Tragoudia Gia Tous Mines
Studio album by
Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Released1996
GenreEntechno, laiko, demotic
Length50:00
LabelPolyGram Greece, Polydor
Eleftheria Arvanitaki chronology
Megales Epityhies
(1995)		 Tragoudia Gia Tous Mines
(1996)		 Ektos Programmatos
(1998)

Tragoudia Gia Tous Mines (Songs For The Months; Greek: Τραγούδια Για Τους Μήνες) is an album by popular Greek artist Eleftheria Arvanitaki and it was released in 1996. It was written and arranged by Dimitris Papadimitriou and the lyrics are poems by Sappho, Maria Polydouri, Kostas Karyotakis, Odysseas Elytis and Michalis Ganas,[1] as well as traditional couplets. It sold over 60,000 copies in Greece and was certified Platinum. The vinyl collector's edition release of the album was in the form of a small record player.[2] The CD album's package and the disk itself featured extensive artwork[3] following mostly a theme on the sky and the constellations.

Track listing

  1. "Proti Isimeria" - First Equinox - "Πρώτη Ισημερία" - Orchestral; Thymios Papadopoulos in solo flute
  2. "Sappho" - Sappho - "Σαπφώ" - Rendition of a Sappho's poem by Sotiris Kakisis
  3. "Taximi" - Taqsim - "Ταξίμι" - Achilleas Persides in solo laouto
  4. "Lianotragoudo" - Demotic distich song - "Λιανοτράγουδο" - Lyrics by Michalis Ganas
  5. "Sou To' Pa Gia Ta Syneffa" - I told you about the clouds - "Σου το'πα για τα σύννεφα" - Poem by Elytis
  6. "Den Tragoudo Para Giati M' Agapises" - I only sing because you loved me - "Δεν τραγουδώ παρά γιατί μ'αγάπησες" - Poem by Polydouri
  7. "To Parapono"- The Plaint - "Το παράπονο" - Poem by Elytis; also singing: Giorgos Makras
  8. "Pame Ksana Sta Thavmata" - Let's go again to the miracles - "Πάμε ξανά στα θαύματα" - Lyrics by Ganas
  9. "O Agamemnon" - Agamemnon - "Ο Αγαμέμνων" - Poem by Elytis;[4] also singing: Makras
  10. "Defteri Isimeria" - Second Equinox - "Δεύτερη Ισημερία" - Orchestral
  11. "Ola Ta Pire To Kalokairi" - Summer has taken everything - "Όλα τα πήρε το καλοκαίρι" - Poem by Elytis
  12. "Se Palaio Symfoititi" - To an old fellow student - "Σε παλαιό συμφοιτητή" - Poem by Karyotakis
  13. "Mavra Pionia" - Black Pawns - "Μαύρα Πιόνια" - Lyrics by Ganas
  14. "Tou Pothou To Agrimi" - Lust's wild beast - "Του πόθου τ'αγρίμι" - Lyrics by Ganas
  15. "San Tin Agapi Tin Krifi" - Like the hidden love - "Σαν την αγάπη την κρυφή" - Demotic distichs

References

  1. ↑ "Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη: Από την Οπισθοδρομική Κομπανία στις μεγαλύτερες σκηνές του κόσμου". Ta Nea (in Greek). 28 October 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Thanasis Gioglou (July 6, 2012). Παπαδημητρίου & Αρβανιτάκη - «Τραγούδια για τους μήνες» (in Greek). ogdoo.gr.
  3. ↑ Elsa Grapsa. Τραγούδια για τους Μήνες (1997) (in Greek). in.gr.
  4. ↑ Καγκελάρης, Ν. Ι. (2020), "Ο Αγαμέμνων του Οδυσσέα Ελύτη και η μελοποίησή του από τον Δημήτρη Παπαδημητρίου", στο Πρακτικά Διεθνούς Επιστημονικής Ημερίδας: Η Πρόσληψη της Κλασικής Λογοτεχνίας στη Σύγχρονη Στιχουργική , Αθήνα: ΕΚΠΑ, σσ. 38-60.
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