Kalomiris: Complete Works for Piano Solo

Featuring

Olivier Chauzu
Manolis Kalomiris

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Kalomiris aimed to create a Greek national school of music, combining authentic Greek folk songs with advanced musical techniques from Germany, France, Russia, and Norway.

Compositional Technique

Kalomiris's piano works continue the legacy of Romantic genres such as the ballade, nocturne, rhapsody, and prelude, cultivated by composers like Chopin, Liszt, and the Russian School.

Performer Biography

Olivier Chauzu's recording of Isaac Albéniz's Iberia received a Diapason d'Or for an outstanding recording by a new artist.

Performer Biography

Olivier Chauzu, the pianist on this recording, is a prizewinner of the 1989 Barcelona Maria Canals International Competition and the 1990 Prix Claude Debussy.

Composer Biography

Kalomiris was inspired by Greek poets like Kostis Palamas and Angelos Sikelianos, and based two operas on plays by writer Nikos Kazantzakis.

Composer Biography

Manolis Kalomiris, considered the father of modern Greek music, was born in Smyrna in 1883 and belongs to the same generation of composers as Bartók, Enescu, Stravinsky, and Webern.