Various Composers - Topos. 20th-Century Greek Orchestral Music (Zoi Tsokanou)

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• Solon Michaelides - Avgi ston Parthenona
• Manolis Kalomiris - Nissiotikes zografies
• Yannis Constantinidis - Dodecanesian Suites
• Nikos Skalkottas - 5 Greek Dances, AK 11b

Noé Inui, violin

Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Zoi Tsokanou, conductor

Date: 2023

Label: Naxos

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Nikos Skalkottas - Two Concertos (George Zacharias; Alexandros Koustas)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, a/K 22
• Concerto for Violin, Viola and Wind Orchestra, a/K 25

George Zacharias, violin

Alexandros Koustas, viola

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Date: 2023

Label: BIS

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Nikos Skalkottas - From Berlin to Athens (Lorenda Ramou)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• Griechische Suite
• (Suite)
• Sonatina
• 15 kleine Variationen für Klavier
• Suite No. 2
• Suite No. 3
• Suite No. 4
• The Gnomes, Dance Suite for Piano

Lorenda Ramou, piano

Date: 2019

Label: BIS

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Nikos Skalkottas - The Land and The Sea of Greece (Lorenda Ramou)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• The Land and the Sea of Greece, Ballet Suite
• Island Images, Ballet Suite
• The Maiden and Death, Ballet Suite
• Procession to Acheron
• Echo, Little Dance Piece

Lorenda Ramou, piano

Date: 2006

Label: BIS

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Nikos Skalkottas - Dance of the Waves (Stefanos Tsialis)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• 36 Greek Dances for Orchestra, AK 11, Series 1
• The Sea, AK 14 (3 Excerpts for Chamber Orchestra]
• Symphonic Suite No. 1, AK 3a

Athens State Orchestra

Stefanos Tsialis, conductor

Date: 2021

Label: Naxos

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Nikos Skalkottas - The Neoclassical Skalkottas (Stefanos Tsialis)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• Sinfonietta in B flat major, AK 10
• Classical Symphony, AK 9
• Four Images, AK 13
• Ancient Greek March, AK 11d

Ioannis Karampetsos, cornet

Athens State Orchestra

Stefanos Tsialis, conductor

Date: 2020

Label: Naxos

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Nikos Skalkottas - Orchestral Works (Byron Fidetzis)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• Sinfonietta in B flat major
• Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra
• Suite for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
• Digenés in his Last Agony
• Two Marches and Nine Greek Dances

Georgios Demertzis, violin

Vassilis Varvaresos, piano

Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

Byron Fidetzis, conductor

Date: 2020

Label: BIS

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Nikos Skalkottas - 36 Greek Dances; The Return of Ulysses (Nikos Christodoulou)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• 36 Greek Dances, Series I–III
• Overture for Orchestra 'The Return of Ulysses'
• Appendix: Alternative Versions of Dances

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Nikos Christodoulou, conductor

Date: 2003

Label: BIS

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Nikos Skalkottas - The Maiden and Death; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Nikos Christodoulou)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• The Maiden and Death, ballet suite
• Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
• Ouvertüre Concertante

Geoffrey Douglas Madge, piano

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Nikos Christodoulou, conductor

Date: 1999

Label: BIS

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Nikos Skalkottas - Mayday Spell; Double Bass Concerto (Nikos Christodoulou)

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Composer: Nikos Skalkottas

• Mayday Spell - A Fairy Drama, Symphonic Suite
• Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
• Three Greek Dances for strings

Vassilis Papavassiliou, double bass

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Nikos Christodoulou, conductor

Date: 1999

Label: BIS

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