Cretans’ Group (2004)

The group consists of Cretans living in Athens who participated in two recordings produced by the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association in 2004.

The members of the group are (in alphabetical order): Yiannis Andrianakis, Michalis Fragkiadakis, Yiannis Karpouzakis, Giorgis Marentakis, Yiannis Maronikolakis, Antonis Martzakis, Apostolos Nikolioudakis, Lefteris Nikolouzakis, Giannis Papadokostantakis, and Manolis Theodorakis.

Songs

Of Nature and of Love
  • SongCreteNature SongCretan Rizitiko

The Dawn of Dawn

  • Αυγή τσ’ αυγής ⬥ Rizitiko song with a group from Crete. Recorded in 2004.
When the City Was Founded
  • SongCreteChania, KambanosHistorical Song, National Legends and LamentsCretan Rizitiko

When the City Was Founded

  • Όντεν εθεμελιώνανε ⬥ Historical legend about the building of the City from Kambanos, Chania. Recorded in 2004.
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Records

Of Nature and of Love
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2006Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Of Nature and of Love

The down-to-earth love of nature in these folk songs doesn’t derive from any form of romantic nostalgia; it lies instead in a pure experience of everyday life.
Songs of History and Heroes
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2007Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of History and Heroes

The retelling of fine, magnificent, heroic deeds from the past has always inspired a future path for every nation, the weft on which its future is woven. Austere and Doric, as stern as the heroes they describe.
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