Mikis Theodorakis: My Songs 1959-1986 I

CBS 450186 (1986)

New arrangements of well-known songs by Mikis Theodorakis. In a lengthy text on the album’s leaflet, the composer, after explaining the reason for these re-recordings (a world tour, which required him to present his work as a whole and not individual cycles), concludes with some lyrics from The Deserters:

And the port is
small
And I was always
alone
and I will always be
alone

Music | Mikis Theodorakis
Poetry | Manos Eleftheriou, Yannis Theodorakis, Dimitris Christodoulou, Notis Pergialis, Errikos Thalassinos, Mikis Theodorakis, Manolis Anagnostakis, Tassos Livaditis, Federico Garcia Lorca, Odysseas Elytis, Angeliki Eleftheriou, Nikos Gatsos, Nikos Kokkinopoulos, Iakovos Kampanellis, Kostas Karyotakis, Pablo Neruda

Singing | Thanasis Moraitis, Yannis Thomopoulos, Maria Dimitriadis, Petros Pandis, Maria Faradouri, Mikis Theodorakis, Aliki Kagialoglou

Piano | Tasos Karakatsanis
Oboe, flute, English horn | Christian Boissel
Guitars | Yannis Spathas
Guitar | Nikos Maniatis
Bouzouki, jazz | Kostas Zaridakis
Bass | Antonis Turkoyorgis
Drums | Nikos Antipas
Orchestrations, Orchestra Direction | Mikis Theodorakis

LP I

01. The train – M. Dimitriadis
(M. Eleftheriou)
02. In this neighborhood – M. Dimitriadi
(M. Eleftheriou)
03. Magic night – M. Demetriades
(G. Theodorakis)
04. Complaint – G. Thompopoulos
(D. Christodoulou)
05. What should I do with joy? – C. Thompopoulos
(N. Pergialis)
06. I met Charon – C. G. Thomopoulos
(Er. Thalassinos)
07. Purplish – M. Farantouri
(M. Theodorakis)
08. Night in your eyes – M. Farantouri
(M. Theodorakis)
09. In your closed loneliness – P. Pandis
(M. Anagnostakis)
10. Joy-joy – P. Pandis
(M. Anagnostakis)
11. Mother and Mother of God – Th. Moraitis
(T. Livaditis)
12. Margarita Margaro – Th. Moraitis
(M. Theodorakis)
13. Moon, you put a spell on me – Th. Moraitis
(Er. Thalassinos)
14. April – Th. Moraitis
(M. Theodorakis)
15. What is that which lights up – M. Farantouri
(F.G. Lorca / Od. Elytis)
16. Suddenly, in the river – M. Faradouri
(F.G. Lorca / Odin Elytis)
17. A day that will be cold – Al. Kayaloglou
(Ang. Eleftheriou)
18. Closed windows – Al. Kagialoglou
(Ang. Eleftheriou)

LP II

01. Saturday night – C. Thomopoulos
(T. Livaditis)
02. Play, my Tsitsanis – G. Thompopoulos
(M. Theodorakis)
03. Pavlos and Nikolios – G. Thompopoulos
(M. Theodorakis)
04. Boat in the islet – G. Thomopoulos
(N. Gatsos)
05. Tear sweetly the fir tree – G. Thompopoulos
(N. Kokkinopoulos)
06. I was looking for you at dawn- G. Thompopoulos
(D. Christodoulou)
07. The wind says a prayer – P. Pandis
(T. Livaditis)
08. Sunset of the desert – P. Pandis
(T. Livaditis)
09. The cells – P. Pandis
(M. Theodorakis)
10. Song of Songs – M. Farantouri
(Iak. Kampanellis)
11. Antonis – M. Faradouri
(Iak. Campanellis)
12. I open the door – M. Theodorakis
(T. Livaditis)
13. For your life – M. Theodorakis
(K. Karyotakis)
14. And if it died out like a shadow – M. Theodorakis
(K. Karyotakis)
15. Lost – M. Theodorakis
(T. Livaditis)
16. Vegetaciones – M. Farantouri
(P. Neruda)
17. Voy a vivir – P. Pandis
(P. Neruda)
18. Pendulum – Al. Kagialoglou
(N. Gatsos)
19. Did you hear the news? – Al. Kagialoglou
(Od. Elytis)
20. These verses – Al. Kagialoglou
(M. Anagnostakis)

Other Release
1997, SONY COL4501869 CD