Armenia is Vasilis Papakonstantinou's second album. It was somewhat a departure from his debut and a return to the more politically oriented song cycles recorded with Mikis Theodorakis and Thomas Bakalakos. Instead of interpreting the songs of a known composer, however, in this album Papakonstantinou chose to record a series of traditional songs from Armenia with a political-revolutionary content. The lyrics were freely translated and adapted to Greek by the well-known lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos and the music was arranged and conducted by Tzik Nakasian.[1]

Armenia
Studio album by
Released1979
StudioStudio ERA, Athens
LabelMINOS
ProducerHaris Tsakmatsian
Vasilis Papakonstantinou chronology
Vasilis Papakonstantinou
(1978)
Armenia
(1979)
Atreides
(1980)

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Matomeno lavaro [Airounot Trosh]"trad. arr. Lefteris Papadopoulostrad.2:38
2."Vrontisan ta volia [Kntag vorodats]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.2:28
3."Thrinos gia ton Fenta Kery [Kery]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.3:35
4."Pligomenos Feda [Verkerov li tchan Feda]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.2:55
5."Feda [Fedai]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.5:10
6."Armeniko choma [Armenian]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.1:47
7."Xypna lae [Zardir lao]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.2:01
8."Bank Otoman [Bank Otoman]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.2:30
9."Zito zito [Houra-Houra]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.2:16
10."Empros ethnomartyres [Haratch nahadak]"trad. arr. Papadopoulostrad.2:20

References

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  1. ^ Vasilis Papakonstantinou - Armenia, Minos A.X. 100, 1979.