To Hamogelo tis Tziokontas

by Manos Hadjidakis

To Hamogelo tis Tziokontas cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1965
  • Label: Fontana
  • Country: Greece
  • Length: 28:14

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in New York with Quincy Jones producing, the album is an orchestral cycle whose title translates as The Smile of the Gioconda. It followed its composer's Academy Award for 'Never on Sunday' by five years.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, melodic, suite, atmospheric, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Les Nuages (2:25)
  2. Le Soldat (2:54)
  3. The Virgin In My Neighborhood (2:55)
  4. Contessa Esterhazy (2:18)
  5. Rain (2:54)
  6. The Athletes (3:35)
  7. Le Concert (3:16)
  8. Mr. Noll (1:56)
  9. Portrait Of My Mother (2:39)
  10. The Killers (3:22)
  11. Lonesome Return
  12. Waltzing With My Shadow

Credits

  • Billy Byers - arranged by
  • Quincy Jones - producer

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