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Mikis Theodorakis - The Ballad of Mauthausen (1966)
(Edition 2011) [FLAC]
Mikis Theodorakis - The Ballad of Mauthausen
Label: Minos EMI S.A.
Release Date: 1966
This release: 2011
Country: Greece
TRACKLIST
01. Asma Asmaton (Song Of Songs) (6:32)
02. O Andonis (Andonis) (3:12)
03. O Thrapetis (The Fugitive) (4:01)
04. a) Otan Teliossi O Polemos (When The War Ends) (3:52)
b) Asma Asmaton (Coda Refrain) (1:02)
05. Kourastika na se Krato (I Am Tired Of Holding Your Hand) (3:20)
06. O Iskios Epesse Varis (Deep Shadows) (3:23)
07. Pira Tous Thromous T'Ouranou (I Took To The Streets Of Heaven) (2:55)
08. Stou Kosmou Tin Aniforia (The Uphill Road) (3:57)
09. To Ekremes (The Pendulum) (3:30)
10. T'Oniro Kapnos (Dreams Go Up In Smoke) (3:27)
Total Duration 39:15
NOTES
Mikis Theodorakis (born July 29, 1925, island of Chios, Greece) is a renowned
Greek troubadour and one of his country's greatest composers. He wrote many
symphonies, cantatas, several ballets and operas, plus popular songs including
"Zorba the Greek". An active resistance fighter during World War II, he studied
at the conservatories in both Athens and Paris. When 1967 brought a fascist
government into control of the country, Theodorakis, a committed leftist, went
underground and formed a revolutionary group to combat abuses - including a
ban on playing or even listening to his music.
He was later arrested, exiled, and sent to an internment camp, though the work
of a global solidarity movement - led by Leonard Bernstein, Dmitri Shostakovich,
Arthur Miller, and Harry Belafonte - helped secure his release in 1970.
He is esteemed in his homeland as a national hero.
Mauthausen was a German camp in Austria during WW2 where the Nazi's forced
their victims to work in the stonequary and haul big pieces of stone up a steep
and very uneven ramp.
The ballad of Mauthausen is based on the experiences of the Greek/Jewish play-
wright Iakovos Kambanellis. He wrote four poems that Theodorakis set to music.
His inspriration was a photo of an unknown girl which he found in the camp and
which he kept with him.
This recording of the famous ballad of Mauthausen marked the beginning of one
of the most fruitious collaborations in Greek music, that of Mikis Theodorakis
and the singer Maria Farantouri. It is unbelievable that you are listening to
the voice of a girl just out of highschool. The instrumentation containing
bouzouki, spinet, electric guitar,baglamas, flute, bass and percussion helps
to create a desolate yet beautiful atmosphere which to me is as essential as
black and white was to Schindlers List. And with the undramatic yet deeply
moving voice of Maria Farantouri you have a recording that is one of the high-
points in the vast discography of Theodorakis.
I have included artwork, info (with reviews) and tracklist in the file.
DOWNLOAD FLAC (176 MB) (MEGA)
EMI
Please, leave a reply here for the link.
PMs will be ignored.
Ithaca
Always keep Ithaca in your mind.
To arrive there is your ultimate goal.
But do not hurry the voyage at all.
It is better to let it last for many years;
and to anchor at the island when you are old,
rich with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.
Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage.
Konstantinos P. Kavafis
(Edition 2011) [FLAC]
Mikis Theodorakis - The Ballad of Mauthausen
Label: Minos EMI S.A.
Release Date: 1966
This release: 2011
Country: Greece
TRACKLIST
01. Asma Asmaton (Song Of Songs) (6:32)
02. O Andonis (Andonis) (3:12)
03. O Thrapetis (The Fugitive) (4:01)
04. a) Otan Teliossi O Polemos (When The War Ends) (3:52)
b) Asma Asmaton (Coda Refrain) (1:02)
05. Kourastika na se Krato (I Am Tired Of Holding Your Hand) (3:20)
06. O Iskios Epesse Varis (Deep Shadows) (3:23)
07. Pira Tous Thromous T'Ouranou (I Took To The Streets Of Heaven) (2:55)
08. Stou Kosmou Tin Aniforia (The Uphill Road) (3:57)
09. To Ekremes (The Pendulum) (3:30)
10. T'Oniro Kapnos (Dreams Go Up In Smoke) (3:27)
Total Duration 39:15
NOTES
Mikis Theodorakis (born July 29, 1925, island of Chios, Greece) is a renowned
Greek troubadour and one of his country's greatest composers. He wrote many
symphonies, cantatas, several ballets and operas, plus popular songs including
"Zorba the Greek". An active resistance fighter during World War II, he studied
at the conservatories in both Athens and Paris. When 1967 brought a fascist
government into control of the country, Theodorakis, a committed leftist, went
underground and formed a revolutionary group to combat abuses - including a
ban on playing or even listening to his music.
He was later arrested, exiled, and sent to an internment camp, though the work
of a global solidarity movement - led by Leonard Bernstein, Dmitri Shostakovich,
Arthur Miller, and Harry Belafonte - helped secure his release in 1970.
He is esteemed in his homeland as a national hero.
Mauthausen was a German camp in Austria during WW2 where the Nazi's forced
their victims to work in the stonequary and haul big pieces of stone up a steep
and very uneven ramp.
The ballad of Mauthausen is based on the experiences of the Greek/Jewish play-
wright Iakovos Kambanellis. He wrote four poems that Theodorakis set to music.
His inspriration was a photo of an unknown girl which he found in the camp and
which he kept with him.
This recording of the famous ballad of Mauthausen marked the beginning of one
of the most fruitious collaborations in Greek music, that of Mikis Theodorakis
and the singer Maria Farantouri. It is unbelievable that you are listening to
the voice of a girl just out of highschool. The instrumentation containing
bouzouki, spinet, electric guitar,baglamas, flute, bass and percussion helps
to create a desolate yet beautiful atmosphere which to me is as essential as
black and white was to Schindlers List. And with the undramatic yet deeply
moving voice of Maria Farantouri you have a recording that is one of the high-
points in the vast discography of Theodorakis.
I have included artwork, info (with reviews) and tracklist in the file.
DOWNLOAD FLAC (176 MB) (MEGA)
EMI
Please, leave a reply here for the link.
PMs will be ignored.
Ithaca
Always keep Ithaca in your mind.
To arrive there is your ultimate goal.
But do not hurry the voyage at all.
It is better to let it last for many years;
and to anchor at the island when you are old,
rich with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.
Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage.
Konstantinos P. Kavafis