GREECE – GRÈCE Folk music of Northern Greece – Epirus & Macedonia – Albatros – VPA 8298

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Folk music of Northern Greece – Epirus & Macedonia – Albatros – VPA 8298, recorded by Wolf Dietrich between 1969 and 1975, released in 1976 (LP)

I’m delighted to present this panorama of 14 stellar recordings of authentic traditional folk music from the regions of Epirus, Macedonia and Thessaly in northern Greece, bordering Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Türkiye. 

 

Many of these tunes are beautifully lyrical instrumental pieces, featuring lyres, lutes, violins, clarinets, zurna oboes, gaida bagpipes, flutes, tambourines and daouli drums, played solo (A2, B5 & B8) or by small ensembles of two to five musicians playing for dances and other social occasions, plus two all-vocal tracks (A4, A5).

 

Je suis ravi de présenter ce panorama de 14 enregistrements de musique folklorique traditionnelle authentique des régions d'Épire, de Macédoine et de Thessalie, dans le nord de la Grèce, aux frontières de l'Albanie, de la Macédoine du Nord, de la Bulgarie et de la Turquie. 

 

La plupart de ces morceaux sont des pièces instrumentales lyriques d’excellente facture, comprenant des lyres, des luths, des violons, des clarinettes, des hautbois zurna, des cornemuses gaida, des flûtes, des tambourins et des tambours daouli, joués en solo (A2, B5 & B8) ou par de petits ensembles de deux à cinq musiciens pour des danses et d'autres occasions sociales, ainsi que deux morceaux entièrement vocaux (A4, A5).

A1 – Choreftikos Beratis Epirou (I Go Into The Vineyard) Beratis Dance from Epirus;

Zísis Tsiotíkas (clarinet & voices) / Vasílios Kasiáras (tambourine) / Lámbros Tsiotíkas (lute) / Nikólaos Gjoulíkas (violin);

Recorded in Grevená, Macedonia, in 1974.

 

A2 – Miroloi (Lament);

Konstantínos Kóstas (flute);

Recorded in Vissani, Epirus, in 1975.

 

A3 – O Skaros (Pastoral melody);

Nikolaos Paparas (clarinet) / Akhileas Zervas (tambourine); Recorded in Aïóphyllon, Thessaly, in 1969.

 

A4 – Klephtiko (Klephtic song);

Zois Zois (voice);

Recorded in Arísti, Epirus, in 1975.

 

A5 – Pogonianiko Tragoudi (Maro Go to the Well);

Maria Tsouni & Panyiotis Tsounis (voices)

Recorded in Pogoniani, Epirus, in 1975.

 

A6 – Karagouna Kai Pogonisios (Song and Dance);

Ioannis Halkias (clarinet) / Haralambos Mellis (tambourine) / Loukas Harisiadis, Nikolaos Harisiadis (lute) / Stavros Tsoukas (violin);

Recorded in Delvinaki, Epirus, in 1975.

 

B1 – Tsamikos Ton Grevenon (Tsamikos Dance);

Zísis Tsiotíkas (clarinet & voice) / Vasílios Kasiáras (tambourine) / Lámbros Tsiotíkas (lute) / Nikólaos Gjoulíkas (violin);

Recorded in Grevena, Macedonia, in 1974.

 

B2 – Yerakina (instrumental);

Ioannis Mettos & Nikolaos Batzis (zurna oboes) / Panayiotis Batzis (daouli drum);

Recorded in Flampouro, Macedonia, in 1975.

 

B3 – Choros Tou Gamou (Wedding Dance);

Yiorgos Zanetis (lute) / Athanasios Kareklas (violin);

Recorded in Liména, Thassos, in 1974.

 

B4 – Dhipat (Pontic Dance);

Theodoros Stephanidis (Pontic lyre);

Recorded in Mavrothalassa, Serres, in 1975.

 

B5 – Tuo Trapeziou (Music of the Table);

Ilias Kostopoulos (gaida bagpipes);

Recorded in Skoútari, Serres, in 1974.

 

B6 – O Mikrokonstantinos (Little Constantine) 

Tune from the Anastenaria Festival);

Stergios Lantzos (daouli drum) / Dimitrios Reklos (lyre);

Recorded in Agia Eleni, Serres, in 1975.

  

B7 – Choros Tou Dromou (Dance of the Anastenaria);

Panayis Psistelis (daouli drum) / Dimitrios Reklos (lyre);

Recorded in Agia Eleni, Serres, in 1975.

 

B8 – Choros Kaloyerou (Monk's Dance);

Dimitrios Lantzos (lyre);

Recorded in Agia Eleni, Serres, in 1974.

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Our other Greek music posts:

Musik der Pontos-Griechen – Museum Collection Berlin MC5 here 

Orient-Okzident – Museum Collection Berlin MC3 (rec.by Wolf Dietrich) here 

Greek Folk Music Volume III – Wedding Songs – PFF 3 here 

Rebetika History/Ρεμπέτικη Ιστορία 1925-55 Vol. 4 Regal here

Greece in Music & Song – Argo ZFB 70 here

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