
George Tsontakis (born Astoria, Queens, New York City, October 24, 1951) is an American composer and conductor of Greek descent. . Tsontakis studied composition with Hugo Weisgall and Roger Sessions at the Juilliard School from 1974 to 1978, and later with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. His music has been performed and broadcast by major orchestras, chamber ensembles, and festivals throughout North and South America, Europe and Japan.
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Unforgettable: III. Ballade
Sonnets: No. 3, Sonnet 60 "Like As the Waves Make Towards the Pebbled Shore"
3 Sighs, 3 Variations: No. 3, Sigh. Andante, impulsive rubato
3 Sighs, 3 Variations: No. 4, Var. 1. Allegro scherzando
3 Sighs, 3 Variations: No. 1, Sigh. Lento
3 Sighs, 3 Variations: No. 5, Var. 2. Lento
Anasa: I. Donya - Pistoli
Sarabesque
Sonnets: No. 2, Sonnet 12 "When I Do Count the Clock That Tells the Time"
Sonnets: No. 4, Sonnet 75 "So You Are to My Thoughts As Food to Life"
Sonnets: No. 1, Sonnet 30 "When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought"
Gymnopedies: No. 1. Magical
Gymnopedies: No. 3. Glistening
Anasa: III. Bir-Zirk!
Anasa: II. Soliloquy
II. Hyperactive
Man of Sorrows - Ecce homo
Unforgettable: I. Changing Landscapes
Gymnopedies: No. 2. Cascades
Man of Sorrows: I. Ecce homo
Unforgettable: II. Leapfrogging
Gymnopedies: No. 4. Bratty
True Colors: I. Prologue. Echoing
Gymnopedies: Glistening
Man of Sorrows - Lacrymosa (Stabat Mater)
True Colors: II. Magic Act
Man of Sorrows - Es muss sein(?) -- Labyrinthus
III. Serene but disturbing
Man of Sorrows - Gethsemane: Shards
Man of Sorrows: II. Es muss sein(?) – Labyrinthus
IV. Scherzo: Maniacal - Distant, Serene
Man of Sorrows - Vir dolorum (tanquam oves erravimus)
Rossetti Nursery Rhymes: I Dreamt I Saw a Little Owl
Man of Sorrows - Jesu Joy -- Crucifixus --
I. Haunting
String Quartet No. 4, Beneath Thy Tenderness of Heart: Part One, Introduction - Chorale and Meditations
Selections from Knickknacks for Violin and Viola: I. "Shufflin'"
Man of Sorrows: III. Lacrymosa. Stabat Mater
Bagatelle
Man of Sorrows: IV. Gethsemane. Shards
Gymnopedies: Magical
String Quartet No. 3, Coraggio: II. Misterioso
Man of Sorrows: VI. Vir dolorum, tanquam oves erravimus
String Quartet No. 4, Beneath Thy Tenderness of Heart: Part Two, Scherzo
String Quartet No. 3, Coraggio: I. Largo
Man of Sorrows: V. Jesu Joy – Crucifixus
Rossetti Nursery Rhymes: Love Me, - I Love You
Rossetti Nursery Rhymes: Dead in the Cold, A Song-Singing Thrush
String Quartet No. 4, Beneath Thy Tenderness of Heart: Part Three, Postlude - The Madonna Weeps
Selections from Knickknacks for Violin and Viola: II. "Goodnight Lullaby"
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