musical world of Berlin in the 1920s. This is followed by Suites Nos 2, 3 and 4, a group of mature works composed at the beginning of World War II (1940–41). Closing the release, finally, is the dance suite The Gnomes, probably composed in 1939 and one of a group of piano scores for ballets with Greek subjects. Lorenda Ramou has previously released ‘The Land and the Sea of Greece’ – an album of precisely such scores by Skalkottas – which earned her praise from the reviewer in Gramophone: ‘Her playing is full of verve and alive to the delicacy of Skalkottas’s writing.’

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegretto 02:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  2. 2 II. Andantino 02:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  3. 3 III. Presto - Andantino - Prestissimo 02:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto - Andantino - Prestissimo
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  4. 4 I. — 03:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  5. 5 II. Molto moderato 04:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Molto moderato
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  6. 6 III. Shimmy tempo 05:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Shimmy tempo
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  7. 7 I. Allegretto vivace 01:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegretto vivace
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  8. 8 II. Siciliano 02:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Siciliano
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  9. 9 III. (Finale) 03:11
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. (Finale)
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  10. 10 15 Little Variations, AK 75c 08:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    15 Little Variations, AK 75c
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  11. 11 I. Largo 02:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  12. 12 II. Gavotte I-II 02:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  13. 13 III. Rapsodie 01:29
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Rapsodie
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  14. 14 IV. Marsch 02:59
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Marsch
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  15. 15 I. Minuetto 03:06
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Minuetto
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  16. 16 II. Thema con variazioni 02:19
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Thema con variazioni
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  17. 17 III. Marcia funebra 04:54
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Marcia funebra
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  18. 18 IV. Finale 01:30
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  19. 19 I. Toccata 01:06
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Toccata
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  20. 20 II. Andantino 01:57
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  21. 21 III. Polka 01:45
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Polka
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  22. 22 IV. Serenade 02:43
    Track
    22
    Title
    IV. Serenade
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  23. 23 Part I: I. Introduction 01:06
    Track
    23
    Title
    Part I: I. Introduction
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  24. 24 Part I: II. Exertion 02:39
    Track
    24
    Title
    Part I: II. Exertion
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  25. 25 Part I: III. Majestic Dance 02:29
    Track
    25
    Title
    Part I: III. Majestic Dance
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  26. 26 Part I: IV. Fast Cretan Dance 02:17
    Track
    26
    Title
    Part I: IV. Fast Cretan Dance
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  27. 27 Part I: V. Intermezzo lirico 02:51
    Track
    27
    Title
    Part I: V. Intermezzo lirico
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  28. 28 Part I: VI. Finale I 02:50
    Track
    28
    Title
    Part I: VI. Finale I
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  29. 29 Part II: I. Epilogue 01:32
    Track
    29
    Title
    Part II: I. Epilogue
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  30. 30 Part II: II. Intermezzo 04:06
    Track
    30
    Title
    Part II: II. Intermezzo
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou
  31. 31 Part II: III. Finale II 01:55
    Track
    31
    Title
    Part II: III. Finale II
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Nikos Skalkottas
    Performer
    Lorenda Ramou