Nikos Skalkottas – 36 Greek Dances/The Return of Ulysses (2003)

 

Nikos Skalkottas – 36 Greek Dances/The Return of Ulysses (2003)
Classical/early 20th Century | FLAC lossless | cuesheets+logs | covers+booklet | 75m48s/71m32s | 584mb
Label: BIS | cat. no. BIS-CD-1333/34

Included on this 2cd are the popular 36 Greek Dances, which make for pleasant listening; and The Return of Ulysses, a composition based on the Schönberg/Webern tradition, and as such one of the pieces that established Skalkottas’ name as an important Greek modernist.

Disc 1

36 Greek Dances, AK 11

1. Series I: I. Tsamikos, "An Eagle" 00:02:16
2. Series I: II. Critikos 00:01:35
3. Series I: III. Ipirotikos 00:01:49
4. Series I: IV. Peloponnissiakos 00:04:41
5. Series I: V. Critikos, "I enjoy no other dance" 00:01:52
6. Series I: VI. Kleftikos 00:02:55
7. Series I: VII. Sifneikos 00:01:01
8. Series I: VIII. Kalamatianos 00:01:51
9. Series I: IX. "Dance of Zalongo" 00:02:21
10.Series I: X. Macedonikos 00:01:55
11.Series I: XI. "Oh friends, who threw this apple" 00:01:57
12.Series I: XII. Thessalikos 00:01:28
13.Series II: I. Syrtos 00:02:20
14.Series II: II. Sifneikos, "At Saint Marcella" 00:02:29
15.Series II: III. Critikos, "Early at dawn I will rise" 00:06:16
16.Series II: IV. Nissiotikos, "A woman from Mylopotamos" 00:05:30
17.Series II: V. Vlachikos 00:03:00
18.Series II: VI. "Black Sash" 00:02:38
19.Series II: VII. Kathistos 00:04:56
20.Series II: VIII. Chiotikos 00:02:51
21.Series II: IX. Tsamikos 00:02:27
22.Series II: X. Epitrapezios (Critikos) 00:03:48
23.Series II: XI. Macedonikos 00:06:34
24.Series II: XII. Peloponnissiakos, "The brave Lyngos" 00:03:49

Disc 2

36 Greek Dances, AK 11

1. Series III: I. Hostianos 00:02:12
2. Series III: II. Ipirotikos 00:05:13
3. Series III: III. Kleftikos 00:02:10
4. Series III: IV. "Mariori" 00:05:51
5. Series III: V. "Down there, at the villages of Valtos" 00:02:22
6. Series III: VI. Macedonikos 00:01:22
7. Series III: VII. Chiotikos, "Down there at the seashore" 00:01:21
8. Series III: VIII. Kleftikos 00:02:59
9. Series III: IX. "Kiss under a bitter - orange tree" 00:02:41
10.Series III: X. Arcadikos 00:03:54
11.Series III: XI. Messolongitikos 00:02:01
12.Series III: XII. Mazochtos, "I will become a swallow" 00:02:04

The Return of Ulysses, AK 5
13.The Return of Ulysses, AK 5 00:28:23

36 Greek Dances (alternative versions)

14.Series II: VIII. Chiotikos 00:02:46
15.Series II: IX. Tsamikos 00:02:30
16.Series III: VI. Macedonikos 00:01:22

Performers:

BBC Symphony Orchestra – Nikos Christodoulou

Links :
https://rapidshare.com/files/2433864307/skusy_part1.rar
https://rapidshare.com/files/2618544637/skusy_part2.rar

Thanks to d'Avignon