In Blue and White – Erato Alakiozidou (Piano)

Contents

Nasopoulou: Hidden City: Olinda

Antoniou: Seven Rhythmic Dances (Excerpt)

Koumendakis: Three Mediterranean Herbs – Mediterranean Desert: Thyme

George Couroupos: Three Times the Love, Op. 43: 1 / 8 with Passion

Koumendakis: Three Mediterranean Herbs – Mediterranean Desert: Mint

Kostas Siempis: Chorales in Memory

Costas Tsougras: Three Stylistic Studies: To Endeka (Eleven) – Study on Yannis Constantinidis

Nasopoulou: Ochto

Koumendakis: Three Mediterranean Herbs – Mediterranean Desert: Sage

Stathis Gyftakis: First Dream

The music chosen by pianist Erato Alakiozidou for her new album, In Blue and White, represents a spiritual journey of self-discovery.

Alakiozidou has arranged these works by Greek composers to create a musical and emotional journey for the listener. The works range from the abstract, such as the Piano Pieces by Anastassis Philippakopoulos, to the metaphysical, in the dream-pieces of Stathis Gyftakis and the evocative, with Mediterranean flora and fauna conjured up in Mediterranean Desert by Giorgos Koumendakis.

Erato Alakiozidou was born in Greece and, from her home in Thessaloniki, has been active in commissioning, promoting and performing Greek contemporary music for 20 years. She believes passionately in the capacity for Greek music in all its quality and variety to find a wider international audience.