| Mala – I Mousiki Tou Anemou | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Anna Vissi |
| Cover: | Cover-mala.jpg |
| Released: | April 26, 2002 |
| Recorded: | December 2001–January 2002 |
| Genre: | Opera |
| Label: | Sony Music Greece/Columbia |
| Producer: | Nikos Karvelas |
| Prev Title: | Ode to the Gods |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
Mala – I Mousiki Tou Anemou is the name of a Greek soundtrack album by singer Anna Vissi. Initially, a CD single of Mala was released in Greece and Cyprus, containing four tracks which went gold, and later the complete album of the soundtrack was released containing 27 tracks, all written and produced by Nikos Karvelas himself and the orchestration/instrumentation was done by Giorgos Niarhos. It reached Gold status in Greece, and Platinum status in Cyprus.[1]
"Mala" was originally put on stage on January 19, 2002 starring Anna Vissi. Nikos Karvelas was the creator of the whole play. In the performance, Anna Vissi was surrounded by another 60 actors (amongst them: Leonidas Kakouris as Edek, Aias Manthopoulos as Josef Mengele, Katerina Didaskalou as Madam Lilian, Elena Tirea; Stavros Giagoulis as Charles, Mala’s fiancé; Mihalis Anthis as Wilhelm Boger, Zoi Nalpandi, Elpida Braoudaki as Maria Mandl; Eleni Tzortzi as Sarah, a female kapo; Haris Vorkas as Adolf Taube, Tsitomenea Hara as Frau Schmidt, Zeta Douka as Margot Dreschel; Alexandros Panayi as Abraham Moses, a prisoner in Auschwitz; Panos Metaxopoulos; Stelios Nikolaidis as Pindas, Mala’s father; Niki Palikaraki as Saza, Mala’s mother; Antigoni Alikakou as Joshka, Mala’s sister; Antonis Dourakis as Isa, Joshka’s husband; Konna Sapantopoulou as Eva, a mother of twin girls; Ionas Manolis as Salo, Mala’s brother; Eleni Georgy, Alberto Eskenazi as Rabbi) and a 40-musicians orchestra.
In 2019, the soundtrack album was selected for inclusion in the Panik Gold box set The Legendary Recordings 1982-2019. The release came after Panik's acquisition rights of Vissi's back catalogue from her previous record company Sony Music Greece. This box set was printed on a limited edition of 500 copies containing CD releases of all of her albums from 1982 to 2019 plus unreleased material.
| Chart | Peak position | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Greek Albums Chart | 2 | Platinum |
| Cypriot Album Chart | 1 | Platinum |