NEW ON NAXOS | AUGUST 2023
Topos 20th-Century Greek Orchestral Music
CONSTANTINIDIS • KALOMIRIS • MICHAELIDES • SKALKOTTAS Noé Inui, Violin • Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra • Zoi Tsokanou
Greek-Cypriot composer Solon Michaelides’s evocative Dawn at the Parthenon is infused with impressionist elements whereas Manolis Kalomiris, the leading figure in Greek national music, turns more to the voluptuous richness of Rimsky-Korsakov in his Island Pictures . Yannis Constantinidis’s two suites are notable for their subtle dance rhythms and expert orchestration while Nikos Skalkottas’s ingenious Greek Dances , one of his most popular works, are heard here in an edition for string orchestra by his friend, the conductor and composer Walter Goehr. Key Features: • Violinist Noé Inui has been internationally recognised at the 2005 Sibelius Competition, the 2007 Louis Spohr Medal, and the 2009 Young Concert Artists/New York, among others. He received the Incentive Prize for Young Artists from the German federal state of Nordrhein- Westfalen. At the Verbier Festival Academy in 2012, he was awarded the coveted Prix Julius Bär, presented to a musician of exceptional talent. It led to an invitation to the festival’s 2013 edition. In 2020 the Concertgebouw Amsterdam selected Noé as one of their ‘Classical Futures Europe Artists’. • Gramophone praised Skalkottas’ 36 Greek Dances which can be heard on 8.574182: ‘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’. • Kalomiris’ works can be heard on 8.572451: ‘Performances that are equally full of expertise, verve, and passion’ ( Fanfare ). His Symphony No. 3 is on 8.557970: ‘A superb ear-opener and one that certainly augurs well for the forthcoming instalments in what seems to be Naxos’s Greek Classics series’, wrote Musicweb International .
8.574436 Release Date: 25 Aug 2023
Companion Titles – Other titles in the Greek Classics series
8.574354-55 8.574182
8.557970
8.574132
Click to listen to KALOMIRIS, M.: Island Pictures, Suite for Solo Violin and Orchestra: III. Sousta: Vivo
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INCLUDES A WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
Jennifer HIGDON (b. 1962) Duo Duel * Concerto For Orchestra Matthew Strauss & Svet Stoyanov, Percussions * Houston Symphony • Robert Spano
Pulitzer Prize- and three-time GRAMMY award-winning composer, Jennifer Higdon, continues to write what the Chicago Sun-Times describes as music “both modern and timeless”. Duo Duel for two pitched percussion instruments and orchestra is a double concerto of scintillating, high-speed virtuosity: “don’t blink – you might miss something!” she advises the listener. Concerto for Orchestra demands the utmost in technical accomplishment from all members of the orchestra. The first movement was written last to give a clearer picture of what was needed to start a work that is both an orchestral celebration and a true virtuoso tour-de-force. Key Features: • Jennifer Higdon has a strong presence on Naxos. Her Viola Concerto and Oboe Concerto coupled with All Things Majestic can be heard on 8.559823: ‘Jennifer Higdon is one of the most consistently important composers creating music today and the Nashville Symphony’s brilliant performances do full justice to works that include her Viola and Oboe Concertos ’ ( Fanfare ). • The Viola Concerto on the above album was one of the works for which she won the GRAMMY Award (the others were for the Percussion Concerto and Harp Concerto ).
Companion Titles – Jennifer Higdon, Composer 8.559913 Release Date: 11 Aug 2023
8.559823
8.559752 8.559298
Click to listen to Concerto for Orchestra: I
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