The Voice Of Greece

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The overexposure of Nana Mouskouri the world over has obscured the genuine quality of some of her work, particularly in her earlier years. This 27-track, 79-minute U.K. compilation is a good place to start for English-speaking audiences interested in getting material from her formative recordings in bulk. Recorded entirely in Greece (and sung entirely in Greek) between 1958 and 1960, it's an impressive and at times exhilarating survey of the era, as interesting for the songs and arrangements as for her singing. Her vocals are, to be sure, an important part of the music, drawing from her classical training but delivered with a measured, somewhat melancholy emotion. The material is wildly eclectic, yet in an understated and effective fashion, drawing from varying doses of classical, Greek folk, European pop, jazz, soundtrack music, and even bossa nova. For all the bittersweet sentimentality of many of the tunes, the arrangements are not bloated or overdone, imaginatively complementing the compositions' and vocalist's strengths. While only one of these ("Never on a Sunday," here titled "Ta Pedia Tou Pirea") might be familiar to global audiences, virtually everything is highly worthwhile and affecting. The liner notes, though containing a fair summary of Mouskouri's career, could have had more specific details about the tracks on this particular compilation. But as an anthology documenting her origins as a recording star, it's an excellent value. ~ Richie Unterberger

CD 1:THE VOICE OF GREECE
1. XYPNA AGAPI MOU (WAKE UP MY LOVE)
2. ILISSOS (RIVER ILISSUS)
3. MIA SINNEFIA (CLOUDY SKY)
4. ERINI (IRENE)
5. KANELA-KANELORIZA (ON THE WATERFRONT)
6. TA PEDIA TOU PIREA (THE CHILDREN OF PIRAEUS) AKA NEVERON A SUNDAY
7. TO TRAGOUDI TIS KHALIMAS (THE SONG OF KHALIMA)
8. SAN PARAMITHI SAN ISTORIA (LIKE A TALE)
9. KONTESSA KONESSINA MOU (MY COUNTESS)
10. I VROCHOULA (THE RAIN)
11. MIA MERA AKOMI (ONE MORE DAY)
12. ELA PARE MOU TI LIPI (TAKE MY SORROW AWAY)
13. I PRODOSIA (TREASON)
14. KATHE TRELLO PEDI (EVERY CRAZY BOY)
15. TO FENGARI INE KOKKINO (THE MOON IS RED)
16. XERO KAPIO ASTERI (THE LITTLE STAR)
17. TRIANTAFILO STO STITHOS (A ROSE ON THE CHEST)
18. I TIMORIA (THE PUNISHMENT)
19. O IMITTOS (MOUNT HIMMITOS)
20. HARTINO TO FENGARAKI (THE PAPER MOON)
21. GIA SENA TIN AGAPI MOU (MY LOVE IS FOR YOU)
22. O KARAGHIOZIS
23. KAPOU IPARHI AGAPI MOU (MY LOVE IS SOMEWHERE)
24. AGAPI POU EJINES DIKOPO MACHERI (LOVE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD)
25. MAZI ME SENA (TOGETHER)
26. FASCINATION
27. POTE TIN KYRIAKI (NEVER ON SUNDAY - MAIN TITLE) - ManosHadjidakis

CD 2:EPITAPHIOS
1. POU PETAXE T'AGORI MOU? (WHERE HAS MY SON GONE?)
2. CHILI MOU MOSCOMIRISTO (MY SWEET MOUTH)
3. MERA MAYOU (MAY DAY)
4. VASSILEPSES ASTERI MOU (FADING STAR)
5. ISSOUN KALOS (ISSOUN GLIKOS) (YOU WERE GOOD)
6. STO PARATHIRI STEKOSSOUN (YOU WERE STANDING BY THE WINDOW)
7. T'ATHANATO NERO (IF ONLY I HAD THE WATER OF LIFE)
8. GLIKE MOU ESSI (MY SWEET, YOU ARE NOT GONE)
9. VREXI STIN FTOXO GOTONIA
10. ENA TO CHELIDONI
11. I HARTAETI
MORE SONGS OF NANA'S HOMELAND
12. O KYR ANTONIS
13. KOURASMENO PALIKARI
14. XERO KAPIO STENO
15. TO MIKRO TO MAGAZI
16. TO TRAGOUDI TIS EURIDIKIS
17. TO KIPARISSAKI
18. I MANA MOU ME DERNEI (MY MOTHER BEATS ME)
19. ANNISTA MOU ANNOULA MOU (APOPSE SE THIMITHIKA)
20. PAME MIA VOLTA STO FENGARI
21. THALASSA PLATIA
22. PISSO AP' TIS TRIANDAFILES
23. LA LA LA
24. O KALOS KALO DEN EXI
25. BOUZOUKIA (FROM NEVER ON SUNDAY) - Manos Hadjidakis

CD 3:GREECE: DREAMLAND OF DESIRE (HELLAS I CHORA TONONIRON)
THE LAND
1. A LINDEN BRANCH - GURGLING WATER / FLOWERS, BIRDS,DEER / THE IMMORTAL STONE / THE RING OF SAINT JOHN (IN15/8)
2. TWO SMALL CYCLAMENS - IT WAS THE FACE OF MAY (SHOULDYOU THIRST FOR WATER) THE BLOOD OF BROOKS / ADONIS INTHE PATHS OF HELMOS RIVER / THE BANDITS SONG (IF YOUWHISTLE THREE TIMES)
3. YOUNG MOON - ATHENATHE AEGEAN
4. A PLUME OF BLUE SMOKE - A SHIP IS MOORING / MAN IN THECOURSE OF HIS MYSTERIOUS LIFE / THE OCEAN IS DEEP
5. AN OLD WINDMILL - FLOCKS OF SWALLOWS / THE GREATMONASTERY IN AMORGOS
6. ACROSS THE CUT REEDS - WITH THEIR COUNTRY TIED TOTHEIR SAILS (NOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FOREIGN LANDS)
7. ATHENS THEME
8. PELOPONNISSOS - MYSTRAS
9. PYLOS - METHONI - MANI
10. STREET IN THE MARKET
11. RIVERS AND BRIDGES
12. METEORA
13. DODONI PELLA
14. SOUNION - AEGEAN SEA
15. IOS - THEME FROM AEGEAN
16. SKYROS - SKOPELOS
17. RHODES - MIRAMARE
18. MYKONOS - WINDMILLS
19. IKARIA - KAMEROS - LINDOS
SELECTIONS FROM PASHALIES MESA APO TIN NEKRI GI (LILACS OUT OFTHE DEAD LAND) TRANSCRIPTION FOR SMALL ORCHESTRA (MANOSHADJIDAKIS)
20. FTOHO KOMBOLOGAKI MOU (WORRY BEADS)
21. PERIPATOS (BAXE TSIFLIKI)
22. TO DOMATIO ENAS PEDIOU (A CHLID`S BEDROOM)
23. ANDREAS ZEPOS (CAPTAIN ANDREAS ZEPOS)
24. ENA KORITSI APO TIN ALEXANDRIA (A GIRL FROM ALEXANDRIA)
25. I ORA APO TOU APOHERETISMOU (DANCE FROM THE DODECANESEISLANDS)
26. APO TIS ZEAS TO LIMANI (FROM THE HARBOUR OF ZEA)