Με πνίγει ετούτη η θάλασσα - Me pnigei etouti i thalassa

Tenor Christos Stassinopoulos performing the song "Me pnigei etouti i thalassa" (This sea is drowning me) from the song cycle "The C.N.S. Cycle", music and lyrics by Manos Hadjidakis; the video was filmed during Christos Stassinopoulos' recital "I am a cloud" / a tribute to Manos Hadjidakis, which took place on 1 March 2008 at the Cultural Society "Theognis" in Megara/Attica. The pianist is Maria Neofytidou. "This sea, that I loved so, is drowning me... I'm drowning in its song; I'm drowning in its solitude... The memory of him becomes rhythm in my fingers, an endless grief... And he is God and he is Christ and he is ship master, this friend of mine who's gone and bequeathed you to me..." English adaptation by Christos Stassinopoulos.