This is part of a concert (May, 2001) celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Crete. More videos with songs of Theodorakis and traditional Cretan songs to come.
Theodorakis sings his anti-dictatorial "Andreas' songs": 1) Keros na dis, 2) Sfagio (Andreas), 3) Ise Ellinas, 4) Imaste dyo. (Farantouri,Mitsias and Lekkas participate in the last song.)
Theodorakis sings "Romiosini", one of his best and most politically powerful works, based on the poem of Giannis Ritsos. The songs in this video are: 1) Afta ta dentra, 2) Oloi dipsane, 3) Otan sfiggoun to heri.
Live at "Zygos" club (2002). Composer: Amrani Abderrahmane (Dahmane El Harrachi) / Greek lyrics: Mihalis Gkanas. Algerian song "Ya rayah", arranged by Goran Bregovic.
Consisted of ten instrumental songs, "To hamogelo tis Tzokontas" ("Gioconda's smile", 1965) is one of the most important works of Greek music. This concert was held at Megaron Mousikis in 1995, one year after Hadjidakis' death. The songs performed in the second part are: "Vrohi" ("Rain"), "Prosopografia tis miteras mou" ("Portrait of my mother"), "?o konserto" ("Concerto").
Composer: Mikis Theodorakis / Lyrics: Iakovos Kampanellis. Singing Sonia Theodoridou, Zahos Terzakis, Nena Venetsanou, Dimitris Basis, Lavrentis Maheritsas. (A part of Zorba is missing for technical reasons.) Part of the concert "Songs of love", held in Herodes Atticus Theater on the 80th birthday of Mikis Theodorakis.
The video clip of the beautiful Cretan song (composer: Lefteris Kampourakis, 1982), which became a national favorite in Greece by Lidakis in the late '90s.