Category
Composer/Author
Publisher
Score Format
Language
Binding
Tsontakis George
A Dream Within A Dream : For SATB (Divisi) (2012).
This piece sets a text by Edgar Allan Poe. Commissioned by The New York Virtuoso Singers for their 25th anniversary. Of advanced difficulty.
Impetuous : For Full Orchestra (2009).
In one movement. A fast-paced work with many sudden and gradual changes in mood. Duration ca. 11 minutes.
True Colors : For Trumpet and Orchestra (2012).
A concerto in two movements: I. Echoing -- II. Magic Act -- III. Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Scored for trumpet with full orchestra.
Anasa : For Clarinet and Orchestra (2011).
In three movements: I. Donya -- II. -- III. Bir-Zirk! Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Music Alive Residency. A full-scale concerto for clarinet with full-sized orchestra. Duration ca. 24 minutes.
String Quartet No. 5 : In Memoriam George Rochberg (2006).
In two movements. With a biographical note. Commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet. A moving and challenging work. Parts are available separately.
String Quartet No. 5 : In Memoriam George Rochberg (2006).
In two movements. Commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet. A moving and challenging work. The first violin takes the lead for most of the music. A score is available separately.
American Piano Quartets : World Premiere Recording. [CD]
The Amara Piano Quintet performs music by Lee Hoiby, Walter Piston, Paul Schoenfield, and George Tsontakis.
Odysseia. [CD]
This disc features music by contemporary Greek and Greek-American composers, such as Theodore Antoniou, George Tsontakis, Nickitas Demos, and Christos Samaras. Various artists.
Unforgettable : For Two Violins and Orchestra (2009).
In three movements. Commissioned by George Soros for Jennifer and Angela Chun. The two violins are often in counterpoint with each other as well as the orchestra.
Laconika : For Large Chamber Orchestra (2010).
Contents: I. Alarming -- II. Lacomotion -- III. Mercurial -- IV. Laconicrimosa -- V. Twilight. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Duration ca. 14 minutes.
Imagine : For Flute Solo (2011).
In one movement. With a biographical note. Commissioned by The National Flute Association. The music begins and ends in a relaxed manner, while the middle section is more rhythmic and precise. Of advanced difficulty.
Gymnopedies : For Octet (2008).
In four movements: I. Magical -- II. Cascades -- III. Glistening -- IV. Bratty. Scored for flute/piccolo, soprano saxophone, horn, percussion, piano, harp, violin, and cello. These are original works; these are not arrangements of the famous Satie piano pieces.
Clair De Lune : For Orchestra (2007).
In two movements: I. Moonlit -- II. Jeux (You Can Dance To It). Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Premiered in St. Paul, MN, March 2007.
Man Of Sorrows : For Piano and Orchestra (2005).
In six movements. Commissioned by Norma and Don Stone for Stephen Hough and the Dallas Symphony. Dedicated to Stephen Hough. A large-scale work for piano and full orchestra. Duration ca. 39 minutes.
Mirologhia : For Percussion Solo and Orchestra (2001).
In six movements: I. Introit -- II. Crotales Angelorum -- III. Soson Kyrie -- IV. Labyrinth -- V. Eonia Imnimi -- VI. Mirologhia. Commissioned by The National Symphony Orchestra for percussionist Evelyn Glennie. The work is scored for full orchestra, with a featured Balkan singer. Duration ca. 22…
Knickknacks : For Violin and Viola (2000).
Contents: I. Silhouette and Trio -- II. Goodnight Lullaby -- III. Bumpkinesque -- IV. With Hushed Tenderness -- V. Shufflin' -- VI. Lilting -- VII. Fandango Facade. With a biographical note. Of advanced difficulty.
Sarabesque : For Piano Solo (2003).
In one movement. With program and biographical notes. Dedicated to Sarah Rothenberg. The music begins in a sparse manner before becoming more fluid, and often unmetered. Of advanced difficulty. Duration ca. 6 minutes.
Comet : For Full Orchestra (2012).
In one movement. With a biographical note. Commissioned by the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. An atmospheric work for orchestra.
False Alarming : For Full Orchestra (2012).
In one movement. With a biographical note. Commissioned by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. A tense and often resonant and ringing work.
Love's Philosophy : For Soprano and Piano (2013).
This song sets a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Composed for Dawn Upshaw. Premiered by Dawn Upshaw and Kayo Iwama in New York, February 2013.
Corragio For Strings : For String Orchestra (1986, arr. 2004).
In one movement. With a biographical note. Composed for the Athens Camerata Friends of Music. A largo introduction leads to light and energetic music.
String Quartet No. 6 (2013).
In two movements: I. STROPH (rip-jdg) -- II. BLAZE (rip-jdp). With a biographical note. Commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet. Of advanced difficulty.
String Quartet No. 6 (2013).
In two movements: I. STROPH (rip-jdg) -- II. BLAZE (rip-jdp). Commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet. Of advanced difficulty.
Sonnets : For English Horn and Orchestra (2016).
Contents: I. 30. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought -- II. 12. When I do count the clock that tells the time -- III. Rondo: 60. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore -- IV. 75. So you are to my thoughts a food to life. Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Duration ca.…