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Every couple of years, Minos Records, which owns all rights to Dalaras songs, comes out with a "Best Of" compilation of George Dalaras. They can get away with this for 2 reasons. Dalaras does A LOT of recording and collaborative work with other artists, both domestic and foreign, and two, Dalaras' discography has grown so enormous that there are thousands of ways to re-package older titles. Unfortunately, save for four or five songs, this ablum is not essential to own. The recent album "A Portrait" does a much better job of showcasing Dalaras's wide musical aptitude and stunning voice, while mixing both live and studio offerings. This is not to say that this is not a good album, it is. Furthermore, the frist 3 tracks, for example, come off a very recent album and collaboration with Serbian composer Goran Bergovic ("Thessaloniki-Yannena..."). However, too many of the other tracks are somewhat plodding ballads that serve better to create moods rather than the more intense emotional experiences that he is so famous for. So if you haven't bought Dalaras ablums recently, go ahead with this one, but my advice is to go with "A Portrait" also available here at Amazon.

This is one CD I will never get tired of hearing. George Dalaras has a golden voice, a smooth style of singing Greek, the songs are poetic (all translated) and very emotionally appealing. The previous reviewer must have been a guy - women will love this CD! George Dalaras expresses true feelings with sincere passion. From begining to the end - it is great! There is no in between! Erika Borsos (erikab93)

Fantastic! Soulful! Passionate!
No other word necessary, to decscribe this CD.

George Dalaras is one of the best singers of Greece. He recorded his first song back in 1967. Since then he has 65 personal albums and he has sold over 12 millions records! His live concerts are memorable since he is a perfectionist and he has worked with some of the best artists such as Sting, Emma Shaplin, Goran Brecovic, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucia.

Considering all the above you will realize that it is impossible to include all his best songs in one cd only. Yet this cd includes a nice variety of songs that have a depth in time and also in style. When you listen to these songs you will realize what a great talent George Dalaras has and how greatly he can perform different styles of music. I highly recommend it.

This was a Christmas present for my husband. We played it on Christmas with visiting relatives, everyone enjoyed it. It was well received and given many compliments by all. The CD was on auto replay -- so it played continuously for over 3 hours -- and we never got tired of hearing it. Highly recommended.

The title says it all!!!!! It is my favorite cd from George Dalaras!!! Many good tracks on this... Great live performances too!! You will not be sorry or disappointed in this cd!!!!