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Irene Papas

Irene Papas & Vangelis Papathanassiou - 1979 Odes
Эпическая такая работа.



Greek performer Irene Papas is renowned both as a singer and as an actress. On ‘Odes’ Vangelis teams up with an old friend who'd worked with him before on the Aphrodite's Child album '666'. All songs Greek actress Irene Papas sings on this album are traditional Greek folk songs from the 19th Century performed using electronics, operatic motifs and complex arrangements, to which Vangelis adds two instrumental tracks.

‘Odes’ is one of the very few projects Vangelis has been involved in that also has any sort of literary component. Greek author turned politician Arianna Stassinopoulos, who wrote books on Maria Callas and Pablo Picasso, contributes some poems and texts along with Irene Papas.

This folk music is rather austere but quite evocative and uses mostly those typically Mediterranean modal harmonies. Vangelis on the whole makes sparing use of his instruments with Irene Papas sometimes even singing on her own or accompanied by a single melody-line.

Vangelis has stated he made this album to resurrect songs which were in danger of becoming dusty old museum pieces. This is a tasteful and sincere work by three Greeks keeping the flame of their ancient culture burning.

Tracklist:
1. Les 40 braves
2. Neranzoula (Le petit oranger)
3. La danse du feu
4. Les kolokotronei
5. Le fleuve
6. Racines
7. Lamento
8. Menousis

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