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Peregrina PM 50472 (2007)

Selection from live recordings in Utrecht (Netherlands), Bruges and Antwerp (Belgium), in May 2003. In addition to well–known songs by Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hadzithakis, there are some traditional and popular Greek songs that exemplify the Greek music culture abroad. The album was immediately awarded (2007) with the First Prize by the German Discography Critics.

Maria Farantouri: voice
Henning Schmiedt: piano, arrangements
Volker Schlott: saxophone, flute
Jens Naumilkat: cello
Christos Tsiamoulis: oud, percussion, voice

01. The Nightmare of Persephone
(Manos Hadzithakis – Nikos Gatsos)
02. Peace
(Mikis Theodorakis – Vassilis Rotas)
03. April
(Mikis Theodorakis)
04. Beautiful City
(Mikis Theodorakis – Yannis Theodorakis)
05. My red apple
(Traditional of Macedonia)
06. Kaiksis
(Apostolos Chatzichristos)
07. Three Cretan monks
(Lament for the Fall of the Constantinople)
08. My Yanni
(Traditional of Epirus)
09. My eyelid
(Nikos Kypourgos – Lina Nikolakopoulou)
10. Lei lim lei
(Zülfü Livaneli – Lefteris Papadopoulos)
11. The Oracles of Sibyl
(Manos Hadzithakis – Nikos Gatsos)
12. Peribanou
(Manos Hadzithakis – Nikos Gatsos)
13. Kemal
(Manos Hadzithakis – Nikos Gatsos)
14. Cloudy Sunday
(Vassilis Tsitsanis)
15. I open the door at night
(Mikis Theodorakis – Tassos Livadeitis)
16. Because they did not comply
(Mikis Theodorakis)
17. Old streets
(Mikis Theodorakis – Manolis Anagnostakis)
18. Sleep has embraced you
(Mikis Theodorakis – Yorgos Seferis