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Mikis Theodorakis (b. 1925), achieved worldwide fame with compositions such as the film music Zorba the Greek and the oratorio Axion Esti. As an artist, he is best known not only for his large-scale symphonic works and his numerous song cycles, but also for his courageous struggles for freedom in his home country.
These 4 fascinating string quartets in new editions from Schott reveal the composer’s more intimate and playful side. Musical gems well worth being re-discovered!
“The destiny and character of individuals occasionally plays a decisive role in our lives, particularly in the lives of artists. It is hard to imagine that if it had not been for Mendelssohn, the forgotten and largely unknown work of Bach himself might have been relegated to obscurity for, who knows, how many more years.
By the same token, the string quartet, which I had forgotten about myself, and other works from the same period (1945-48) would have continued to be mere sheets of paper full of notes in my archives, had George Demertzis not discovered them a few years ago . . . .
The fact that it had been such a long time since I composed these pieces - over half a century - and that I was hearing many of them for the very first time, intermittently gave me the feeling that not I, but rather someone else must have written them! In other words, George Demertzis gave me back something which I had lost and forgotten, a gift which touched me deeply and gave me great joy.” — Mikis Theodorakis
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