Using a polyphonic musical language that draws on medieval Byzantine chant, Petros Petridis can be considered one of the most important proponents of the Greek National School. The Requiem for the Emperor Constantine Palaiologos mourns the end of the Byzantine Empire with elegiac lyricism culminating in an ultimately uplifting finale. The Third Symphony is a musical tribute to France, Petridis’s adopted home, while the Concerto Grosso enriches an older form with contemporary colour. All of these works are eminently representative of this composer’s significant aesthetic and creative achievements.
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Artist details
Disc 1
Petridis, Petros
Fidetzis, Byron - Arranger
Mass Text - Lyricist
Requiem for the Emperor Constantine Palaiologos (restored and ed. B. Fidetzis)
1 Egredere, Basileus (Tenor, Bass, Men's Chorus) 03:41
2 Da requiem, Deus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 07:43
3 Dies irae I (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 04:46
4 Quantus tremor (Chorus) 01:04
5 Tuba mirum spargens sonum I (Chorus) 00:53
6 Mors stupebit I (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 01:04
7 Tuba mirum spargens sonum II (Chorus) 00:50
8 Mors stupebit II (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 01:08
9 Liber scriptus proferetur (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 03:00
10 Dies irae II (Chorus) 03:13
11 Quid sum miser tune dicturus? (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass) 04:43
12 Rex tremendae majestatis (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 03:20
13 Beati immaculati in via (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 07:44
14 Audiamus quid omnipotens exclamet: Let us hear what the Almighty calls out to us… It is darkness (Chorus) 01:30
15 Audiamus quid omnipotens exclamet: Woe, woe (Chorus) 01:10
16 Audiamus quid omnipotens exclamet: Let us hear what the Almighty calls out to us… For in fire he will test all things (Chorus) 02:33
17 Agnus Dei (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 05:36
18 Pura Virgo (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano) 05:32
Disc 2
1 Sanctus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 05:46
2 Lux aeterna luceat eis (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Women's Chorus) 05:02
3 Beati (Tenor, Chorus) 06:16
4 Intra, Basileus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 04:49
Petridis, Petros
Fidetzis, Byron - Arranger
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, "Parisian" (restored and ed. B. Fidetzis)
5 Ι. Allegro comodo 08:52
6 ΙΙ. Largo appassionato - Animato - Tempo I 08:49
7 ΙΙΙ. Minuetto - Trio - Minuetto da capo 06:44
8 ΙV. Allegro leggiero e giocoso 06:18
Concerto Grosso for Winds and Timpani, Op. 11 (restored and ed. B. Fidetzis)
9 I. Allegro 04:48
10 II. Largo 07:02
11 III. Allegro vivace 05:07
Total Playing Time: 02:09:03
