The World's Musical Traditions, Vol. 11: Vocal Music in Crete

This album, produced and edited by Tullia Magrini, is the last in the acclaimed series produced by the International Institute for Traditional Music. It presents rare recordings of rizitika, mandinakhes, and tabakhaniotika made in Western Crete in 1977-1982. Sung by solosits and groups, sometimes with instrumental accompaniment, these song genres have a deep connection with traditional life and the history of Crete itself. Extensive annotations by renowned Italian ethnomusicologists, Tullia Magrini and Roberto Leydi, describe traditional Cretan vocal styles and the complex performance of the verse structures. Texts are given in Greek, with English translation. 72 minutes. 36-page booklet with extensive bibliography.

Track Listing

101	Omorfonios psikhomakhi (A young man lay dying)	Vassilis Kartsonakis, Grigoris Mathioudakis, and Manolis Kartsonakis	07:55
102	Khelidhonaki mou ghorgho (Little swallow)	Grigoris Mathioudakis, Vassilis Kartsonakis, and Manolis Kartsonakis	06:48
103	Levendi pou katevikes (Brave man from above)	Nikiphoros Dimitroulakis leading choir	10:52
104	Kori ke nios epezane (A girl and a lad)	Grigoris & Georgios Nikiphorakis leading choir	09:30
105	Pote tha fiaksi o keros (When will the weather clear up?)	Sifis Kantilierakis and Stelios Lainakis	04:56
106	O Yoryis me ton arkhonda (George with the Archon)	Eleftherios Ghieroulakis	02:26
107	Wedding-banquet in Polyrinia	Grigoris Mathioudakis with choir of guests	06:08
108	Mandinadhes on kondilies	Georgios Koutsourelis	06:32
109	Tzengas mandinadhes on Karagioules syrtos (Mandinadhes on the death of Zengas)	Kostantinos Faraggitakis	04:30
110	Dourou dourou	Kostas Papadakis and Stelios Lainakis	02:48
111	Ta vasana mou kherome (I enjoy my troubles)	Stelios Phoustalierakis	04:38
112	Nememou and Filedem	Nikolaos Sarimanolis, Kostas Papadakis, and Stelios Lainakis	05:43