Various Artists - Greek Guitarists Play Greek Composers / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The music in this program covers a spectrum of genres that have flourished in Greece in recent years, from jazz to contemporary avant-garde. These have all had a strong impact on guitarist Dimitris Soukaras's development as an artist, and in making this recording he took the opportunity to invite some of Greece's leading composers to write for his instrument for the first time. All works are world premiere recordings. Album Tracks 1. Ariadne's Duality 2. Haiku Op.109 3. Allegory of the Tragic Hero 4. Hommage

The enthusiasm for Mikis Theodorakis' songs has remained unabated. WERGO now releases a new album with some his most famous song compositions, sung by Mikis Theodorakis himself! The present contains 12 compositions by the great Greek composer, some of which were written during the Papadopoulos dictatorship in the years 1967-74. In his exile, Theodorakis rearranged texts of his own and texts of other modern Greek poets to produce these compositions. The songs are timeless, lyrical, yet also political and have lost none of their topicality 'I was fortunate to work with outstanding poets so that the texts and messages of my songs can be regarded as timeless.' (Mikis Theodorakis) Album Tracks 1. Lovely City 2. Because He Refused to Submit to the Law 3. 18th November 4. The Laughing Boy 5. As Evening Comes-I Open the Door 6. I Lost My Way 7. I Open My Mouth 8. We Are Two 9. Margarita 10. Repudiation 11. Myrtle 12. Those Who Are to Come

Album Tracks 1. Reverie 2. Sonatina Campo 3. Sonatina Copla-Fiesta 4. Sonata Giocosa Allegro Moderato 5. Sonata Giocosa Andante Moderato 6. Sonata Giocosa Allegro 7. Cuban Landscape with Rain 8. Quien Mas Rendido? 9. El Sueno de la Razon Produce Monstruos 10. Nadie Se Conoce 11. Septieme Fantaisie Et Variations Brillantes Opus 30 12. Farewell 13. Butterflies