Canto General

MINOS 413/4/5 (1981)

Live recording of a concert at the Olympia Halle in Munich. Complete version of the work that includes 13 parts from the poetic composition of Pablo Neruda Canto General, set to music by Mikis Theodorakis. Paintings by Mexican painter David Alfaro Sigueiros on the cover and in the brochure. The leaflet includes the lyrics of the poems in Spanish and in Greek adaptation by Danae Stratigopoulou, along with relevant texts by the translator, Mikis Theodorakis and Gail Holst.

Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Poetry: Pablo Neruda

Maria Farantouri: voice
Petros Pandis: voice
St. Jakob Choir
Stephan Skoeld: choir conductor
Stockholm Orchestra
Mikis Theodorakis: orchestra conductor

01. Algunas Bestias – M.Farantouri
02. Voy a vivir – P.Pandis
03. Los Libertadores – M. Farantouri
04. Α mi partido – P.Pandis
05. Lautaro (1550) – M. Farantouri
06. Vienen los Pajaros – M.Farantouri
07. Sandino – P.Pandis
08. Requiem – Choir
(M.Theodorakis)
09. United Fruit Co – P.Pandis
10. Vegetaciones – M.Farantouri
11. Amor América (1400) – M.Farantouri
12. Emiliano Zapata – P.Pandis
13.América Insurrecta (1800) – P.Pandis / M.Farantouri

Other releases
PROPHONE 7876-78 (1982)
MINOS 15010 (1987)