Georgios Axiotis was a leading and historically significant Greek composer who was opposed to the ‘Germanisation’ of music education in Greece. His training in Naples led him to conceive of national music of a Mediterranean quality related to the naturalism of Italian verismo. The works on this album are his most important and lasting contributions to Greek orchestral music. Axiotis possessed an exceptional instinct for balance and timbre and was a splendid orchestrator. The lyricism in these pieces exudes Greek late Romanticism, while his nature depictions are strongly atmospheric.
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Reviews
“The rediscovered orchestral music of a Greek Romantic composer; a musical lover, not a fighter.”
Christopher Little – MusicWeb-International.com – 9 August 2022
“Axiotis has a beguiling relaxed way about him.”
Rob Barnett – MusicWeb-International.com – 30 June 2022
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