Composer: Petros Petridis
Performer: Angelo Simos, Christoforos Stamboglis, Sofia Metropolitan Golden Voices, Golden Voices Of Ruse, Sophia Kyanidou, Theodora Baka, Nikolaos Mantzaros Wind Ensemble
Orchestra: Sofia Amadeus Orchestra
Conductor: Byron Fidetzis
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574354-55
Release: 2021
Size: 1.27 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Requiem for the Emperor Constantine Palaiologos (Ed. B. Fidetzis)
01. Egredere, Basileus
02. Da requiem, Deus
03. Dies irae I
04. Quantus tremor
05. Tuba mirum spargens sonum I
06. Mors stupebit I
07. Tuba mirum spargens sonum II
08. Mors stupebit II
09. Liber scriptus proferetur
10. Dies irae II
11. Quid sum miser tune dicturus?
12. Rex tremendae majestatis
13. Beati immaculati in via
14. Audiamus quid omnipotens exclamet. Let Us Hear What the Almighty Calls Out to Us… It Is Darkness
15. Audiamus quid omnipotens exclamet. Woe, Woe
16. Audiamus quid omnipotens exclamet. Let Us Hear What the Almighty Calls Out to Us… For in Fire He Will Test All Things
17. Agnus Dei
18. Pura Virgo
CD 02
Requiem for the Emperor Constantine Palaiologos (Ed. B. Fidetzis)
01. Sanctus
02. Lux aeterna luceat eis
03. Beati
04. Intra, Basileus
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor “Parisian” (Ed. B. Fidetzis)
05. Ι. Allegro comodo
06. ΙΙ. Largo appassionato – Animato
07. ΙΙΙ. Minuetto
08. ΙV. Allegro leggiero e giocoso
Concerto grosso for Winds & Timpani, Op. 11 (Ed. B. Fidetzis)
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Largo
11. III. Allegro vivace
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.