Armenia (album) explained

Armenia
Type:studio
Artist:Vasilis Papakonstantinou
Cover:Vasilis_Papakonstantinou_Armenia_album_cover.jpg
Released:1979
Studio:Studio ERA, Athens
Label:MINOS
Producer:Haris Tsakmatsian
Prev Title:Vasilis Papakonstantinou
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Atreides
Next Year:1980

Armenia is Vasilis Papakonstantinou's second album. It was somewhat a departure from his debut and a return to the more politically oriented song cycles recorded with Mikis Theodorakis and Thomas Bakalakos. Instead of interpreting the songs of a known composer, however, in this album Papakonstantinou chose to record a series of traditional songs from Armenia with a political-revolutionary content. The lyrics were freely translated and adapted to Greek by the well-known lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos and the music was arranged and conducted by Tzik Nakasian.[1]

Notes and References

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