Choës

Choes
Choes
Studio album by Giorgos Theofanous
Released	29 March 2015 (Cyprus)
Recorded	Athens, studio Odeon, studio Bi-Kay
Genre	World music, Folk, Modern Laika
Length	47:55
Language	Greek, Cypriot Greek
Label	Radio Proto, Simerini
Producer	Giorgos Theofanous
Giorgos Theofanous chronology

Choës (Greek: Χοές; Libations) is the name of a studio album by Greek-Cypriot composer and producer Giorgos Theofanous. It was released on 29 March 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).^[1]^[2]

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.^[3] The presentation of the album was held at the Imprisoned Graves, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades,^[4] on 27 March 2015.^[5]^[6]

Track listing

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

Credits and personnel

Personnel

Marinella – vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7 and 10
Kostas Makedonas – vocals on tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 and 13, background vocals on track "Stous Tesseris tou Achirona"
Dimos Anastasiadis – vocals on tracks 5, 9 and 12
Giorgis Tsouris – narrative
Marina Verzanli – vocals on track "Louloudas"
Evangelos Drouzas – vocals on track "Defte lavete Fos", background vocals
Konstantinos Papachristodoulou, Georgios Vlachopoulos, Apostolos Kalpakidis, Georgios Romiliotis – background vocals
Giorgos Theofanous – piano
Leonidas Tzitzos – keyboard
Giannis Grigoriou – bass
Grigoris Syntridis – drums, percussion
Phoebus Zacharopoulos – guitar
Stavros Papagiannopoulos – bouzouki, baglamas
Michalis Porfiris – cello
Alexandros Arkadopoulos – wind
Hercules Vavatsikas – accordion

Production and design

Giorgos Theofanous – producer
Leonidas Tzitzos – arranger and conductor
Ilias Lakkas – recording engineer in the studio "Odeon"
Babis Mpiris – recording engineer in the studio "Bikay"
Nikolas Ntimas – recording engineer on track "Louloudas"
Giota Efthimiou – artwork

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[3]

References

^ Song cycle: CHOES (Μουσικό έργο: ΧΟΕΣ) – 3/18/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)
^ Collectible CD: CHOES (Συλλεκτικό CD: ΧΟΕΣ) – 3/19/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)
^ ^a ^b Liner notes, Giorgos Theofanous – Choës, Radio Proto – I Simerini, 2015
^ Address by the President of the Republic of Cyprus – CHOES (Χαιρετισμός του ΠτΔ – ΧΟΕΣ) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine at Republic of Cyprus – Press and Information Office, 3/27/2015 (in greek)
^ In a climate of emotion was held the presentation of CHOES (Σε κλίμα συγκίνησης η παρουσίαση του ΧΟΕΣ) – 3/27/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)
^ Tribute to the heroes of EOKA (Φόρος τιμής στους ήρωες της ΕΟΚΑ) at Sigmalive.com, 3/28/2015 (in greek)

[1] Song cycle: CHOES (Μουσικό έργο: ΧΟΕΣ) – 3/18/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)

[2] Collectible CD: CHOES (Συλλεκτικό CD: ΧΟΕΣ) – 3/19/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)

[Theofanous,_Choes_2015-3] Liner notes, Giorgos Theofanous – Choës, Radio Proto – I Simerini, 2015

[4] Address by the President of the Republic of Cyprus – CHOES (Χαιρετισμός του ΠτΔ – ΧΟΕΣ) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine at Republic of Cyprus – Press and Information Office, 3/27/2015 (in greek)

[5] In a climate of emotion was held the presentation of CHOES (Σε κλίμα συγκίνησης η παρουσίαση του ΧΟΕΣ) – 3/27/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)

[6] Tribute to the heroes of EOKA (Φόρος τιμής στους ήρωες της ΕΟΚΑ) at Sigmalive.com, 3/28/2015 (in greek)

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