Skalkottas: Sinfonietta, Concerto & Suite / Fidetzis, Athens Philharmonia

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February 7, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SKALKOTTAS, NIKOS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Athens Philharmonia Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Fidetzis, Demertzis, Varvaresos
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 07, 2020
    • UPC
      7318599924342
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2434
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ι. Andante sostenuto - Allegro

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    2. ΙΙ. Andantino triste

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    3. ΙΙΙ. Scherzino: Molto vivace

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    4. ΙV. Finale: Vivacissimo

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    5. Allegro giusto -

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis, Vassilis Varvaresos

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    6. Andante sostenuto -

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis, Vassilis Varvaresos

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    7. Allegro vivo -

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis, Vassilis Varvaresos

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    8. Andante sostenuto -

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis, Vassilis Varvaresos

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    9. Allegro

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis, Vassilis Varvaresos

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    10. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    11. II. Moderato maestoso

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    12. III. Allegretto vivace

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    13. IV. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Georgios Demertzis

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    14. Digenés in his Last Agony (arr. Y. Samprovalakis for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Eleftherios Venizelos

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    15. Ancient Greek March, AK 11d (version for chamber orchestra)

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    16. March (1947) [Musical Archive of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women manuscript]

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    17. The Vlach Woman

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    18. The Maypole

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    19. Mount Pelion Dance

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    20. High up on Kostilata

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    21. Corfiot Dance

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    22. Up the street

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    23. Lioúlios

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    24. Paraskevoúla

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis

    25. Physoúni

      Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

      Ensemble: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Byron Fidetzis


This programme of previously unrecorded works illustrates a highly distinctive aspect of Nikos Skalkottas as a composer: The ‘neoclassical’ Skalkottas goes hand in hand with the ‘national’ and the ‘modernist’ composer, the common denominators being perfect architecture of form, harmonic refinement and skillful orchestration. The opening Sinfonietta in B flat major is a typical example of the composer’s ‘neoclassical’ side. In four movements and with a duration of 25 minutes, it was written in 1948, during Skalkottas’s final years. It is followed by the Suite for Violin and Chamber Orchestra and the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, examples of the composer’s atonal idiom. Both works were among the many that disappeared after the composer left Berlin in 1933. The remaining pieces demonstrate Skalkottas’s involvement with the project of exploring the traditional music of Greece. The Cretan folk song Digenés in his Last Agony was transcribed and harmonized by Skalkottas – for this release a recording from 1930 of the voice of Eleftherios Venizelos, the Greek Prime Minister at the time, has been superimposed over the newly recorded orchestral accompaniment. The two marches are original compositions, but follow Greek models, while the Nine Greek Dances are Skalkottas’s orchestrations of published folk songs. Simple and functional, they are in no way reminiscent of his great work, the 36 Greek Dances for large orchestra, but still reveal the composer’s refined aesthetic approach. In a labor of love, the music is performed by conductor Byron Fidetzis and violinist Georgios Demertzis, who have both made important contributions to the Skalkottas discography, as well as pianist Vassilis Varvaresos and the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, making their first appearance on BIS.