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Nikos Skalkottas - Concertos | BIS BISCD1554

Nikos Skalkottas - Concertos

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD1554

Barcode: 7318590015544

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st September 2008

Contents

Artists

Georgios Demertzis (violin)
Simos Papanas (violin)
Maria Asteriadou (piano)
Nikolaos Samaltanos (piano)
Dimitris Desyllas (xylophone)
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Vassilis Christopoulos

Works

Skalkottas, Nikos

Characteristic Piece 'Nocturnal Amusement' for xylophone and orchestra
Concertino for 2 pianos and orchestra
Concerto for 2 violins

Artists

Georgios Demertzis (violin)
Simos Papanas (violin)
Maria Asteriadou (piano)
Nikolaos Samaltanos (piano)
Dimitris Desyllas (xylophone)
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Vassilis Christopoulos

About

The principal work here is Skalkottas’ Concerto for Two Violins, composed in 1944-45, but left in short score at the time of the composer’s death four years later. The present orchestration was made by Skalkottas specialist Kostis Demertzis.

The concerto is interesting in that it combines two strands of Skalkottas’ musical oeuvre: the original serial techniques developed by this student of Schoenberg and the interest in popular Greek music, here exemplified by the inclusion of a rebetiko theme in the second movement.

Another work in the vein of what has been called Skalkottas’s ‘Mediterranean serialism’ is the Concertino for two pianos, while the brief concluding Nocturnal Amusement is a light-hearted show-piece for xylophone and orchestra.

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