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Notes
Nikos Skalkottas was the foremost Greek composer of the 20th century, and his 36GreekDancesisundoubtedly the most popular work of Greek art music today and a monument to the nation’s rich cultural heritage. The Sea describes the experiences of a trawler on waters both calm and stormy, while the Suite No. 1 is a cornerstone of Skalkottas’ symphonic output that balances the worlds of atonality and neoclassicism. The piece was amongst manuscripts Skalkottas left behind in Berlin in1933, and he later reconstructed it from memory. The first volume in this series from the Athens State Orchestra (8.574154) was considered ‘a revelation’ by ClassicsToday.com.
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Reviews
“… Recorded with due clarity and immediacy, this release is an ideal way into a defining period of Skalkottas’s musical evolution, and an ideal introduction to his orchestral work in general.”
Richard Whitehouse – Gramophone magazine – July 2021
“…The Greek Dances which commence the disc are … a totally unalloyed delight… is an essentially light-hearted observation of traditional Greek idioms … None of the pieces outstay their welcome, and some achieve an unusual sense of melancholy to counterbalance the high spirits elsewhere. The booklet observes of Skalkottas that the orchestra are “happy to honour his memory by systematically performing and recording his works.” They do him proud in the Greek Dances … The fact that this is the second in an ongoing series is all the more reason for congratulation and rejoicing, and the recorded acoustic and sound is excellent.”
Paul Corfield Godfrey – MusicWeb-International.com – 6 July 2021
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