Discography
Apostolos Palios - Stefanos Nasos (2016) – Yorgos Sisilianos -Anniversary Edition for Ten Years After His Passing
World premiere recording of works for 2 pianos, 2 pianos and percussion, cello and piano by Greek composer Yorgos Sisilianos.
Recorded in Athens, Greece.
(Irida Classical, B01MYH9I1C)
This release features three works which span the composer's sixty year career, in an attempt to honour his memory as a composer and an intellectual who managed to connect his musical and administrative endeavours in order to help redefine the cultural identity of modern Greece, without ever wavering in his struggle to communicate high panhuman ideals and values through his art.
Apostolos Palios (2015) – Great Romantics
Works for solo piano by F. Chopin and R. Schumann.
Recorded in Athens, Greece.
(Subways, SM152)
Apostolos Palios interprets romantic masterpieces by Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann, two composers, who sealed with their extraordinary creativity the romantic era of 19th century and developed the piano technique, considering this instrument as their ideal source of musical inspiration.
Apostolos Palios (2015) – Arni
Piano Suite for solo piano by Greek composer Thomas Bakalakos.
Recorded in Athens, Greece.
(B&G Productions)
Apostolos Palios performs a contemporary piano suite by Greek composer Thomas Bakalakos, a particular piano work based on folk music elements from Thessaly area in modern composition style. The production took place under the aegis of the Municipality of Karditsa.
Apostolos Palios (2010)- Naxos Greek Classics Series
Works for solo piano by Greek composer Loris Margaritis and Austrian Felix Petyrek.
Recorded in Athens, Greece.
(8.572210 www.naxos.com)
MARGARITIS L: Etude No. 1 / Greek Rhapsody / Youth / Verses / Piano Sonatina
PETYREK F: 6 Greek Rhapsodies (Palios)
Loris (Lykourgos) Margaritis was a distinguished Greek composer, performer and music-educator. He cultivated a spirit of music-universalism, reinvestigating the delicate balance between German Romanticism, French Impressionism and Modernism in his multi-layered music. The varied, highly individual pieces on this recording often possess a dreamlike, nostalgic, timeless quality which Schumann or Debussy would have appreciated. An enthusiastic advocate of Margaritiss music, Felix Petyrek composed many piano works, including the Six Greek Rhapsodies, which use local scales and structural principles.
Apostolos Palios (2008) - Music, Poetry and Painting
Works for solo piano by Franz Liszt, Mikhail Glinka - M. A. Balakirev and Modest Mussorgsky.
Recorded in Athens, Greece.
(Nearchos Editions, GR NC1 08 00001)
Apostolos Palios, a very special musician of rare qualities, sincerity and musical intelligence is one of the most brilliant young greek pianists. In this interpretation he probes deeply into the spirit of easteuropean romanticism revealing to us the secret programmatic relationship between music and poetry and its connection to our contemporary life.
The recording took place in the Athens Megaron Recording Studio.
The programmatic notes are written by Konstantinos D. Kakavelakis
Aurora Quartet (2006) - Mare
Works for two pianos eight hands by Norwegian contemporary composers Bjorn Kruse, Trygve Madsen and Wolfgang Plagge.
Recorded in Oslo, Norway.
(2L37SACD - www.2L.no)
These recordings continue a great tradition: beginning in the music circles of the aristocracy and in the concert life of the 19th century, music for 4 pianists has been highly popular. It is well known that Chopin and Liszt used to perform together with colleagues music for eight hands, as they did, for example, in 1838 in Rouen playing such a transcription of Beethoven's 8th symphony. Since that time, numerous ambitious and brilliant original compositions for four pianists have been created of which the Norwegian works by Bjørn Kruse, Trygve Madsen and Wolfgang Plagge are among the most outstanding.
The Aurora Quartett is a renowned international ensemble of pianists that is dedicated especially to the performance of music for four pianists and with this CD makes its debut with 2L.
To be released:
World premiere recording of works for violin and piano by Greek composer George Platon.
Violin: Ilias Zoutsos. Piano: Apostolos Palios
Recorded in Athens, Greece | July 2018.