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The central technical challenge was to take account of and at the same time overcome the limits of the instrument.

The long intense collaboration between Rohloff and Theodorakis finds its personal expression in this solo project. Rainer Rohloff, an internationally renowned guitarist from Saxonia, has given concerts with Mikis Theodorakis in Europe and Asia for far more than ten years and has taken part in many recordings. What mattered to Rainer Rohloff most in the project "Songs For Guitar" was to make some of the central musical works of Theodorakis accessible as literature for concert guitar.

However, numerous guitarists of note, from John Williams to Elena Papandreou, have examined his songs and created their own transcriptions. The only exceptions are Lorca for alto voice, solo guitar and large orchestra, and his Rhapsody for Guitar and Orchestra, both being based on thematic material of the song cycle Romancero Gitan by Federico Garcia Lorca. The main focus of his comprehensive œuvre has been oratorios, song cycles, Film and ballet music. Mikis Theodorakis has written only a few works for this instrument.

"Songs For Guitar" is a collection of songs and vocal works by Theodorakis which have been arranged for guitar by Rainer Rohloff.

He became famous through the music of the film Zorba The Greek based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis which became world-famous with Anthony Quinn playing the eponymous hero in the epic film of the same name, and was later hugely successful in different versions, e.g. Mikis Theordorakis is regarded as one of the most important composers of Greece and can be counted among the most renowned composers of contemporary music.