Legends of Women

LEGEND 2201156952/2201156962 (2008)

Mythical archetypal personae, historical figures but also female roles in the flow of life, as they have been captured in song, poem and theater, come to life with the voices of Maria Farantouri and the actress Lydia Koniordou. Collectible album of a top collaboration.

Irina Valentinova: piano, vocals, music editing
Dimitris Tsakas: wind instruments
Costas Zaridakis: bouzouki, mandolin
Olga Artikopoulou: cello
Costas Konstantinou: double bass
Dimitris Marinakis: percussion

CD I

01. The Platytera of Heavens – M. Farantouri
(Manos Hadjidakis – Nikos Gatsos)
02. Dark Mother – L. Koniordou
(Manos Hadjidakis – Nikos Gatsos)
03. I beg you Goggyla – L. Koniordou
(Sappho / Odysseas Elytis)
04. I beg you Goggyla – M. Farantouri
(Manos Hadjidakis – Sappho)
05. Antigone-Excerpt – L. Koniordou
(Sophocles / Nikos Panagiotopoulos)
06. Kommos 4 – M. Farantouri / L. Koniordou
(Mikis Theodorakis – Sophocles / Minos Volanakis)
07. Kommos – L. Koniordou
(Sophocles / Nikos Panagiotopoulos)
08. Electra-Excerpt – L. Koniordou
(Sophocles / George Winter)
09. The Sun Looked at the Earth – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Euripides / Michalis Kakogiannis)
10. Electra – L. Koniordou
(Euripides / Christos Samouilidis)
11. My beloved, your soul is wandering – M. Farantouri / L. Koniordou
(Eleni Karaindrou – Euripides / Costas Georgousopoulos)
12. Hector and Andromache
(Manos Hadjidakis – Iakovos Kampanellis)
13. Odyssey-Excerpt – L. Koniordou
(Homer / Dimitris Maronitis)
14. To Calypso – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Costas Kartelias)
15. La Belle Helene – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Kostas Kartelias)
16. The Age of Melissanthi – L. Koniordou
(Manos Hadjidakis)
17. The frigid truth – M. Farantouri
(Manos Hadjidakis)
18. Mother and Sister – M. Farantouri
(Manos Hadjidakis)
19. Lullaby – L. Koniordou
(Giannis Ritsos)
20. Lullaby – L. Koniordou
(Traditional of Cappadocia)
21. Oh my Sweet Spring – M. Farantouri
(Praise of the byzantine Epitaph)
22. Epitaph – L. Koniordou
(Yannis Ritsos)
23. A day in May – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Yannis Ritsos)
24. You were standing at the Window – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Yannis Ritsos)
25. My Sweet You Have Not Lost – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Giannis Ritsos)
26. Of the foreign land – L. Koniordou
(Traditional)
27. A mother sighs – M. Farantouri
(Vasilis Tsitsanis)
28. Of the wedding – L. Koniordou
(Traditional of Skyros)
29. Today is Sunday – M. Farantouri / L. Koniordou
(Traditional of Thrace)

CD II

01. Moonlight Sonata-Excerpts – L. Koniordou
(Yannis Ritsos)
02. My love – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Giannis Theodorakis)
03. Words about Melina – L. Koniordou
04. Love you became a double–edged knife – M. Farantouri
(Manos Hadjidakis – Michalis Kakogiannis)
05. The Memory of Water – M. Farantouri
(Zülfü Livaneli – Agathi Dimitrouka)
06. Halali – M.Farantouri
(Harris Tsekoura)
07. Marianthi of the Winds – M. Farantouri
(Manos Hadjidakis – Nikos Gatsos)
08. The Prayer of the Virgin – L. Koniordou
(Manos Hadjidakis – Nikos Gatsos)
09. Transfer of Detained Women – L. Koniordou
(Diary of Women in Prison)
10. The Phoenix. Song of Transfer – M. Farantouri / L. Koniordou
(Traditional – Nina Xanthou / Ourania Nizamidou)
11. With your photo – L. Koniordou
(Traditional of Smyrna)
12. Hello – M. Farantouri
(Zülfü Livaneli – Agathi Dimitrouka)
13. Persephone – L. Koniordou
14. The Nightmare of Persephone – M. Farantouri
(Manos Hadjidakis – Nikos Gatsos)
15. Rosa Luxemburg – L. Koniordou
16. Rosa – M. Farantouri
(Eleni Karaindrou – Christoforos Christofis)
17. Mother Courage – L. Koniordou / M. Farantouri
(Bertolt Brecht / Petros Markaris)
18. Lili Marlene – M.Farantouri / L.Koniordou
(Norbert Schultze – Hans Leip)
19. When the War is over – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Iakovos Kampanellis)
20. Song of Songs – M. Farantouri
(Mikis Theodorakis – Iakovos Kampanellis)
21. Crimson Sky-Excerpt – L. Koniordou
(Loula Anagnostaki)
22. Eleni – M.Farantouri
(Thanos Mikroutsikos – Babis Tsikliropoulos)
23. Dark Mother – M. Farantouri / L. Koniordou
(Manos Hadjidakis – Nikos Gatsos)
24. The myth – M. Farantouri / L. Koniordou
(Manos Hadjidakis – Nikos Gatsos)