THE ROSES OF PIERIA (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY ANCIENT GREEK LYRIC POETRY)

1. Introduction (1:10)
2. Lament (4:41)
3. The Roses Of Pieria (6:32)
4. Spring Angel (4:36)
5. Intermedio (I. Part One) (0:44)
6. A Friend Far Away In A Foreign Land (5:22)
7. Intermedio (II. Part Two) (0:38)
8. The Shield (4:04)
9. Intermedio (III. Part Three) (2:27)
10. Come Here From Crete (5:58)
11. Intermedio (IV. Part Four) (1:06)
12. My Soul (4:44)
13. Some Speak Of Sailors (4:54)
14. Intermedio (V. Part Five) (2:21)
15. Intermedio (VI. Part Six) (0:38)
16. The City And The Tyrants (5:11)
17. Paean For Peace (6:33)
18. Intermedio (VII. Part Seven) (1:35)
19. Intermedio (VIII. Part Eight) (0:31)
20. The Sleep Of Nature (3:29)
21. The Stars (I. Part One) (3:42)
22. The Stars (II. Part Two) (3:42)

Total Time 74:38

- Yiorgos Simatos / electric, acoustic, 12 string guitar
- Yiannis Grigoriou / electric bass
- Yiorgos Chitzis / drums
- Socratis Anthis / trumpet
- Kyriakos Gouventas / pontiac lyre, kemane, percussion
- Thomas Drosos / clarinet
- Zacharias Spyridakis / cretan lyre
- Stelios Petrakis / cretan lyre
- Yiannis Papayiannis / oboe, english horn
- Kosmas Kokolis / 3-string custom instrument
- Yannis Glezos / orchestrations, piano, vocals (22)

CD, Musea Records, 2013

Instrumental (partly re-recorded) versions of the 2006 release ''Ta Roda tis Pierias''

Composed by Yiannis Glezos
Recordings were made in Paraktio Studio by Yiorgos Simatos and in Arion-Diaulos Studio by Nikos Pitloglou
Mixing, Mastering by Nikos Pitloglou (Arion Music)
Paintings by Heva Coomans, Gustave Moreau and Charis Tsekoura
Artwork supervisor: [email protected]