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12-String
Amanes 12-string guitar
instrumental
Genre: ethnic
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12-string Guitar Works |
Fading
world 12-string guitar
instrumental
Genre: classical
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BE A MASTER OF YOUR FATE!
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A
treatise on achieving success Genre: ethnic
Arrangement: electric
guitar, ethnic percussion,
vocals,
bass, drums, keyboard.
Lyrical
subject: ''..there is no
right, there is no wrong! There's only means to get
along!...''
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Mass insanity |
Alcaeus:
Winter
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Alcaeus (6th cent. BC).
Original music by Ioannidis.
Arrangement: vocals,
nay, kithara
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Alcman:
Bucolic
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Alcman (7th cent. BC).
Original music by Ioannidis.
Arrangement: vocals,
flogera, nay, percussion
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
All
generations Selected verses of an early Christian hymn (still chanted
on Good Friday in the Greek Orthodox Church)
Language: Greek
Arrangement: vocals,
bells
Lyrical subject: Christ's
burial
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Music and Religion |
Alleluia Gregorian chant
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Music and Religion |
Anacreon:
My lyre sings only songs of love
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Anacreon
(582-485 BC).
Original music by Ioannidis.
Arrangement:
vocals, kithara
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Archilochos:
Oh soul
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Archilochos (7th cent. BC).
Original music by Ioannidis.
Arrangement: vocals,
flogera, various ethnic percussion
Lyrical subject:
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Aren’t you fed up? Genre: ethnic rock
Arrangement: variations
of solo electric guitar performances ranging from
metallic to imitating bagpipes, vocals, Greek folk percussion, bass
Lyrical subject: a call for rebellion against an
inadequate political system, fighting statism, and
adopting global thinking and acting.
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AREN'T YOU FED UP? |
Bacchylides:
Great gifts, peace brings
to mortals
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Bacchylides (5th cent. BC).
Original music by Ioannidis.
Arrangement:
guitar,
vocals, nay
Lyrical subject:
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Be
a master of your fate!
Genre:
classical
Arrangement:
12-string guitar, electric guitar,
vocals, drums, bass, keyboard
Lyrical subject: the need for social and political
change, not by means of mass struggle but by a change in
the mentality and attitudes of individuals.
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Crown of thorns
and Doxastikon Byzantine
chant
Language: Greek
Arrangement:
vocal
Lyrical subject:
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Music and Religion |
Domination
theory
Genre:
ethnic
Arrangement:
fretless electric
guitar, vocals, bass, ethnic percussion -defi, tumbeleki,
darabuka (Greek tsifteteli folk rhythm)
Lyrical subject:
the domination of the intellectual community by the
perceptions of leftist cultural theorists, which legalize
the keeping of
society hostage to the
choices of the manipulated, ignorant masses.
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Mass insanity |
English
suite-Electric
Electric guitar instrumental
Genre: classical-rock
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The rock collection |
Ever
Sui generis. Elements
of religious Byzantine music and classical
Arrangement:
vocals, violin, keyboard.
Lyrical subject:
contemplation on the eternal forces behind human misery:
ignorance, passiveness, and fatalism.
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First Delphic Hymn to Apollo
Extant ancient Greek hymn by Athenaeus (127 BC).
Original arrangement by Ioannidis.
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Music and Religion |
Gloria
in excelsis deo
Gregorian chant - Language: Latin
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Music and Religion |
Hesiod:
Rough is the road to happiness
Ancient
Greek (700 BC)
Original music by Ioannidis.
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Homer:
Iliad - Sing oh goddess the perilous
wrath of Achilles
Prooimion (the opening) of Iliad
Original music by Ioannidis
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Homer:
Odyssey - Calypso and Ulysses
Verses 203-210 from
Rhapsodia E of Homer's Odyssey.Original
music by Ioannidis.
Arrangement: guitar, vocals
Lyrical subject: Goddess
Calypso is trying to persuade Ulysses to stay with her.
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Hymn to Nemesis
Extant ancient Greek hymn by Mesomedes (1st c. AD)
Original arrangement by Ioannidis.
