Yannis Markopoulos is a Greek composer. He was born in 1939 in Heraklion, Crete.
In 1969 Markopoulos returned to Athens with a musical vision that would not only change the course of music in Greece but would also lend immediate moral support to the general demand for restoration of democracy, the struggle being led primarily by university students and intellectuals.
He founded a new and highly distinctive musical ensemble which included Greek local instruments. Thus the piano was combined with the lyre for the first time, while he also added instruments of his own invention, particularly among the percussion, with the intention of enriching the variety of sounds.
The composer’s vision had materialised and a new musical wave had been born which he termed “Return to the Roots”. He defined it as “a project for the future involving the process of examination, evaluation and selection of the indestructible sources of our living traditions in combination with selected contemporary art forms and elements”: the outcome was an exceptionally original sound emerging from the unique tone colours stemming from the unaccustomed blends of instruments and voices. (wikipedia.org)
1. ANEXARTITA
01. Viku Mosholiou - I Roza I Naziara [3:11]
02. Haralampos Garganourakis - Ta Logia Kai Ta Hronia [4:48]
03. Lakis Halkias - Sti Diki Mas Plati [3:02]
04. Viku Mosholiou - To Perama [2:35]
05. Nikos Xulouris - Oi Ohthroi [3:48]
06. Themis Andreadis - Ohi Den Prepei [3:27]
07. Themis Andreadis - O Tarzan [3:29]
08. Lakis Halkias, Paulos Sidiropoulos - Toumpou-Toumpou Za [3:33]
09. Nikos Xulouris - Zavara-Katra-Nemia [2:31]
10. Memi Spuratou - Sourlanta-Ntagianta [2:48]
11. Lakis Halkias - Kelaidismata [3:16]
12. Lizetta Nikolaou - I Zoi [3:39]
13. Nikos Xulouris - Pou Pas [3:36]
14. Viku Mosholiou - Alexandreia [2:43]
15. Giannis Markopoulos - Ellada (Lengko) [6:24]
7 KINIMATOGRAFIKA
16. Orhistra - Metamfiesi / Skumnos Kai Hloi [2:05]
17. Viku Mosholiou - Pera Apo ti Thalassa [3:38]
18. Stelios Kazantzidis, Marinella, Nikos Kourkoulos - Poios Dromos [3:16]
19. Orhistra - Proino Sto Nauplio [2:33]
20. Viku Mosholiou - Mera Me Tin Imera [2:45]
21. Giannis Poulopoulos - Xegumnoste Ta Spathia [3:23]
22. Melina Merkouri - 1950 (Kafeneion I Ellas) [3:18]
Tracks 06, 07, 08, 10, 13 were not in the original album release
Track 15 was recorded by a member of the audience at the composer's concert on Palais De Sport, Thessaloniki, January 1975.
Label: Minos-EMI
Release: 2011
Codec: Flac
Compression Level: 6
Quality: High
CD-rip by alekow (EAC and Flac)
Covers Included (600dpi)
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