“Diary of Dreams” began as a journal of musical ideas. Like dreams that are forgotten soon after we wake up, that’s how I felt my melodies, like memories from dreams that I didn’t want to be forgotten. My wish, was to be moved by the musical outcome which in turn I hoped to move the musicians and ultimately you, the listeners! Stavros Lantsias piano Peter Erskine drums Lars Danielsson bass Athens Camerata 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13 Chris Bleth oboe, english horn, clarinet, flute & alto flute 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 Dimitris Houndis soprano saxophone 8, 13 Renato Ripo solo cello 1, 6, 8 Sergiu Nastasa solo violin 1, 7 Yiorgos Kaloudis cretan lyra 7 ATHENS CAMERATA: Concertmaster: Sergiu Nastasa VIOLINS Juleta Avetyan Liu Jing Olga Kim Svetlana Sheveleva Vanessa Athanasiou Otilia Alitei Angela Fanarioti Nasos Martzoukos Vasil Papa Luise Stahl Elena Tavantzi VIOLAS Laurentiu Matasaru Elisabeth Schäfer Larisa Vylegzhanina Patrick Evans CELLOS Susan Norton Christopher Humphrys Elias Sakalak Sandra Ojeba Hernandez Fabiola DOUBLE BASS George Arnis Produced by Stavros Lantsias Music production by Stavros Lantsias & Alexis Grapsas Mixed & Mastered by Rich Breen at Dogmatic, Burbank, CA, U.S.A Piano, Drums, Bass, Oboe, Flute & Clarinet recorded at Firehouse Recording Studio, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A Recorded by Rich Breen Assisted by Ed Woolley Strings & Soprano Saxophone recorded at Megaron Recording Studio (“Dimitris Mitropoulos” concert hall), Athens, Greece Recorded by Nikos Espialidis Additional recording by Bobby Blazoudakis & Andreas Mantopoulos Assisted by Alexander Aretaios & Yiorgos Mathioudakis Digital Editing by Bobby Blazoudakis & Tim Hatayama Cretan Lyra recorded at City Studios, Nicosia, Cyprus Recorded by Simon Allen Cover Artwork by Stella Lantsia