What we will be listening to today is not really a collaboration but rather an indirect coexistence, between a leading Greek vocalist and a prominent American composer. This is the live recording of a concert with excerpts from works by George Gershwin, performed by Maria Farantouri, which was given at the Athens Concert Hall on February 22, 2006. The album “Maria Farantouri sings George Gershwin” “is a “weaving of the scholarly with the popular”, in the words of music critic George Monemvasitis, confirming Farantouri’s unique ability to travel across eras and boundaries.
Produced and presented by Hercules Economou