Manos Hadzidakis at the Roman Agora

COLUMBIA 170127/8/9 LP 1986

A triple vinyl with 35 songs composed by Manos Hadzithakis from 1947 to 1985 and presented at the Roman Agora with Maria Farantouri, Vassilis Lekkas, Elli Paspala and Helias Liougos.

In the leaflet, the composer refers to some of the milestones in his life -and at the same time in the contemporary history of Greece- and concludes: The Roman Agora contains all the songs I have chosen to give you again in details of genuine music and sung by real singers, serving Music and not the idolatry of an overweening and glutted audience. I think everything possible has been done to make them sound like new. At the same time, I hope to thus help you to see me more correctly and more truly.

Music | Manos Hadzithakis
Poetry / Lyrics | Manos Hadzithakis, Yagos Aravantinos, Nikos Gatsos, Notis Pergialis, Michael Cacoyannis, Yannis Ioannidis, Panagiotis Kokontinis, George Roussos, Iakovos Kambanellis, Minos Aryirakis, Eftychia Papayannopoulou, Aris Davarakis, Michael Bourboulis, Nikos Symeonidis

Singing | Vassilis Lekkas, Elias Liougos, Manos Hadzithakis, Elli Paspala, Maria Farantouri

Piano, Arrangements | Tasos Karakatsanis
Violin | Dimitris Vraskos, Ersi Apostolidi, Vyron Kapsalis, Yorgos Stalimeros, Odysseas Korelis
Viola | Yuri Jungbert, Yorgos Kindynis, Dimitris Terzakis, Marivita Grammatikaki, Natasha Anana, Prodromos Tsouroukoglou
Guitar | Kostas Grigoreas, Kostas Hadzopoulos, Stella Kypraiou
Cello | Sotiris Tahiatis, Dimitris Gouzios, Nikos Kotzias, Christos Sfetsas
Contrabass | Andreas Rodousakis
Harp | Marina Rodousakis
Clarinet | Nikos Ginos
Flute | Panagiotis Drakos, Stella Gadedi
Oboe | Claude Chieulet
Trumpet | Socrates Anthis
Horn | Evangelos Skouras
Drums | Nikos Antipas, Takis Marinakis

Disc A

01. A magical city – V.Lekkas
(M.Hadzithakis)
02. South wind, North wind – El.Liougos / M.Hadzithakis
(Y.Aravantinos)
03. Paper moon – El.Liougos
(N.Gatsos)
04. Let’s go for a walk on the moon – El.Paspala
(N.Pergialis/M.Hadzithakis)
05. The moon is red – El.Liougos
(M.Hadzithakis)
06. Love became a double-edged knife – El.Paspala
(M.Kakoyannis)
07. Don’t ask the sky – M.Farantouri
(G.Ioannidis & P.Kokontinis)
08. Wide sea – El.Paspala
(G.Roussos)
09. Tired lad – M.Farantouri / El.Paspala
(N.Gatsos)
10. It was the face of May – M.Farantouri
(N.Gatsos)
11. The sea is deep – El.Paspala
(N.Gatsos)
12. Now you leave for a foreign country – M.Farantouri
(N.Gatsos)

Disc B
01. Bring me a mandolin – M.Farantouri
(M.Hadzithakis)
02. The stone – M.Farantouri
(M.Hadzithakis)
03. Every garden has – V.Lekkas
(M.Hadzithakis)
04. Mr. Michalis – El.Liougos
(I.Kampanellis)
05. The bird – El.Paspala
(M.Argyrakis)
06. A Virgin Mary – El.Liougos
(N.Gatsos)
07. The Northern Star – V.Lekkas / El.Liougos
(N.Gatsos)
08. The dark window – El.Paspala
(N.Gatsos)
09. Time is gone – El.Liougos
(N.Gatsos)
10. I am a wingless eagle – El.Liougos
(E.Papagiannopoulou)
11. Peribanou – V.Lekkas
(N. Gatsos)
12. Pornography – El.Paspala
(Ar.Davarakis)

Disc C

01. The wayfarer – V.Lekkas
(M.Hadzithakis)
02. The drunken girl – El.Liougos
(M.Hadzithakis)
03. In Digenis’ threshing floor – El.Paspala
(N.Gatsos)
04. The children down on the plain – El.Paspala
(M.Hadzithakis)
05. Once upon a time – El.Paspala
(N.Gatsos)
06. Immortality – V.Lekkas
(N.Gatsos)
07. The lad from Crete – V.Lekkas
(M.Bourboulis)
08. Six girls ask me – V.Lekkas
(N.Simeonidis)
09. My love – V.Lekkas
(M.Hadzithakis)
10. The Ballad of the Houri – V.Lekkas
(N.Gatsos)
11. The ballad of the senses – V.Lekkas
(Ar.Davarakis)

Other Release
1987 MINOS-EMI 14C045170161/2 CD