© Petros Gaitanos
Journey to Ithaka
2 CD
A Hellenic Musical Journey from Ancient to Modern Times
01. HOMER, THE ODYSSEY
8th century B.C.
02. EARTHS
Santouri
03. RISE UP MY HEART
Cyprus, to those who say it is not Greek – Traditional Cypriot song based on a poem by Vassilis Michaelides, 19th century
04. YOUR KERCHIEF, YIANNI DEAR
Traditional Epirotic song, 19th century
05. RITUAL
Lyravlos Group, Ancient Greek Musical Instruments Ensemble
06. I BEWAIL
From the first stasimon (chorus ) of Euripides’ Orestes, 408 B.C. from a 2nd century B.C. papyrus, Lyravlos Group, Ancient Greek Musical Instruments Ensemble
07. HYMN TO THE SUN
New Year’s Day hymn, music: Mesomedes the Cretan, 2nd century A.D., Lyravlos Group, Ancient Greek Musical Instruments Ensemble
08. GREEK PHILOSOPHERS
Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, 5th & 4th centuries B.C.
09. HYDRAULIS
Earliest known mechanical pipe organ, Ctesibius of Alexandria, 3rd century B.C.
10. SONG OF SIKILOS – EPITAPH
2nd century A.D., Lyravlos Group, Ancient Greek Musical Instruments Ensemble
11. TO THEE FATHER OF THE WORLD
New Year’s Day hymn to the Holy Trinity, earliest known Christian hymn, 3rd century A.D., from the Oxyrynchus papyrus
12. ON THE HORIZON
Qanun
13. ITHAKA
A poem by C.P Cavafy, 1911
14. BEAUTIFUL AND STRANGE HOMELAND
A poem by Odysseas Elytis, music: Dimitris Lagios, 20th century
15. IONIA
Politiki lyra
16. EROTOKRITOS, Narration
From a poem by Vitsentzos Cornaros, 16th century
17. EROTOKRITOS (The Dreary Tidings)
Traditional Cretan song, from a poem by Vitsentzos Cornaros, 16th century
18. PENTOZALI
Traditional Cretan dance (Οrchestral)
19. ON A HIGH MOUNTAIN
Rizitiko, traditional Cretan song, 16th century
20. WIND THROUGH THE CANYON
Epirotic musical theme
01. FLYING OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
02. MEDITERRANEAN
Music: George Moustaki
Lyrics: George Moustaki
Dimitris Christodoulou, 20th century AD
03. ZAVARAKATRANEMIA Music, Lyrics: Yannis Marcopoulos, Exclamations, 20th century AD
04. IT’S RAINING IN THE SLUM
Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Lyrics: Tasos Livaditis, 20th century AD
05. YOUR EYELASHES ARE GLISTENING Music, Lyrics: Marcos Vamvakaris, Rembetiko, 20th century AD
06. IN THE AEGEAN ISLANDS Traditional Aegean song, 19th century AD
07. THE CELEBRATION OF THE ZEIBEKS
Music: Apostolos Kaldaras
Lyrics: Pythagoras, 20th century AD
08. IMMORTALITY
Music: Manos Chadjidakis
Lyrics: Nikos Gatsos, 20th century AD
09. A MOTHER IS LIKE COOL FRESH WATER
Traditional song from Pontus
Music, Lyrics: Yiannis Tsanakalis, 20th century AD
10. LISTEN, CITIES AND VILLAGES Traditional dirge from Epirus, 19th century AD
11. HUMBLY Oud
12. VIRGIN MARY, THE DEFENDER Kontakion from the Akathist(unseated) Hymn, 4th plagal tone, 4th century AD
13. GOOD FRIDAY LAMENTATIONS
THOU, WHO ART THE LIFE, WERE PLACED IN A TOMB
IS RIGHT TO MAGNIFY THEE
ALL GENERATIONS
From the Lamentations of Holy Friday, 1st and 2nd Part, 1st plagal tone
3rd part, 3rd tone, Middle Ages
14. CHRIST IS RISEN From the Divine Liturgy of the Resurrection, 1st plagal tone, 1st century AD
15. THE HYMN OF LOVE
1st Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians 13. 1-8
Music: Emmanouil Chatzimarkos, 1st plagal tone, 1st century AD
16. HOPE Qanun
17. HYMN TO LIBERTY – The Νational Αnthem of Greece
A poem by Dionysios Solomos
Music: Nikolaos Mantzaros, 19th century AD
18. FREE SEAS
Music: Yiannis Boufidis
Lyrics: Rena Avgeri, 20th century AD