The free post modern writing of Koumendakis represents a rare encounter of delicacy, intellectual concentration, and profound compositional coherence.

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.

Track Listing

• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Three Mediterranean Fishes (1998) for piano: Wrasse (Coris julis)
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Three Mediterranean Fishes (1998) for piano: Grouper (Epinephelus aeneus)
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Three Mediterranean Fishes (1998) for piano: Garfish (Belone belone)
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Symmolpa I (1984) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Three Mediterranean Herbs (2000) for piano: Thyme
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Three Mediterranean Herbs (2000) for piano: Mint
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Three Mediterranean Herbs (2000) for piano: Sage
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - The cormorant of Iannis Xenakis (2002) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Praying mantis (Empusa fasciata) (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Two black vultures and their terrifying dance (Aegypius monachus) (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - The larva and the moth of L. van B. (Aplocera plagiata) (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Cormorant (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Windflower (Anemone pavonina) (2000) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - A cricket in the Blackbird’s gorge (2012) for three pianists on a piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - The Silk Road (2002) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Couple (2004) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Little egret and hunter by the banks of the Strimonas (Egretta garzetta) (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - From the Tethys to the Mediterranean, Introduction (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Slow Worm (2000) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Horse – Race of Peneia (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Dragonfly (Orthetrum cancellatum) (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Damselfly (Agrion virgo) (2000) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Sparrow (Passer domesticus) (1999) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Fly (2000) for piano
• Stephanos Thomopoulos - Mantinada (2016) for piano

Additional Details

Label: Kairos

Genre: Classical

Language: English

Run Time: 69:07 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/07/26

UPC: 9120010286698