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Music and Religion |
Hymn
to the Holy Trinity
Extant early Christian hymn (Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1786) by
Anonymous 2nd-3rd century AD
Language: Greek
Arrangement: vocals,
ancient kithara
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Music and Religion |
Ie paean and
Orphic Hymn to Nature ancient Greek hymns set to music by Ioannidis
Arrangement:
ancient kithara,
vocals, nay, percussion
Lyrical subject:
Selected verses from a text which is
not just a hymn, but also a great philosophical text
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Music and Religion |
Invocation of Calliope and Apollo
Extant ancient Greek hymn by Mesomedes (1st c. AD)
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Music and Religion |
Jamming
12-string guitar
instrumental
Arrangement: 12-string
guitar, percussion, keyboard
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12-string Guitar Works |
Kamikaze
Genre: Ethnic-Rock
Arrangement: electric
guitar, vocals, bass, drums, djembe, keyboard
Lyrical subject: the waste of life in the name of
religions and ideologies
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Mass insanity |
Keep
paying, you moron!
Arrangement:
electric
guitar, vocals, violin, Cretan lyra, keyboard, drums,
various percussion.
Lyrical subject:
the responsibility of the taxpayer in the perpetuation of
nationalistic division of the world and parasitism.
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Mass insanity |
Kyrie
eleison
Byzantine chant - Language: Greek
Arrangement: vocals
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Music and Religion |
Kyrie
eleison
Gregorian chant -Language: Greek
Arrangement:
vocals
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Music and Religion |
Looking
for something to believe in
Arrangement:
12string guitar imitating in some parts of
the song the sound of Greek folk instruments, such as
bouzouki, lute etc, violin, cello, Greek folk percussion
(daouli and tumbeleki)
Rhythm: Greek folk rhythm
Lyrical subject: the
search of new ideals in a decaying world.
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BE A MASTER OF YOUR FATE!
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Madalena
Electric guitar instrumental
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Mass
insanity
Genre:
Sui generis
Arrangement: 12-string guitar, classical guitar, vocals, drums, bass, vocals.
Lyrical
subject: questioning of the whole mentality and
morality of modern society, which by
banning creativity,
promoting mediocrity,
and indirectly supporting
barbarity, is leading humanity towards extinction.
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Mass insanity |
Mimnermos:
Short-lived is treasured youth
ancient Greek lyrical poetry (7th cent. BC)
Arrangement: electric guitar, cello,
vocals nay
Lyrical subject: the escape from the
neurosis of modern life and the pursuit of happiness in
simple life.
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Minor
to major
12-string guitar
instrumental (ethnic)
Arrangement: electric guitar, cello,
vocals bass
Lyrical subject: the escape from the
neurosis of modern life and the pursuit of happiness in
simple life.
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12-string Guitar Works |
My
life a race
Arrangement: electric guitar, cello,
vocals,
Lyrical subject: the escape from the
neurosis of modern life and the pursuit of happiness in
simple life.
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BE A MASTER OF YOUR FATE!
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My
life a race
12-string guitar
instrumental (classical)
Arrangement:
keyboard strings
Lyrical subject:
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12-string Guitar Works |
Nos autem gloriari
Gregorian chant -Language: Latin
Arrangement: electric guitar, cello,
vocals
Lyrical subject: the escape from the
neurosis of modern life and the pursuit of happiness in
simple life.
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Music and Religion |
Oedipus
Rex
English version of Sophocles' tragedy: Oedipus the king
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OPERA: OEDIPUS REX |
Oh Pure Virgin!
Modern arrangement of a Byzantine hymn to Virgin Mary attributed to
Saint Nectarios
Language: Greek
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Music and Religion |
Orphic hymn:
In praise of Justice
Ancient Greek
hymn to Dike, the goddess of Justice.
Original music by IOANNIDIS
Arrangement: guitar, vocals
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Pain
electric guitar instrumental
Genre: sui generis
Arrangement: electric guitar,
keyboard, vocals
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Peripatetic
12-string guitar
instrumental
Genre: ethnic
Arrangement: 12-string guitar, bass,
percussion
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12-string Guitar Works |
Poor
generation Genre: ethnic-rock
(Greek zebekiko rhythm )
Arrangement: electric
guitar, bass, drums, vocals, keyboard
Lyrical subject: cultural and moral decadence, and the
need for new ideals and new direction
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Mass insanity |
Running
and confusion 12-string guitar
instrumental
Genre: ethnic
Arrangement: 12-string guitar, bass, percussion
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12-string Guitar Works |
Sappho:
Ode to Aphrodite
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Sappho
(610-580 BC).
