A rare live recording from a concert in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) in january 1972. I have taken the english translation from the book sold at that concerttour (Theodorakis conducts Theodorakis)
There is one line I couldn't find in the translation.

This song is one of the group of Arkadies that Theodorakis wrote during his banishment to the little town of Zatouna. Its unknown to most people and has (for as far as I know) only had one official recording in 1973, also with Maria Farantouri. Dalaras sang it on a tour with Mikis and the late Maria Dimitriadi.

This recording however is (in my humble opinion) far the better of these three. The official Farantouri recording and my Dalaras bootleg one suffer from a tempo which is driven too high and too monotonous. Here the music is allowed to breath and gradually builds up to a powerful climax.
Farantouri is absolutely amazing in this recording. And the melodic basslines of Yiannis Petropoulakis create harmonies that complement her singing to perfection.

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