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.
Axiotis, Georgios
Sunset (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)
1 Sunset (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis) 08:54
Prelude and Fugue (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)
2 Prelude and Fugue (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis) 11:32
A Love Trilogy, Symphonic Impressions (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)
3 I. On the Mountain 11:12
4 II. On the Plain 12:16
5 III. At the Ball 11:27
Remembrance from a Ball (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)
6 Remembrance from a Ball (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis) 09:02
Lyrical Intermezzo (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)
7 Lyrical Intermezzo (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis) 05:34
Like a Game (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis)
8 Like a Game (restored and edited by B. Fidetzis) 07:05
