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SUONI MEZZI - Recital - Spanos This is parts of a recital on 10.10.2009 given in Thessaloniki, Greece. Nicholas Spanos, countertenor, Nikolaos Zafranas, piano, Ioannis Stefos, cello.

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TELLOGLION - SPANISH SONGS Nicholas Spanos sings parts of the collection of Spanish folk songs that Lorca compiled and harmonized. At the piano sits George-Emmanuel Lazarides; Telloglion Foundation, February 2008.

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TAMERLANO - Händel

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THEODORA - Händel

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I AM NOT NICHOLAS SPANOS !!!!!......; just a friend and fan who is watching his career and believes deeply in his talent and quality.
Through this channel I am trying to bring forth and share his music, genuine and full of emotions, so that it finds the place it deserves. This channel shows live performances as they are, unprocessed.
In a world where marketing and image often rule and make for true art - the kind that makes one a better person - I sense that such an artist has so much to say by putting his very soul into his singing, being very human, keeping values and principles that are no more, as if guarding Thermopylae...
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For those interested in countertenor singing, besides Nicholas Spanos, of whom I think very highly, there are also other countertenors really worth listening to, such as Daniels, Kowalski, Laszczkowski, Scholl, Asawa,Esswood, Wong, Ryabets, White, Bowman, Chance, Christofellis, Jaroussky, Alvarez, Taylor, Zazzo, Lemos,David DQ Lee, Lesne, Manzotti, Marian, Cencic, Dumaux, Deller.
You can also find some suggestions and great music in the channels listed herein

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Θερμοπύλες

Τιμή σ΄εκείνους όπου στην ζωή των
ώρισαν και φυλάγουν Θερμοπύλες.
Ποτέ από το χρέος μη κινούντες•
δίκαιοι κ' ίσιοι σ' όλες των τες πράξεις,
αλλά με λύπη κιόλας κ' ευσπλαχνία•
γενναίοι οσάκις είναι πλούσιοι, κι όταν
είναι πτωχοί, πάλ' εις μικρόν γενναίοι,
πάλι συντρέχοντες όσο μπορούνε•
πάντοτε την αλήθεια ομιλούντες,
πλην χωρίς μίσος για τους ψευδομένους.

Και περισσότερη τιμή τούς πρέπει
όταν προβλέπουν (και πολλοί προβλέπουν)
πως ο Εφιάλτης θα φανεί στο τέλος,
κ' οι Μήδοι επί τέλους θα διαβούνε.

Κωνσταντίνος Π. Καβάφης

Thermopylae

Honour to those who in their lives have fixed
and guard strait passes of Thermopylae.
They from the path of duty never stray;
upright and scrupulous in every act,
but tolerant withal and merciful;
generous when possessed of affluence,
and still in small things generous when poor —
still helping to the utmost of their power;
speaking the truth despite all hindrances,
without ill-will, however, for the liars.

And greater honour is well due to them
when they foresee (and many of them foresee)
that in the end Ephialtes will appear,
that after all the Persian shall break through.

Poem by C. P. Cavafy
Translated by John Cavafy
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Η Ελληνική Γλώσσα (Νικηφόρος Βρεττάκος)

Όταν κάποτε φύγω από τούτο το φως
θα ελιχθώ προς τα πάνω
όπως ένα ρυάκι που μουρμουρίζει
Κι αν κάπου ανάμεσα
στους γαλάζιους διαδρόμους
συναντήσω αγγέλους
θα τους μιλήσω ελληνικά,
επειδή δεν ξέρουνε γλώσσες.
Μιλάνε μεταξύ τους με μουσική.

Τhe Greek language (Nikiforos Vrettakos)

When Ι sometime leave this light
Ι shall meander upwards like a
murmuring stream.
And if by chance somewhere among
the azure corridors
Ι meet with angels, Ι shall speak
to them in Greek, since
they do not know languages. They
speak among themselves with music.
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JUDGING IS VERY SIMPLE AND SOMETIMES CHEAP,
CREATING IS HARD BUT ALWAYS DIVINE.
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The picture of my background is a composition made by me on drawings from the Greek artist Antonis Kyriakoulis - Αντώνης Κυριακούλης.

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