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When I was a Lad
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet), Nikos Philippidis (clarinet), Theologos Gryllis (tsabouna), Apostolos Kyriakakis (vocals), Socrates Sinopoulos (oud), Nikos Oikonomidis (violin), Yiorgos Marinakis (violin), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute), Kostas Philippidis (lute), Kyriakos Tapakis (oud), Panos Dimitrakopoulos (kanonaki), Aristides Moshos (santouri), Konstantina Kapetanopoulou (santouri), Angelina Tkatcheva (santouri), Vangelis Karipis (bendir), Andreas Pappas (tambourine), Yiorgos Gevgelis (percussion), Mathios Balabanis (tambourine)
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Synkathistós
Nikos Philippidis (clarinet), Socrates Sinopoulos (oud), Yiorgos Marinakis (violin), Kostas Philippidis (lute), Yiorgos Gevgelis (percussion)
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trad.: May
Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (lute), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Andreas Pappas (percussion)
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trad.: Karsilamás
Nikos Philippidis (clarinet), Socrates Sinopoulos (oud), Yiorgos Marinakis (violin), Kostas Philippidis (lute), Panos Dimitrakopoulos (kanonaki), Andreas Pappas (percussion)
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I’ll Jump from the Railings
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (lute)
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Why Did I Go and Fall for You
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute), Andreas Pappas (percussion)
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trad.: Hasaposérvikos
Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute), Andreas Pappas (percussion)
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Tsámikos
Domna Samiou (davul), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (shawm)
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My Heart-Sick Bird Flown Far from Home
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute), Andreas Pappas (tambourine)
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trad.: Solo Floyéra
Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (shepherd flute)
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trad.: Vassilikos Tha Yino (I’ll Become Basil)
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute), Andreas Pappas (tambourine)
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Vassilikos Tha Yino
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Let My Eyes Go See
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute)
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Samarína
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute), Andreas Pappas (tambourine)
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trad.: Koursárikos
Theologos Gryllis (tsabouna), Socrates Sinopoulos (oud), Vangelis Karipis (percussion)
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The Brave Man
Apostolos Kyriakakis (vocals)
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Kondiliés
Domna Samiou (davul), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (lute), Apostolos Kyriakakis (vocals)
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trad.: Solo Violin
Stefanos Vartanis (violin)
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trad.: Kavodorítikos
Nikos Oikonomidis (violin), Kostas Philippidis (lute)
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My Love Is to Wed
Domna Samiou (vocals), Aristides Moshos (santouri), Mathios Balabanis (tambourine)
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My Heartless Love
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (oud), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute), Andreas Pappas (percussion)
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Exile is the Greatest Hardship
Socrates Sinopoulos (oud), Nikos Oikonomidis (violin), Kostas Philippidis (lute), Angelina Tkatcheva (santouri)
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trad.: Melitzaniá
Socrates Sinopoulos (oud), Yiorgos Marinakis (violin), Kostas Philippidis (lute), Konstantina Kapetanopoulou (santouri)
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Our Tráta all Tattered
Domna Samiou (vocals), Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (oud), Stefanos Vartanis (violin), Christos Mortakis (lute), Andreas Pappas (percussion)
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Four and Four
Domna Samiou (vocals)
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trad.: Yiar yiar
Socrates Sinopoulos (lyre), Kyriakos Tapakis (oud), Vangelis Karipis (bendir)
When we use the terms “Greek traditional,” “Grek folk,” or “Greek demotic” music today, we mean songs and tunes coming from the past, from areas that were home to Christian farmers, shepherds and sailors during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. Mostly- though not exclusively- Greek speaking, these populations lived, as was normal then, in close proximity with other ethnic, linguistic, or religious groups. In these areas, some of which now form modern-day Greece, the oral tradition of folk song and ecclesiastical music were the only available forms of musical expression. This album is the highly anticipated re-release of the 1980 album of the same name, extended with tracks licensed from the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association. Domna Samiou (1928-2012) was a charismatic and multifaceted personality who dedicated her life to a quest which is now synonymous with her name: the preservation, dissemination and teaching of Greek traditional “folk” music.
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