Yannis Markopoulos
Yannis Markopoulos was born in Crete in 1939, and he manifested his interest in music early in life -- by age eight, he was playing the mandolin, and at 13 he began studying the violin and the clarinet. Although he had some interest in politics and economics, and at one point seemed intent on pursuing a career encompassing those fields, music eventually won out, and he attended the Athens Conservatory, where he took up theory, harmony, and fugue. His career as a composer began in the early '60s as he began writing scores for movies, with Poia Einai I Margarita. The third movie he scored, Young Aphrodites (1963), ended up getting distribution in the United States on the art-house circuit. Following the establishment of the military dictatorship in Greece in 1967, Markopoulos moved to London, where he continued his music studies for three years. He returned to Greece in 1970 and began establishing himself as a popular composer. He became especially well known for his use of musical traditions drawn from his native Crete, and also for melding popular music with such traditional instruments as the lyre.
Markopoulos released a series of albums, including Rizitika and Ithagenia, that bridged the gap between modern and traditional influences, as well as settings for the poetry of George Seferis, and popular recordings with Vicky Moscholiou and Lakis Halkias. One of his most successful conceptual works was "The Free Besieged," which required an arena setting for its presentation of a text based on the work of Dionysios Solomos, the Greek national poet. During the 1980s, Markopoulos began writing music that was more heavily steeped in operatic and formal classical elements, even as he embraced the traditional music of various regions of Greece more closely. Yannis Markopoulos ranked among the nation's most respected composers up until his death on June 10, 2023 at the age of 84.
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Sergiani Ston Kosmo (Remastered)
Yannis Markopoulos, George Dalaras
World - Released by Minos - EMI SA on Nov 15, 2013
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Periodeia Proti - Dekatria Orchistrika
Pop - Released by Cobalt Music - Helladisc S.A. (GR) on Mar 23, 2023
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Who Pays The Ferryman? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Remastered)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Minos - EMI SA on Jan 1, 1978
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Thitia
Yannis Markopoulos, Haralabos Garganourakis, Tania Tsanaklidou, Lakis Halkias
World - Released by EMI Greece on Jul 3, 2007
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Metanastes
Yannis Markopoulos, Vicky Mosholiou, Lakis Halkias
World - Released by EMI Greece on Jan 1, 2007
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O Stratis Thalassinos Anamesa Stous Agapanthous Ke Alla... (Remastered 2006)
Yannis Markopoulos, Nikos Xilouris, Memi Spiratou, Lakis Halkias
World - Released by EMI Greece on Jan 1, 2007
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Pera Apo Ti Thalassa
Pavlos Pavlidis, Yannis Markopoulos
Folk - Released by United We Fly Music Productions P.C. on Jan 20, 2023
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Ta Tragoudia Tou Neou Patera
Pop - Released by Cobalt Music - Helladisc S.A. (GR) on Mar 29, 2023
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Thessalikos Kiklos (Remastered)
World - Released by Minos - EMI SA on Dec 12, 1974
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Rizitika (Remastered)
Yannis Markopoulos, Nikos Xilouris
World - Released by EMI Greece on Jan 1, 1976
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Ithagenia (Remastered)
Yannis Markopoulos, Nikos Xilouris
World - Released by EMI on Jan 1, 1972
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Orizontes (Remastered)
Yannis Markopoulos, Vasiliki Lavina
World - Released by Minos - EMI SA on Sep 11, 2011
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Hymns of Orthodoxy
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by AERAKIS on Feb 19, 2002
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Chroniko
Pop - Released by Cobalt Music - Helladisc S.A. (GR) on Mar 24, 2023
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Denekedoupoli (Apo To Koklotheatro Tis Evgenias Fakinou / Remastered)
Children - Released by Minos - EMI SA on Oct 16, 2011
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Anexartita (Remastered)
World - Released by Minos - EMI SA on Apr 9, 1975
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Parathiro Sti Mesogio
Yannis Markopoulos, Haralabos Garganourakis
Pop - Released by Minos - EMI SA on Feb 28, 1983
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Thitia (Remastered)
World - Released by Minos - EMI SA on Jan 1, 1974
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Malamatenia Logia
Pavlos Pavlidis, Yannis Markopoulos
Folk - Released by United We Fly Music Productions P.C. on Dec 9, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo