BIS-CD-954
Total Time: 61'39 – Release: Jan 1999

EAN 7318590009543
Skalkottas - Orchestral Music
World Première Recordings
Nikos Skalkottas
Mayday Spell - A Fairy Drama, Symphonic Suite (1944-49) 1. I. Overture 8'08
2. II. Fairy Tale 7'14
3. III. Ballet - Dance of the Faires 3'29
4. IV. Love scene 1'19
5. V. Argyro´s Song 0'59
6. VI. Little Dance Song 0'55
7. VII. Folk-song 4'29
8. VIII. Short folk dance 0'43
9. IX. Prelude 0'58
10. X. The mother´s lament 4'27

Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (1942) 11. I. Andante - Allegro 7'32
12. II. Andantino 4'30
13. III. Allegro vivo e molto ritmato 5'21

Three Greek Dances for strings (1936) 14. Nissiotikos 4'57
15. Tsamikos 2'10
16. Mazochtos 1'54

Þóra Einarsdóttir, soprano
Vassilis Papavassiliou, double bass
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, orchestra
Nikos Christodoulou, conductor