Christos Athanassopoulos-Mortakis

Born in Agrinio, the younger brother of Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas. A musician of the clarinet, laouto (lute), and guitar, he collaborated with various ensembles in Athens and across the rest of Greece.

Songs

My Emigrated Bird
  • SongInstrumental

Hasaposerviko

  • Χασαποσέρβικος ⬥ Instrumental dance tune with Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet) and Stefanos Vartanis (violin). Recorded in 1979.
My Emigrated Bird
  • SongEpirusLove Song

I’ll Be the Basil by Your Window

  • Βασιλικός θα γίνω ⬥ Dance song from Pogoni, Epirus, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1979.
My Emigrated Bird
  • SongPeloponneseLove Song, Wedding SongProcessional Tune

Let My Eyes Go See

  • Ας πα να δουν τα μάτια μου ⬥ Kalamatianos dance from the Peloponnese with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1979.
My Emigrated Bird
  • SongEpirusPogoniImmigration Song

My Heart-Sick Bird Flown Far From Home

  • Ξενιτεμένο μου πουλί ⬥ Immigration song from Pogoni, Epirus, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1979.
My Emigrated Bird
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)SmyrnaLove SongCouplets

My Heartless Love

(Smyrna’s Balos)

  • Καλέ, δε με λυπάσαι ⬥ Balos dance from Smyrna with Domna Samiou (singer) and Stefanos Vartanis (violin). Recorded in 1979.
My Emigrated Bird
  • SongCentral GreeceEuboeaLampoon, Sea and Sailors Song, Work SongCouplets

Our Trata All Tattered

  • Η τράτα μας η κουρελού ⬥ Satirical fishermen’s song from Karystia, South Euboea, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1979.
My Emigrated Bird
  • SongEpirusKlephtic Song

Samarina

  • Σαμαρίνα ⬥ Klephtic song from Epirus with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1979.
My Emigrated Bird
  • SongMacedoniaCarnival Song, Love SongCouplets

Why Did I Fall in Love With You?

(Enteka - Eleven)

  • Τι ’θελα και σ’ αγαπούσα ⬥ Dance song from West Macedonia, also known as “enteka” (eleven) with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1979.
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Records

Four and Four
  • AlbumCD2018Caprice

Music from Greece: Domna Samiou

Reissue of the Caprice album “Grekisk folkmusik” (Ξενιτεμένο μου πουλí) on a CD with 9 extra tracks, and a comprehensively informative booklet about Greek folk music and the woman behind this production – Domna Samiou.
My Emigrated Bird
  • AlbumLP1980Caprice

My Emigrated Bird

The first LP by the state-run ‘Concerts Sweden Rikskonserter’ produced with non-Swedish musicians. Domna Samiou was chosen for her valuable contribution to traditional Greek folk music.
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