Choës
Choës is the name of a studio album by Greek-Cypriot composer and producer Giorgos Theofanous. It was released on March 29, 2015 by Radio Proto in a special edition as a covermount with the Sunday edition of the Cypriot newspaper Simerini in Cyprus, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the EOKA Cyprus Liberation Struggle.
The album includes poems by the Cypriot poet and former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus Claire Angelides about the heroes of EOKA, that were set to music by Giorgos Theofanous and interpreted by Greek popular singers Marinella, Kostas Makedonas and Dimos Anastasiadis. The presentation of the album was held at the Imprisoned Graves, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, on March 27, 2015.Track listing
- "Fones iroon" – 2:32
- "I iroes" – 3:06
- "Dio Despines " – 4:20
- "Simeoforos " – 3:22
- "I istoria tou, mikri " – 3:08
- "Zeibekiko " – 3:31
- "Stous Tesseris tou Achirona " – 4:50
- "Charontas " – 3:08
- "O megalos nekros mas " – 3:09
- "Mana " – 4:45
- "Louloudas " – 3:17
- "Beethoven " – 2:35
- "Esy anevikes ta skalopatia… " – 4:50
- "Defte lavete Fos" – 3:22
;Personnel
- Marinella - vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7 and 10
- Kostas Makedonas - vocals on tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 and 13, background vocals on track "Stous Tesseris tou Achirona"
- Dimos Anastasiadis - vocals on tracks 5, 9 and 12
- Giorgis Tsouris - narrative
- Marina Verzanli - vocals on track "Louloudas"
- Evangelos Drouzas - vocals on track "Defte lavete Fos", background vocals
- Konstantinos Papachristodoulou, Georgios Vlachopoulos, Apostolos Kalpakidis, Georgios Romiliotis - background vocals
- Giorgos Theofanous - piano
- Leonidas Tzitzos - keyboard
- Giannis Grigoriou - bass
- Grigoris Syntridis - drums, percussion
- Phoebus Zacharopoulos - guitar
- Stavros Papagiannopoulos - bouzouki, baglamas
- Michalis Porfiris - cello
- Alexandros Arkadopoulos - wind
- Hercules Vavatsikas - accordion
;Production and design
- Giorgos Theofanous - producer
- Leonidas Tzitzos - arranger and conductor
- Ilias Lakkas - recording engineer in the studio "Odeon"
- Babis Mpiris - recording engineer in the studio "Bikay"
- Nikolas Ntimas - recording engineer on track "Louloudas"
- Giota Efthimiou - artwork
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.