Heroic Echoes of Moreas

  • The snows are shining in the mountains (Tsamiko)
  • Here we are, all sitting well (Kalamatiano)
  • What do Manis Mountains have? (Tsamiko)
  • Lambro (Syrtos)
  • The Mountains have gladness (Tsamiko)
  • Girls what are you looking at? (Syrtos)
  • Saturday they got together (Kalamatiano)
  • Arcadian Girl (Syrtos)
  • Little partridge of Moreas (Tsamiko)
  • In Arachova (Kalamatiano)
  • To three Mountain tops - Trikorfa (Tsamiko)
  • Ta Kleftopoula (Young Mountain fighters) (Kalamatiano)
  • The trees withered (Demos) (Tsamiko)
  • They fooled me one sunrise (Eathistiko)

SUNG BY: The Protopresbyter Father Christos D. Kyriakopoulos and his choir "Byzantine Beehive"
MUSIC PLAYED BY: Aristedes Vasilaris (Clarinet, Flute), Nicholas Moraitis (Violin), Elias Vasilaris (Tarampouka, Daouli), Ioannis Soutas (Lute).

Songs included on this record are Peloponesian and are executed by the well- known for his complete musical education and calliphonous Protopresbytor Father Christos Kyriakopoulos born and raised in heroic Gortynia with her wealth of excellent quality musical tradition. All songs are being executed not only with the demanding precision of microtonic distances of traditional music but also with the stonge and colorfulness out of purity but above all the deep feeling that heroic songs evoked and accompanied the heroes and defenders of the Great Greek Revolution of 2I when they fought united for »Christ The Holy faith and the Country's Freedom». Father Christos Kyriakopoulos quietly and systematically continues the tradition of the people of the Church Clerqy and Laymen who with jeal and self-sacrifice taught, wrote down and spread along with the cantoring technique, the treasures of our traditional folk music. Lets' not forget that firstly the Monks on Mount Athos wrote down in 1562 folk- songs as the code 1189 of Monastery of IBIRON certifies. The calliphonous father Christos had the good fortune during the recording to work with excellent musicians of the traditional musical instruments who delivered in an authentic manner not only the heroic tunes, and rhythms of bravery as well as the exceptionally singular of its kind total colour of the traditional Folk singers of Peloponneses.

 

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