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Byron Fidetzis, Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra, Tassis Christoyannis, Angelo Simos – Samaras: Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:55:33 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
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Remembered today for the Olympic Anthem, Spyridon Samaras was the most distinguished Greek composer of his day and the first to gain international recognition. By the time Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle was produced, Samaras was a well-established and much-admired opera composer in the Italian Romantic style. The narrative of the opera sees the mischievous plans of the Duke of Richelieu descending into a complex tangle of amorous deceptions, tests of faithfulness and the perils of duelling. The score for this world premiere recording has been painstakingly restored by Byron Fidetzis.
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New Festival Opera-Symphony Orchestra Sofia, Byron Fidetzis – Axiotis: Orchestral Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:38 minutes | 722 MB | Genre: Classical
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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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Athens Philharmonia Orchestra & Byron Fidetzis – Skalkottas: Orchestral Works (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:09:53 minutes | 749 MB | Genre: Classical
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A series of new releases have revealed to the public the music and personality of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949). Virtually unknown outside of his home country, Skalkottas can be described as a member of the Second Viennese School. His very personal style blossomed in dodecaphonic pieces but the composer never confined himself to this form. Greatly influenced by traditional Greek music, he was also able to master and freely use a more neoclassical approach.
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