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Nikos Skalkottas

on BBC Radio 3

(1904-49)
John Thornley presents the third of four programmes of music by the Greek composer and violinist whose interests ranged from Bach to
Schoenberg, from folksong to music for the cinema.
Eight Variations on a Greek Theme Records
ROBERT MASTERS (violin) DEREK SIMPSON (cello)
MARCEL GAZELLE (piano) From 32 Piano Pieces (1940): Passacaglia (R)
CHRISTODOULOS GEORGIADES (piano);
Intermezzo; Catastrophe in the Jungle (R)
ALEXANDER ABERCROMBIE (piano)
Violin Concerto (1938) (R) YFRAH NEAMAN (violin) BBC SCOTTISH SO/ NORMAN DEL MAR

Contributors

Unknown:
John Thornley
Cello:
Derek Simpson
Piano:
Christodoulos Georgiades
Piano:
Alexander Abercrombie
Unknown:
Norman Del Mar

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