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Hellenic Music Research Lab

Ionian University-Music Department

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 49100 Corfu, Greece

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Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros

(1795-1872)

Early Works

for voice and orchestra (1815-1827)

(first recording)

•  Come augellin che canta (aria for soprano, 1815)
• Sono inquieto ed agitato (aria for baritone, 1815)
• L' aurora (cantata for soprano, 1818)
• Aria cantata dall' ombra di Patroclo nel sogno di Achille (aria for tenor)
• Aria Greca (aria for contralto, 1827)

performed by: Rosa Poulimenou (soprano), Marina Fideli (contralto), Yannis Christopoulos (tenor), Aris Arghyris (baritone) and the Orchestra of the Music Department of the Ionian University (conductor, Miltos Logiades).

booklet's language: Greek and English

This recording includes, among others, two of the earliest (1815) extant works for voice and orchestra by a Greek composer, as well as the first known aria with orchestral accompaniment in Greek (Aria Greca).