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Giorgos Koumendakis: Désert Mediterranéen

Artist

Stephanos Thomopoulos

Composer

Giorgos Koumendakis

€ 9,95

Catalogue No.

0022069KAI

Label

KAIROS

EAN

9120010286698

Genre

Klassik - Neue / Zeitgenössische Musik

About

The pianistic writing of Giorgos Koumendakis represents a rare encounter of delicacy, intellectual concentration, and profound compositional coherence. It belongs to a free post-modernity, rooted in the continuity of certain Eastern European composers who developed an independent and original modernity. The cycle Mediterranean Desert, which forms the central axis of this album, is a work for piano consisting of 22 pieces inspired by Mediterranean flora and fauna. It offers a distinctive sound map of the Mediterranean landscape. The relationship that modern man maintains with his natural environment was the starting point for the composition.

Release Date

May 2026

Format

CD

Giorgos Koumendakis

Three Mediterranean Fishes (1998) for piano

1.

Wrasse (Coris julis)

00:02:21

2.

Grouper (Epinephelus aeneus)

00:01:15

3.

Garfish (Belone belone)

00:01:00

4.

Symmolpa I (1984) for piano

00:06:36

Three Mediterranean Herbs (2000) for piano

5.

Thyme

00:01:32

6.

Mint

00:01:30

7.

Sage

00:01:45

8.

The cormorant of Iannis Xenakis (2002) for piano

00:03:48

9.

Praying mantis (Empusa fasciata) (1999) for piano

00:02:44

10.

Two black vultures and their terrifying dance (Aegypius monachus) (1999) for piano

00:01:09

11.

The larva and the moth of L. van B. (Aplocera plagiata) (1999) for piano

00:03:56

12.

Cormorant (1999) for piano

00:02:46

13.

Windflower (Anemone pavonina) (2000) for piano

00:03:35

14.

A cricket in the Blackbird’s gorge (2012) for three pianists on a piano

00:07:02

15.

The Silk Road (2002) for piano

00:01:02

16.

Couple (2004) for piano

00:01:06

17.

Little egret and hunter by the banks of the Strimonas (Egretta garzetta) (1999) for piano

00:08:03

18.

From the Tethys to the Mediterranean, Introduction (1999) for piano

00:04:36

19.

Slow Worm (2000) for piano

00:01:19

20.

Horse – Race of Peneia (1999) for piano

00:01:29

21.

Dragonfly (Orthetrum cancellatum) (1999) for piano

00:01:15

22.

Damselfly (Agrion virgo) (2000) for piano

00:01:07

23.

Sparrow (Passer domesticus) (1999) for piano

00:00:54

24.

Fly (2000) for piano

00:01:04

25.

Mantinada (2016) for piano

00:06:00

This track cannot be purchased individually and is only available with the full album.

Total Time

01:09:07