Dimitris Soukaras, L\’ Anima String Quartet — Roots: 21st Century Greek Music for Guitar (2021)

The music in this programme covers a spectrum of genres that have flourished in Greece in recent years, from jazz to contemporary avant-garde. These have all had a strong impact on guitarist Dimitris Soukaras\’s development as an artist, and in making this recording he took the opportunity to invite some of Greece\’s leading composers to write for his instrument for the first . All works are world prre recordings.

01. Ariadne\’s Duality

02. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 5, —

03. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 2, —

04. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 3, —

05. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 4, —

06. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 1, —

07. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 6, —

08. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 7, —

09. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 8, —

10. Haiku, Op. 109: No. 9, —

11. Allegory of the Tragic Hero

12. Hommage: I. Captain Michalis (There Was No Island)

13. Hommage: II. Dream of the Neighbourhood Youngsters

14. Hommage: III. The Ballad of Uri

15. Hommage: IV. The Train Has Left

16. Hommage: V. Waltz of Lost Dreams

17. Hommage: VI. Folk Couplets

18. Hommage: VII. Eagle Without Wings

19. Hommage: VIII. Kemal