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36 Greek Dances
36 Greek Dances, Series I
1. Tsamikos -- 'An Eagle'
2. Critikos
3. Ipirotikos
4. Peloponnissiakos
5. Critikos -- 'I Enjoy No Other Dance'
6. Kleftikos
7. Sifneikos
8. Kalamatianos
9. 'Dance Of Zalongo'
10. Macedonikos
11. 'Oh Friends, Who Threw This Apple?'
12. Thessalikos
36 Greek Dances, Series II
1. Syrtos
2. Sifneikos -- 'At Saint Marcella'
3. Critikos -- 'Early At Dawn I Will Rise'
4. Nissiotikos -- 'A Woman from Mylopotamos'
5. Vlachikos
6. 'Black Sash'
7. Kathistos
8. Chiotikos
9. Tsamikos
10. Epitrapezios (Critikos)
11. Macedonikos
12. Peloponnissiakos -- 'The Brave Lyngos'
36 Greek Dances, Series III
1. Hostianos
2. Ipirotikos
3. Kleftikos
4. 'Mariori'
5. 'Down There, At The Villages of Valtos'
6. Macedonikos
7. Chiotikos -- 'Down There At The Seashore'
8. Kleftikos
9. 'Kiss Under A Bitter-Orange Tree'
10. Arcadikos
11. Messolongitikos
12. Mazochtos -- 'I Shall Become A Swallow'
Overture for Orchestra 'The Return of Ulysses'
Appendix: Alternate Versions of Dances
Series II, No. 8, Chiotikos
Series II, No. 9, Tsamikos
Series III, No. 6, Macedonikos
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notes

(C) 2002 and (P) 2003, BIS Records, AB

Skalkottas's '36 Greek Dances' (plus alternate versions of three dances) and "Overture for Orchestra 'The Return of Ulysses'" are recorded here in new, critically edited texts, prepared from the composer's manuscripts by the Skalkottas Academy, Athens, for this recording.

World Premiere Recording Tracks: 1-13, 1-14, 2-5, 2-8, 2-9.

Recording Data: 2001-11/26/28, 2002-04-11/13 at BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England.

"Bookbox" Jewel case.

credits

Composed By – - Nikos Skalkottas
Conductor – - Nikos Christodoulou
Edited By [Digital] – - Christian Starke , - Martin Nagorni
Engineer [Balance] – - Thore Brinkmann
Layout, Typography – - Andrew Barnett
Liner Notes – - Nikos Christodoulou
Liner Notes [Translated By] – - Arlette Lemieux-Chené , - Horst A. Scholz
Orchestra – - BBC Symphony Orchestra
Photography By – - Nikos A. Kapsokefalos
Producer – - Robert Suff

companies

Phonographic Copyright BIS Records AB
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Made By Sony DADC
A01004335110102Made By Sony DADC
A01004335110202Recorded At Maida Vale Studios

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