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Navigate to the musical places of Crete that left their strong imprint on the evolution of the island’s musical tradition.

Alfa Mylopotamos

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Title: “Rethymno slow pedozalia”, organic.

Performers: Dimitris Kafatos (lyre), Manolis Maniadakis (lute).
The sounds that can be heard have the idiom of the village of Alfa Mylopotamos. These are the characteristic scores played by Kostas Moundakis (1926-1991) and his teacher Dimitris Kafatos.

Eastern Crete

Title: “Contracts of eastern Crete”.


Performers: Yannis Kazamis (lyre, singing), Nikos Manias (lute).

Anogia Mylopotamos

Title: “Anogeian Contiles”, slow dance.

Performers: Yannis Kazamis (lyre, singing), Nikos Manias (lute).

Asterousia Mountains of Heraklion

Title: “Constellations”, instrumental


Performers: Stylianos Fustanakis (probably violin), Manolis Maniadakis (lute).

Gavalochori Apokoronas Chania

Heraklion (Castle)

Title: “Herakleionic sirtas / I ask the birds of passage to tell me”.


Performers: Michalis Melabiotis (lyre, singing), Andreas Hatzidakis (lute), George Hatzidakis: lute.

Holy Monastery of Arkadi, Rethymnon

Byzantine church music 1: Works of Cretan composers, George of Crete (d. 1815) – Nikolaos Daskalakis (1897-1988), University Publications of Crete, Heraklion, 1988


Material prepared for the release of the album which took place in February 1988 in the Catholicos of the Holy Monastery of Arkadi.

Ierapetra, Lassithi

Title: “Ierapetra shingles”, instrumental.

Performers: Pantelis Baritantonatakis (violin), Antonis Baritantonatakis (guitar).

Kastelli, Kissamos Chania, Chania

Title: “Syrtas / I don’t want in the heart” (also known as “New Castellian Syrtos”).


Performers: Nikos Manias (lute, singing), unidentified musician (lyre), unidentified musician (lute).

Lasithi

Title: “Lassithiotiko jump”, instrumental.

Performers: Pantelis Baritantonatakis (violin), probably Antonis Baritantonatakis (guitar).

Lousaka of Kissamos, Chania, Greece

Title: “I’m not asking you to love me”.
The watch is known as the “Second Lusakian Slide” or “Vultures”.

Performers: Chronis Manouselis (lyre, singing), Theodorakis (lute).

Malevizi Heraklion

Title: “Maleviziotis jumpers”, instrumental.

Performers: Kostas Mountakis (1926-1991, lyra), unidentified musician (lute).

Messara/Pediada Heraklion

Title: “Syrtha Apostolakis and Messarite cones / In the same year I planted jasmine and love”.

Performers: Giorgis Apostolakis (mandolin, singing), Kostas Mountakis (singing).
At 3΄53΄΄ the sliding “Sterousian my partridge” by Thanasis Skordalos is heard.
From 6΄02΄΄ you can hear Messarite and Foustanis’s tones.

Mylopotamos, Rethymnon

Title: “Mylopotamos Sousse”, instrumental.


Performers: Dimitris Kafatos (lyre), Manolis Maniadakis (lute).

Plaka Apokoronas Chania

Slide.


Performers: Michalis Papadakis or Plakianos (1903-1978) (lyre), Unidentified musicians (song, lute, percussion).

Selinou District, Chania Prefecture

Title: “Seliniotikos sirtos”.

Performers: Kostas Mountakis (lyra, singing), probably Soula Daskalomarkaki (lute).

Sirikari, Chania

At 5’48”’ the sirto “My pain is incurable” is heard. The syrto is also called “Syrtos Serikarianos of Marianos” or “Neochoritikos syrtos”.


Performers: Kostas Mountakis (lyre, singing), Stelios Fustalierakis (boulangerie).

Sitia

Title: “Strait Cords / Kingdom of Sighs”.

Performers: Pantelis Baritantonatakis (violin), Antonis Baritantonatakis (guitar), Manolis Malliotakis (lute, singing).

Spili Rethymnon

Title: “Cephalobrush slide”

Performers: Stelios Fustaliereakis or Fustaliere (boulangerie).

Chania

At 2΄51΄΄΄ the “First slide of Chania” is heard.

Performers: Giorgis Apostolakis (mandolin), Kostas Mountakis (singing).

Messara

“Messaritikes κοντυλιές” organic.

Performers: Konstantinos Spanakis (habioli or mandura).
In the first part of the piece, from 0:10 to 1:14, we hear tunes of the jumpers playing in mountainous Heraklion, that is, at the roots of Psiloritis.

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