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Byron Fidetzis, Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra, Tassis Christoyannis, Angelo Simos – Samaras: Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:55:33 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Naxos
Remembered today for the Olympic Anthem, Spyridon Samaras was the most distinguished Greek composer of his day and the first to gain international recognition. By the time Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle was produced, Samaras was a well-established and much-admired opera composer in the Italian Romantic style. The narrative of the opera sees the mischievous plans of the Duke of Richelieu descending into a complex tangle of amorous deceptions, tests of faithfulness and the perils of duelling. The score for this world premiere recording has been painstakingly restored by Byron Fidetzis.
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Angelo Simos – Petridis: Requiem for the Emperor Constantine Palaiologos & Other Works (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:09:11 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Naxos
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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