ANAIRESIS – chamber works by Cetiz and Demopoulos

Name: ANAIRESIS - chamber works by Cetiz and Demopoulos
SKU: 809730210723
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Label: Métier
Catalogue No: MSV 92107
EAN/UPC: 809730210723
Artists: Anairesis, Mahir Cetiz, Matthew Coorey, Panayiotis Demopoulos
Composers: Mahir Cetiz, Panayiotis Demopoulos
Release Date: January 2018
Genres: Chamber Music, Piano
Periods: Contemporary
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 74:42

Originally made in 2003 for Dunelm Records in limited edition, this album features rare cooperation between Turkey and Greece in the form of composer/pianists Panayiotis Demopoulos and Mahir Cetiz. Chamber and instrumental works with gently exotic sounds – indeed works which should be much more widely known, these were all first recordings. The composers perform together with the Anairesis Ensemble, which included several members who have gone on to very successful careers.

Of the composers, Cetiz now works at Columbia University, USA while Demopoulos has held a number of prestigious positions in the UK and now back in Greece.

A fine album of approachable yet unusually sonorous pieces.

Track Listing

Mahir Cetiz (b. 1977):

Mist Bells, for small ensemble
Triptych for solo piano
Polarisation, for solo bassoon

Panayiotis Demopoulos (b.1977): Theme and Variations on a villota by Filippo Azzaiolo

i. theme and ritornello
ii
ritornello
iii
ritornello
iv
ritornello
v
thema

Three Songs for bass and Piano

Song 1 - Eu canto
Song 2 - There was a pool so dark
Song 3 - kai men ergho kouketi mythoochthon

Of Seventh Doors - Suite for Cello and Piano

Reviews

Fanfare

“
Metier’s work to search out interesting, vibrant new music continues with this coupling of music by two composers. There are two individual voices here. Hearing them together enables us to appreciate the strengths of each of them. Fascinating and stimulating.
” —Colin Clarke

MusicWeb International

“
As a lover of classical and symphonic music, it was a great pleasure to hear this disc for the first time. The two composers … have already found distinct voices, writing music that is both steeped in tradition and yet vibrant and alive. “a wonderful blending of the romantic, the modern and the post-modern. This album is a joy. It shows the future of symphonic music, and makes a strong case that its future is strong and healthy.
” —Patrick Gary

Rafael Music Notes

“
Cetiz’s works are severe, sparse, rigorous compositions, perfect vehicles for Anairesis, featuring the excellent Anairesis Ensemble. Well-written program notes accompany this nicely packaged and carefully engineered CD
” —Rafael de Acha