Composer: Theodore Antoniou, Petros Klampanis, Iason Maroulis, Philippos Tsalahouris
Performer: Dimitris Soukaras, Lotte Betts-Dean, Audentia Ensemble, L’Anima String Quartet
Conductor: Ryan Bair
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8579115
Release: 2021
Size: 543 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Klampanis: Ariadne’s Duality
Tsalahouris: Haiku, Op. 109
02. No. 5,
03. No. 2,
04. No. 3,
05. No. 4,
06. No. 1,
07. No. 6,
08. No. 7,
09. No. 8,
10. No. 9,
11. Maroulis: Allegory of the Tragic Hero
Antoniou: Hommage
12. I. Captain Michalis (There Was No Island)
13. II. Dream of the Neighbourhood Youngsters
14. III. The Ballad of Uri
15. IV. The Train Has Left
16. V. Waltz of Lost Dreams
17. VI. Folk Couplets
18. VII. Eagle Without Wings
19. VIII. Kemal
The music in this programme covers a spectrum of genres that have flourished in Greece in recent years, from jazz to contemporary avant-garde. These have all had a strong impact on guitarist Dimitris Soukaras’s development as an artist, and in making this recording he took the opportunity to invite some of Greece’s leading composers to write for his instrument for the first time. All works are world premiere recordings.