With Axion Esti, it seemed as if Theodorakis had reached musical maturity. He had created a work which was popular with a large proportion of the Greek people (no other record of his has sold so well) and he had not lowered his musical standards. He had achieved something which is, I believe, unique in Western music, at least in the twentieth century. None of the techniques he employed was revolutionary but the synthesis of popular form with classical western technique had transformed complex intellectual expression into music that was, and still is, sung in the streets.
As the composer himself stressed, the sources he drew on were deeply rooted in the collective memory of the people. The actual sound structure of much of Axion Esti was familiar to the population of a country which had only been urbanised for a generation, a country where folk song still played and important part in people's lives.
Gail Holst
01. Orhistra, Theodoros Dimitrief, Horodia - Eisagogi-Tote Eipe 02. Theodoros Dimitrief, Horodia - Idou Ego Loipon 03. Manos Katrakis - I Poreia Pros To Metopo 04. Grigoris Mpithikotsis, Horodia - Ena To Helidoni 05. Theodoros Dimitrief, Horodia - Ta Themelia Mou Sta Vouna 06. Grigoris Mpithikotsis, Horodia - Me To Luhno Tou Astrou 07. Manos Katrakis - I Megali Exodos 08. Grigoris Mpithikotsis, Horodia - Tis Dikaiosunis Ilie Noite 09. Orhistra - Naoi Sto Shima T' Ouranou 10. Grigoris Mpithikotsis, Horodia - Tis Agapis Aimata 11. Theodoros Dimitrief, Horodia - Naoi Sto Shima T' Ouranou 12. Manos Katrakis - Profitikon 13. Grigoris Mpithikotsis, Horodia - Anoigo To Stoma Mou 14. Theodoros Dimitrief, Horodia, Orhistra - Se Hora Makrini 15. Theodoros Dimitrief, Horodia - To Doxastikon
Originally relased: 1964 Remastered: 2003 Label: Minos-EMI Relased: 2009
Codec: Flac Compression Level: 3 Quality: High
CD-rip by alekow (EAC and Flac) Covers Included (400dpi)