Original music by IOANNIDIS
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Simonides:
Danae
and Perseus.
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Simonides (6th cent. BC).
Original music by IOANNIDIS
Arrangement: vocals,
guitar
Lyrical subject:
Sweet and sad lullaby based on the well
known myth of the baby Perseus and his mother Danae
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Simonides:
There is a saying about virtue
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Simonides (6th cent. BC).
Original music by IOANNIDIS
Arrangement:
vocals, kithara
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Sleep!
Genre:
blend of genres (classical, pop)
Arrangement: Classical guitar, violin, vocals
Lyrical subject: a lullaby for grown ups
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BE A MASTER OF YOUR FATE!
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So
you’ve been told Genre:
blend of genres (classical, rock)
Arrangement: classical guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums,
vocals
Lyrical subject: the role of religions,
ideologies and value systems in environmental
destruction.
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Solon:
Eunomia
Ancient Greek
lyrical poem by Solon (630-560 BC).
Original music by IOANNIDIS
Language: Greek
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Surah
Baqarah Quranic chant
Language: Arabic
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Music and Religion |
Surah Fatiha
(The
opening) Quranic chant
Language: Arabic
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Music and Religion |
The
most spoken word 12-string guitar instrumental
Genre:
blend of genres (classical, rock, pop)
Arrangement: 12-string guitar, bass, keyboard
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12-string Guitar Works |
The
visionary
Genre:
blend of genres (classical, rock, pop)
Arrangement: electric guitar, violin, cello, vocals, keyboard.
Lyrical
subject: praising those who envision a different
world and use their art to break barriers and build bridges.
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BE A MASTER OF YOUR FATE!
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Those
with a brain Genre:
classical rock
Arrangement: electric
guitar, piano, drums, bass, vocals
Lyrical subject:
a cry for escape from the dominion of the
ignorant, the cheap, the fake, the begging, and the sick.
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AREN'T YOU FED UP? |
Threnos
12-string
guitar instrumental
Genre: (sui generis)
Arrangement: 12-string guitar,
Cretan lyra, nay, flogera, percussion
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12-string Guitar Works |
To
be or not to be
Genre:
Rock ballad
Arrangement:
electric guitar, vocals,
bass, drums, keyboard, Korean cymbal
Lyrical subject:
philosophizing about the meaning of life.
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Mass insanity |
To
our defender general
Byzantine hymn to Virgin Mary
(6th century AD)
Language: Greek
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Music and Religion |
Tyrtaeus: Spartan march
Ancient Paean attributed to Tyrtaeus (7th cent. BC).
Original music by IOANNIDIS
Arrangement: Vocals, Drum
and Zournas (Greek wind instrument in place of ancient Aulos)
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The Music of Ancient Greeks |
Waltz
on ice 12-string guitar instrumental
Genre: classical.
Arrangement: 12-string guitar, Cretan lyra,
keyboard,
vocals
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12-string Guitar Works |
When
the thief accuses you of cheating
Genre:
Sui generis
Arrangement: fretless
electric guitar, electric guitar, vocals, bass, keyboard,
drums, bongo, tympani, various other percussion.
Lyrical subject: ...how brain-washed need someone be
to perceive paranoia as reason?
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Mass insanity |
Who
can save you from yourself? Genre:
Sui generis
Arrangement:
vocals, electric guitar, keyboard, bass, bells.
Lyrical
subject: the need for liberation
from ideological fixations that prevent society from
adapting to its present environment.
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Mass insanity |
Wish
I could change it all
Genre:
Rock ballad
Arrangement: Electric
guitar, violin, cello, bass, vocals.
Lyrical subject:
the quest for serenity in an age of confusion and neurosis.
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AREN'T YOU FED UP? |