JourneyToIthaka3

© Petros Gaitanos

Journey to Ithaka

2 CD

A Hellenic Musical Journey from Ancient to Modern Times

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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