To Axion Esti
by Mikis Theodorakis
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1964
- Label: His Master's Voice
- Country: Greece
- Community rating: 4.35/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'To Axion Esti', Theodorakis's popular oratorio on Odysseas Elytis's poem, was premiered at Athens's Rex Theatre with Grigoris Bithikotsis as folk singer, Theodoros Dimitrief as cantor and Manos Katrakis as reader. Elytis's poem, published in 1959 and winner of the First State Poetry Prize, is structured in three parts modelled on the Byzantine liturgy, and the recording became the composer's most commercially successful work.
Genres
Descriptors: choral, orchestral, male-vocals, spirituality, long-form
Tracklist
- 1. Η Γένεσις (Genesis)
- α) Ιδού Εγώ Λοιπόν (Idou Ego Lipon)
- β) Η Πορεία Προς Το Μέτωπο (I Poria Pros To Metopo)
- γ) Ένα Το Χελιδόνι (Ena To Helidoni)
- δ) Τα Θεμέλειά Μου Στα Βουνά (Ta Themelia Mou Sta Vouna)
- ε) Με Το Λύχνο Του Άστρου (Me To Lihno Tou Astrou)
- ζ) Η Μεγάλη Έξοδος (I Megali Exodos)
- η) Της Δικαιοσύνης Ήλιε Νοητέ (Tis Dikeosinis Ilie Noite)
- θ) Ναοί Στο Σχήμα Τ' Ουρανού (Nai Sto Shima Tou Ouranou)
- ι) Της Αγάπης Αίματα (Tis Agapis Emata)
- κ) Ναοί Στο Σχήμα Τ' Ουρανού (Nai Sto Shima Tou Ouranou)
- λ) Προφητικόν (Profitikon)
- μ) Ανοίγω Το Στόμα Μου (Anigo To Stoma Mou)
- ν) Σε Χώρα Μακρυνή (Se Hora Makrini)
- 3. Το Άξιον Εστί (To Axion Esti)
Credits
- Mikis Theodorakis - primary artist, composed by, conductor
- Οδυσσέας Ελύτης - primary artist, lyrics by
- Γιώργος Βίτσος - lacquer cut by [uncredited]
- Μάνος Κατράκης - voice actor, read by
- Yannis Tsarouchis - artwork
- Nicos Despotidis - engineer
- Νίκος Κανελλόπουλος - engineer