Nana Mouskouri - Athens, Berlin, Paris, New York (1959-1962) (2018)

Nana Mouskouri emerged from Greece in the late 1950s and went on to become one of the worlds most popular and successful singers, winning some 300 Gold and Platinum discs and selling more than 350 million records. This compilation anthologises her early career between 1959 and 1962, during which she began to grown into a huge International star. These sides feature Nana singing in Greek, German, French and English, and were recorded variously in Athens, Berlin, Paris and New York. It presents the very best of all her important early festival winning songs "Kapou Iparhi Agapi Mou", To Kiparissaki", "I Timoria", "Xypna Agapi Mou" and hit records, notably "Ta Pedia Tou Pirea", "Weise Rosent Aus Athens" (the million-selling original German language version of her signature song "White Rose Of Athens), "Ich Schau Den Weisen Wolken Nach", "Einmal Weht Der Sudwind Wieder", "Am Horizont Irgendwo", "Ton Adieu", "C'est Joli La Mer", "Sonata", "Je Reviendrai My Love", "Salvame Dios" etc. Also included are tracks recorded in New York with Quincy Jones for her celebrated 'The Girl From Greece Sings' LP notably "What Now My Love" and "Till There Was You". A wildly eclectic body of work, this is perhaps the most comprehensive Nana Mouskouri compilation on the market.