Subways Music presents the song cycle "Grafomena" (=written) . These are musical compositions by Iossif Valette based on selections of poems from the poetry collection of the same name by Elena Kyritsi, released in 1995 by Paratiritis publications. The voice is performed by soprano Myra Milolidaki.
The songs on the record represented the Greek song at the 1999 Biennale of New Composers in Rome (Biennale dei Giovani Artisti dell' Europa e del Mediterraneo), performed by the music ensemble Proti Praxi - a group of talented performers who collaborated to present the work. In 2003 the first recordings were completed, which continued in 2012 and 2016 with revisions to the orchestration and the addition of a prologue and an epilogue.
Compositions:
Prologue
My love
It's wrong, I'm elsewhere
I remembered a sea
Yesterday suddenly
The life
Nothing is enough for me
When I burn out
Pierrot Lunaire
Believe
Where are you going;
Epilogue
Musicians participating:
Petros Metallinos - flute
Yannis Sambrovalakis - clarinet
Stella Arabatzoglou - saxophone
Kostas Karasavvidis - percussion
Katerina Lekka - accordion
Xenia Tseliga - bayan
Michalis Kontaxakis - guitar
Evangelia Kiosoglou - harp
Iossif Valette - piano
Michalis Kolokotronis - violin
Giorgos Arnis - double bass
Contributors:
The recordings:
Glam Studios (2003)
Final Sound Studio (2016) - Nikos Mermigas & Barrice Sobolev
SAE Studios (2012) - Giannis Malafis
D.K. Studio (2014) - Kostas Karasavvidis
Epilogue Mix: Vangelis Sapounas
Mixing & sound design: Joseph Vallet
Mastering: Vangelis Sapounas
Cover design: Elena Kyritsis
Artwork booklet: Katerina Hondrogianni
Produced by: Subways Music - Sophocles Sapounas
Production Associate: Anna Eleftherou
Copyright: Sophocles Sapounas - Erateio Odeon
