Various Artists - Songs & Dances (CD)

KOTTOS takes it's name from an enchanting, dangerous giant of Greek mythology. The instrumental makeup of KOTTOS is unique: recorders from the lowest bass to the highest sopranino; a grand Russian Bayan concert accordion; the cello, which adds sounds from the avant-garde and Nordic folk music; and a Greek bouzouki adding Mediterranean colour and Celtic sonorities. The songs and dances of European folk music inspired the late 19th and early 20th-century composers featured on this album, from Bartók to Vaughan Williams, and the journey takes us from the mountain tunes of Europe's northernmost tip to the melancholy songs of it's easternmost reaches, to dances from it's southernmost point. The group's eponymous debut album KOTTOS (2016) received the Listeners' Prize of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation's P2 station.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. 4 Greek Dances (From 36 Greek Dances for Orchestra)-Epirotikos
2. 4 Greek Dances (From 36 Greek Dances for Orchestra)-Kretikos
3. 4 Greek Dances (From 36 Greek Dances for Orchestra)-Kathistos (Excerpt)
4. 4 Greek Dances (From 36 Greek Dances for Orchestra)-Kleftikos
5. Russian Folk Songs Op. 58-Religious Chant. Moderato
6. Russian Folk Songs Op. 58-Christmas Carol 'Kolyada'. Allegretto
7. Russian Folk Songs Op. 58-Plaintive Song. Andante
8. Russian Folk Songs Op. 58-Humorous Song 'I Danced with the Gnat'. Allegretto
9. Russian Folk Songs Op. 58-Legend of the Birds 'Bylina'. Allegretto
10. Russian Folk Songs Op. 58-Cradle Song 'Baju'. Moderato
11. Russian Folk Songs Op. 58-Round Dance. Allegro
12. Russian Folk Songs Op. 58-Village Dance Song. Vivo
13. Folia-[Excerpt]
14. Kulok, Op. 17 No. 22
15. Norwegian Dance in D minor
16. Romanian Folk Dances, SZ. 56-I. Stick Dance
17. Romanian Folk Dances, SZ. 56-II. Sash Dance
18. Romanian Folk Dances, SZ. 56-III. in One Spot
19. Romanian Folk Dances, SZ. 56-IV. Dance from Bucsum
20. Romanian Folk Dances, SZ. 56-V. Romanian Polka
21. Romanian Folk Dances, SZ. 56-VI. Fast Dance
22. Six Studies in English Folk Song-1. Adagio
23. Six Studies in English Folk Song-2. Andante Sostenuto
24. Six Studies in English Folk Song-3. Larghetto
25. Six Studies in English Folk Song-4. Lento
26. Six Studies in English Folk Song-5. Andante Tranquillo
27. Six Studies in English Folk Song-6. Allegro Vivace
28. Sadko-Song of India
29. Mlada-Lithuanian Dance
30. Tango Jalousie