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Length
  
47:55

Release date
  
29 March 2015

Label
  
Simerini

Language
  
Greek, Cypriot Greek

Producer
  
Giorgos Theofanous

Genres
  
World music, Laïko

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Released
  
March 29, 2015 (Cyprus)

Recorded
  
Athens, studio Odeon, studio Bi-Kay

Choës (Greek: Χοές; English: Libations) is the name of a studio album by Greek-Cypriot composer and producer Giorgos Theofanous. It was released on March 29, 2015 by Radio Proto in a special edition as a covermount with the Sunday edition of the Cypriot newspaper Simerini in Cyprus, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the EOKA Cyprus Liberation Struggle (1955 - 1959).

Contents

The album includes poems by the Cypriot poet and former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus Claire Angelides about the heroes of EOKA, that were set to music by Giorgos Theofanous and interpreted by Greek popular singers Marinella, Kostas Makedonas and Dimos Anastasiadis. The presentation of the album was held at the Imprisoned Graves, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, on March 27, 2015.

Track listing

  1. "Fones iroon" (Φωνές ηρώων; Heroes' voices) – 2:32
  2. "I iroes" (Οι ήρωες; The heroes) – 3:06
  3. "Dio Despines (Markos Drakos)" (Δυο Δέσποινες; Two Despinas) – 4:20
  4. "Simeoforos (Petrakis Giallouros)" (Σημαιοφόρος; Standard bearer) – 3:22
  5. "I istoria tou, mikri (Andreas Paraskevas)" (Η ιστορία του, μικρή; His story was short) – 3:08
  6. "Zeibekiko (Andreas Panayidis)" (Ζεϊμπέκικο) – 3:31
  7. "Stous Tesseris tou Achirona (Andreas Karyos, Elias Papakyriakou, Fotis Pittas, Christos Samaras)" (Στους Τέσσερις του Αχυρώνα; Dedicated to the Four of Achirona) – 4:50
  8. "Charontas (Michalis Karaolis)" (Χάροντας; Charon) – 3:08
  9. "O megalos nekros mas (Michalakis Paridis)" (Ο μεγάλος νεκρός μας; Our Great dead) – 3:09
  10. "Mana (Loukia Papageorgiou)" (Μάνα; Mother) – 4:45
  11. "Louloudas (Dimitrakis Dimitriou)" (Λουδουδάς; Florist) – 3:17
  12. "Beethoven (Andreas Zakos)" (Μπετόβεν) – 2:35
  13. "Esy anevikes ta skalopatia… (Evagoras Pallikaridis)" (Εσύ ανέβηκες τα σκαλοπάτια; You have climbed the stairs) – 4:50
  14. "Defte lavete Fos" (Δεύτε λάβετε Φως; Come receive the Light) – 3:22

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Songs

1Fones iroonMarinella2:32
2I iroesMarinella3:06
3Dio Despines (Markos Drakos)Kostas Makedonas4:20

References

Choës Wikipedia
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