Choës

Choës (Greek: Χοές; English: Libations) is the name of a studio album by Greek-Cypriot composer and producer Giorgos Theofanous. It was released on March 29, 2015 by Radio Proto in a special edition as a covermount with the Sunday edition of the Cypriot newspaper Simerini in Cyprus, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the EOKA Cyprus Liberation Struggle (1955 - 1959).[1][2]

Choes
Studio album by
Giorgos Theofanous
ReleasedMarch 29, 2015 (Cyprus)
RecordedAthens, studio Odeon, studio Bi-Kay
GenreWorld music, Folk, Modern Laika
Length47:55
LanguageGreek, Cypriot Greek
LabelRadio Proto, Simerini
ProducerGiorgos Theofanous
Giorgos Theofanous chronology
Tragoudo To Nisi Mou
(2014)		 Choes
(2015)

The album includes poems by the Cypriot poet and former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus Claire Angelides about the heroes of EOKA, that were set to music by Giorgos Theofanous and interpreted by Greek popular singers Marinella, Kostas Makedonas and Dimos Anastasiadis.[3] The presentation of the album was held at the Imprisoned Graves, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades,[4] on March 27, 2015.[5][6]

Track listing
  1. "Fones iroon" (Φωνές ηρώων; Heroes' voices) – 2:32
  2. "I iroes" (Οι ήρωες; The heroes) – 3:06
  3. "Dio Despines (Markos Drakos)" (Δυο Δέσποινες; Two Despinas) – 4:20
  4. "Simeoforos (Petrakis Giallouros)" (Σημαιοφόρος; Standard bearer) – 3:22
  5. "I istoria tou, mikri (Andreas Paraskevas)" (Η ιστορία του, μικρή; His story was short) – 3:08
  6. "Zeibekiko (Andreas Panayidis)" (Ζεϊμπέκικο) – 3:31
  7. "Stous Tesseris tou Achirona (Andreas Karyos, Elias Papakyriakou, Fotis Pittas, Christos Samaras)" (Στους Τέσσερις του Αχυρώνα; Dedicated to the Four of Achirona) – 4:50
  8. "Charontas (Michalis Karaolis)" (Χάροντας; Charon) – 3:08
  9. "O megalos nekros mas (Michalakis Paridis)" (Ο μεγάλος νεκρός μας; Our Great dead) – 3:09
  10. "Mana (Loukia Papageorgiou)" (Μάνα; Mother) – 4:45
  11. "Louloudas (Dimitrakis Dimitriou)" (Λουδουδάς; Florist) – 3:17
  12. "Beethoven (Andreas Zakos)" (Μπετόβεν) – 2:35
  13. "Esy anevikes ta skalopatia… (Evagoras Pallikaridis)" (Εσύ ανέβηκες τα σκαλοπάτια; You have climbed the stairs) – 4:50
  14. "Defte lavete Fos" (Δεύτε λάβετε Φως; Come receive the Light) – 3:22

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

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gollark: Hmm, zig error handling seems fairly okay ish.
gollark: Cross-platform SIMD stuff is a nice idea too.
gollark: Yes, but that's what you'll use for testing.
gollark: Hmm, I do like that it actually has warnings about undefined behavior instead of just "haha your program does not work now".

References
  1. Song cycle: CHOES (Μουσικό έργο: ΧΟΕΣ) - 3/18/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)
  2. Collectible CD: CHOES (Συλλεκτικό CD: ΧΟΕΣ) - 3/19/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)
  3. Liner notes, Giorgos Theofanous - Choës, Radio Proto - I Simerini, 2015
  4. Address by the President of the Republic of Cyprus - CHOES (Χαιρετισμός του ΠτΔ - ΧΟΕΣ) at Republic of Cyprus - Press and Information Office, 3/27/2015 (in greek)
  5. In a climate of emotion was held the presentation of CHOES (Σε κλίμα συγκίνησης η παρουσίαση του ΧΟΕΣ) - 3/27/2015 at Sigmalive.com (in greek)
  6. Tribute to the heroes of EOKA (Φόρος τιμής στους ήρωες της ΕΟΚΑ) at Sigmalive.com, 3/28/2015 (in greek)
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