East of the Aegean Suite for cello and piano
Editor: Schmiedt, Henning
Instrument: cello and piano
Publisher: Schott Music
Song List:
Mia Thalassa gemati mousiki (A Sea Full of Music) - I mera svini (The Day Ends) - Ta thalassina malia sou (Your Sea Hair) - I ora tis fotias (The Hour of Fire) - Mousiki earini (Spring Music) - I thalassa se per imeni (The Sea Awaits You) - Ke se agapo sto atelioto mesomeri (And I Love You in the Endless Noon Hour) - Orgono ta nera (I Ply the Waters) - Oso diarki i thalassa (As Long as the Sea Lasts) - Mousikes thalassines (Songs of the Sea) - O kiklos tou nerou (The Circle of Water) - Hromata thalassina (Colours of the Sea) - Figi niherini (Night Flight) - I rithmi ton kimaton (The Rhythm of the Waves) - To mistiriako Ai gaio (The Mystic Aegean) - Ta potamia tou kormiou sou (The Rivers of your Body) - Eripia bizantina (Bizantine Ruins) - I patimasies tou iliou (The Footprints of the Sun) - I pothi anavoun (Desires Ignite) - Me ti mousiki ton neron (With the Music of the Water) - Anemos kaftos, loulianos (Burning July Wind)
The 21 miniatures for violoncello and piano by Mikis Theodorakis, based on one of his famous song cycles, are a declaration of love to his origins, the 'East of the Aegean', the islands of Chios, Lesbos and Icaria. The charming pieces appear like reflections on one's own existence, like individual postcards or sketches of a painter. Already released as CD on the label Intuition, 'East of the Aegean' is a great album with melodies full of love and anticipatory remembrance.