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This recording comes from Sony Classical’s recent big box remastered Mitropoulos collection, which is what you’ll have to buy if you want this one on
It was a smart idea to give this disc a
In 2004 BIS released the first recording of Nikos Skalkottas’ Piano Concerto No. 3, scored for 10 instruments and percussion. My colleague David Hurwitz’s Classicstoday.com
Nikos Skalkottas was a genius, and like so many geniuses
Nikos Skalkottas was such a good tonal composer that you have to wonder why he wasted so much time on his gnarly, atonal stuff. The
A release like this has critics at a terrible disadvantage. Even if it would have been possible to obtain a score and study a work
BIS’s advocacy of Nikos Skalkottas continues with another violin-centered disc. As with the other releases in this series, it makes for a stimulating listening session.
This collection of excellent and intelligent performances of chamber music by Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas–a lesser-known disciple of Schoenberg–has one tragic flaw: the liner notes.
This absolutely brilliant disc offers smashing performances of some of the greatest music ever written for concert band, as well as some marvelous rarities. The
Nikos Skalkottas produced his abundant compositional legacy in virtual obscurity. Even some of his close colleagues and family members had no idea he was a
