Pictures for the sadness 
    of the blond girls and of Eleni

Double CD with six contemporary musical works of symphonic structure interpreted by leading performers of the Greek music scene: Megaron Orchestra, Camerata of the Friends of Music (in 2 works) conducted by Alexandros Myrat / Sonia Theodoridou, soprano / Dimitris Kotronakis, guitar / Vangelis Christopoulos, oboe / Renato Ripo, violoncello / New Hellenic Quartet / Ourania Lampropoulou, dulciner / Sophia Lampropoulou, quanun.
Cover painting: Spyros Vassiliou

CD 1               
Ι.  A Song Cycle on poems by Greek poet Kostas Karyotakis (1896-1928)
    for voice, string orchestra and wind
Written in 2001, together with the completion of the Amsterdam Concerto, for this and some orchestral movements inherent to those two works.
1. This is the way I see the gardens / Elegy on poem “Spring” ……..........10:36
for oboe and string orchestra, Soloist: Vangelis Christopoulos, oboe
2. All my things ……………………………............................................12:16
3. Nobility ……………………………………………………....................9:35
4. Nostalgia……………………………………………….. .......................7:50
5. Gala …………………………………………………………………......8:23

Soloist: Sonia Theodoridou, soprano
Megaron Orchestra, Camerata of the Friends of Music
Artists collaborating with the Orchestra: Vangelis Christopoulos (oboe),
Christina Pantelidou (english horn), Antonis Lagos (french horn), 
Maria Bildea (harp).
Conducted by Alexandros Myrat

II. Elegy for solo violoncello
    Written in 2009
6. Appassionato ………………………………………………..................8:16
Soloist: Renato Ripo, violoncello

III. String Quartet no 1, in chromatic modes
    Written in 2009
7. a) Adagio, cantabile agitato &
     b) Vivo, energico con fuoco ………………………………………..........12:40
New Hellenic Quartet
[Georgios Demertzis, violin / Dimitris Chandrakis, violin / Angela Giannaki, viola / Angelos Liakakis, violoncello]
                                                                                             Total time 68:48

CD 2
IV. Amsterdam Concerto / for guitar and string orchestra
The main body of all three movements of Concerto was written in 2000 in Amsterdam (whence the title), during a concert tour I held in Belgium and the Netherlands as a singer. The composition was completed in Athens in 2001 with the help (as regards in the parts of the guitar) of the guitarist, friend and collaborator Aristidis Chatzistavrou.
1. Agitato e cantabile……………...………………………………...........10:10
2. Andante …………………………………………………......................8:54
3. Allegro maestoso ……………..………………………………… .....................9:54

Soloist: Dimitris Kotronakis, guitar

Megaron Orchestra, Camerata of the Friends of Music
Conducted by Alexandros Myrat

V. Stories of grandma sea / for dulcimer, cembalo, violoncello & contrabass
    Completed in 2006
4. Allegro delicatamente e maestoso …………………………………......22:20

Soloist: Ourania Lampropoulou, dulcimer

And Takis Farazis, cembalo / Renato Ripo, violoncello /
Vassilis Liarmakopoulos, contrabass.
Conducted by Takis Farazis

VI. Fajum / for quanun, lira of Istanbul, ney, violoncello & contrabass
      Written in 2009
5. Affettuoso e appassionato………………………………………..........17:00

Soloist: Sophia Lampropoulou, quanun
And Socrates Sinopoulos, lira of Istanbul / Charis Lambrakis, ney /
Renato Ripo, violoncello / Vangelis Zografos, contrabass.
Conducted by Thanassis Moraitis
                                                                                            Total time 67:54
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All the works were recorded on June, October and November 2009 at studio Sierra (Recording engineer: Giorgos Karyotis), except for the Stories of grandma sea that was recorded at the Recording Center of Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall (Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall) on July 29, 2009 (Recording engineer: Nikos Espialidis).

The recordings were realized with the kind support of 
THE J. F. COSTOPOULOS FOUNDATION

Remixing: Giorgos Karyotis, Thanassis Moraitis
Digital mastering: Digital Press Hellas, Petros Siakavellas
Produced by EMI Classics
Released: July 2010

Translation in English: Amerso Psarrou
The translations of the poems in English are from the book:
Kostas Karyotakis / Battered Guitars Poems and Prose
Translated by William W. Reader and Keith Taylor
Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, UK 2006, Birmingham Modern Greek Translations
General Editor: Dimitris Tziovas 

The full scores of the works are published by Papagrigoriou-Nakas Music house / www.panasmusic.gr

(For more details see Reviews)

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    Lull the blossom of blossoms 
    –Ode to Mother

Album with a musical CD, pieces of literature and pictorial art.

A musical CD with 16 Lullabies for a small instrumental group

Composition, lyrics, instrumentation, contucting and production supervision by Thanassis Moraitis 
interpreted by Nena Venetsanou, Sonia Theodoridou, Maria Dimitriadi, Lydia Koniordou and Thanassis Moraitis

Musicians: Stella Gadedi (flute), Vangelis Christopoulos (oboe), Antonis Lagos (french horn), Maria Bildea (harp), Sertziou Nastaza (violin),  Larissa Vilegzanina (Viola), Renato Ripo (violoncello), Takis Farazis (piano)
Polyphonic choir group: Penelope Argiropoulou, Zoe Kappou, Amalia Tatsi, Apostolis Georgopoulos, Thanassis Moraitis and the composer Nikos Tatsis 

All the works were recorded on Murch 2005, at studio Action (Recording engineer: Aris Christou)
The full score and the reduction for piano are published by Papagrigoriou-Nakas Music house / www.panasmusic.gr

Pieces of literature (24 Greek men of letters): Giorghos Veltsos, Vassilis Gouroghianis, Sotiris Dimitriou, Kiki Dimoula, Odysseas Elitis, Neni Euthimiadi, Tassos Kaloutsas, Dionissis Karatzas, Panayotis Kousathanas, Tilemachos Kotsias, Apostolos Likesas, Christoforos Milionis, Andreas Mitsou, Dimitris Migas, Kostas Mourselas, Titos Patrikios, Dimitris Petsetidis, Christina Ikonomidou, Konstantinos Tzamiotis, Vassilis Tsiamboussis, Giorgos Chimonas, Eliana Chourmouziadou, Giorgos Chronas.

Pictorial art (15 Greek painters): Alexis Veroukas, Manolis Grigoreas, Stefanos Daskalakis, Dimitris Zouroudis, Irini Iliopoulou, Christos Karas, Kiriakos Katzourakis, Aphroditi Liti, Zafos Xagoraris, Vana Xenou, Giorgos Rorris, Chronis Botsoglou, Edouardos Sakajan, Costas Tsoclis, Alekos Fassianos.

Cover painting: Irini Iliopoulou
Production: Indictus, October 2005

(For more details see Reviews)




The same CD of this album (with one more lullaby) re-issued by the title Lull, my laugh and my light, white jasmine of the world
(Lyra 2009).
Cover painting: Costas Tsoclis










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