Dani_area_51 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:35 am
zeniyama wrote:I noticed that nobody on this thread has mentioned the Greek composer Skalkottas yet. I'm kind of curious what y'all think about him; myself, I rather enjoy his music. Does anybody else share this sentiment?
Listening to Dave Hurwitz' YT channel this morning, I heard him cover Ipiritikos from Skalkottas' orchestral suite
36 Greek Dances.
I wondered if any had been reduced for piano, and found only this liner note from a recording:
the first-ever recording of any of his works, a 1949 aircheck of two pieces by Greek pianist Tota Economos ..... the rarest of all Skalkottas recordings, his Sifneikos I and Ipirotikas I played by pianist Tota Economos, highly admired by the composer, from a French radio broadcast in 1949.
This appears to be the same piece, based on the labelling of the Universal orchestral score, which has Ipirotikas I and II.
https://artmusiclounge.wordpress.com/20 ... kalkottas/
Note for searching: Ipiritokos is sometimes rendered as Epirotikos or Epirot Dance.
POSTSCRIPT: These come from 6 Greek Dances for piano (AK 76, 1947)
I. Kritikos
II. Ipirotikos
III. Sifneikos
IV. Kleftikos
V. Tessallikos
VI. Kalamatianos
26 Sifneikos I (1946-7), (AK 11b) - AK 76
27 Ipirotikos I (1946-7), (AK 11b) - AK 76
https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/202 ... s-info.htm
http://www.skfe.com/aifs/aifs/Skalko/Sk ... logue.html
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Skalkottas