Yannis Parisis

Born in 1912 in Skiathos. He was knowledgeable in the local traditions, and worked with Domna Samiou, recounting many songs and customs in her information-collecting trips to the island between 1974 and 1977, and in Athens in 1997.

Songs

d27
  • SongSporadesSkiathosFable Song (Ballad)

A Little Shorty (Skiathos)

  • Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Σκιάθος) ⬥ A short little man had a beautiful wife. The whole neighbourhood was jealous, and all the land and a pasha, a pasha envied him, too. He taxed him hard, imposed a load too heavy to bear. He sold vineyards heavy with grapes and fields swaying [...]
Τα τρία αγαθά της γης
  • SongSporadesSkiathosCarnival Song, Lampoon

All Day Long I Reaped

  • Όλη μέρα θέριζα ⬥ Studio recording, 2006. Local dance, danced during the Carnival period called “apokriatikos”.
Παιδική χορωδία καλάντων
  • SongSporadesSkiathosChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christmas Carol (Skiathos)

  • Χριστούγεννα Πρωτούγεννα ♦ Studio recording, 2011. Domna Samiou collected the carol in Skiathos, sung by Yannis Parisis, in 1975.
d21
  • SongSporadesSkiathosLove Song

I See Some Ships Approaching Port

  • Βλέπω καράβια κι έρχονται ⬥ I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me, ships that sail across the waters, rending my faint heart asunder. The one sails on a south wind, help, o Christ and Holy Mary, another on a north wind, white sails filled and [...]
d12
  • SongSporadesSkiathosLove Song

I See Some Ships Approaching Port

  • Βλέπω καράβια κι έρχονται ⬥ I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me, ships that sail across the waters, rending my faint heart asunder. The one sails on a south wind, help, o Christ and Holy Mary, another on a north wind, white sails filled and [...]
Το τραγούδι του Aϊ-Γιώργη
  • SongSporadesSkiathosEaster Song, Fable Song (Ballad), Ritual Song

Song of Saint George

(Easter Dance)

  • Το τραγούδι του Aϊ-Γιώργη ⬥ O sainted George and honoured master, rider of the grey horse, accoutred with a trusty sword and with a golden lance, it is my wish to compliment your glory and the prowess with which you slayed the monstrous beast, the huge and fearsome lion; at [...]
d26_19
  • SongSporadesSkiathosSea and Sailors Song

The Great North Wind Blew

  • Ο κυρ Βοριάς εφύσηξε ⬥ The Great North Wind blew throughout the land and all those, kalé, all those ships that heard him made it safely into shore. But one, kalé, one fine ship didn’t make it into harbor. – I fear you not, Great North Wind, you can blow and [...]
d23
  • SongSporadesSkiathosLove Song

We Kissed Each Other in the Night

  • Νύχτα ήταν που φιλιόμαστε ⬥ We kissed each other in the night, and who could see us then? I’ll tell you, dear, the star saw us, and dawn saw us as well. The star saw us and dawn did too, the star and the moon, the star it was that [...]
d24
  • SongSporadesSkiathosLove Song

Whoever Saw a Tree of Green

  • Ποιος είδε πράσινο δεντρί ⬥ Whoever saw a tree of green, with eyes of black and a blond sheen and royal blue leaves to boot, eyes black, eyebrows dark as soot? In the treetops all is golden, young girls yonder eyes all swollen down at its roots the coolest spring, [...]
d16
  • SongSporadesSkiathosLove SongCouplets

Your Eyes, My Eyes

  • Τα μάτια σου, τα μάτια μου ⬥ Studio recording, 1986. Domna Samiou taped the song in Skiathos, sung by Yannis and Syraino Parisis, in 1975.
SEE MORE

Records

d16
  • AlbumLP1986Sirius

A Stroll with Domna Samiou

This is the product of an ‘alternative’ collaboration. After a personal invitation from Manos Hadjidakis, Domna Samiou publishes in Seiros this LP with songs which are for the first time brought together in a record. She thanks him 'for giving her the opportunity and freedom to present this audio material […]
d30, d31
  • AlbumCD2011Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Christmas, New Year and Epiphany Carols

Κάλαντα ευχές και παινέματα των Χριστουγέννων, της Πρωτοχρονιάς και των Φώτων. Άλλα λιγότερο κι άλλα περισσότερο γνωστά που προέρχονται από διάφορες περιοχές της Ελλάδας. Κυκλοφόρησε με την εφημερίδα "Ελεύθερος Τύπος" στις 30 Δεκεμβρίου 2011.
d21
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1999Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall

This CD contains the live recording of the tribute concert for Domna Samiou’s seventieth birthday, at The Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, in 1998. Some of her closest friends and collaborators were invited as guests: Lykourgos Angelopoulos, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, and the distinguished Turkish musicians Fahrettin Çimenli and Volkan […]
d20
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1998Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Easter Songs

This significant edition aims to convey the spirit of Easter, the Christian feast celebrated amidst the glory and promise of springtime, through the selected rituals of that period of the year and their related sacred songs and tunes. (barcode: 5204910000524)
d27
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2008Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Folk Fables in Song

In fables, fragments of ancient myths are preserved. On this CD, Domna Samiou & her collaborators sing tales of the fabulous and the fantastic combining the real world with the supernatural and narrating stories, often tragic, which might once have occurred – or could do so one day – however […]
d24
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2006Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Of Nature and of Love

Through these songs, Domna Samiou pays tribute to how man, in years gone by, worshipped nature as the measure of ultimate beauty, order and harmony, and treated it with awe rather than with the destructive fury of today. The down-to-earth love of nature in these folk songs doesn’t derive from […]
d12
  • AlbumLP1980Zodiac

Perperouna

Domna’s first work for children came as a fulfilment of her constant aspiration to bring traditional folk songs closer to children –especially those living in the cities. Some of these sixteen traditional songs, with their ‘easy’ melodies, uplifting rhythms and amusing lyrics, were anyway sung by children –like 'Perperouna', 'Chelidonisma', […]
d23
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2002Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of Dame Sea

The wealth of Greek traditional music has been enriched by every aspect of maritime tradition – by its values, virtues and charm – as is amply demonstrated by this wonderful collection of songs. They embrace the ways people have sung, since Ulysses, about the temptations of the sea, its risks, […]
Τα τρία αγαθά της γης
  • AlbumDigital releaseDomna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

The Earth’s Three Bounties

Wheat, wine, oil He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate· bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts (Psalm 104, 15)
d26
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2007Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

The Great North Wind and Other Traditional Songs for Children

‘The Great North Wind ….’ is Domna Samiou’s second CD dedicated to her ‘young friends’. One of Domna’s main concerns is that, unless children are initiated in music, these songs will gradually disappear as time goes by. This CD is a good companion to those who want to offer their […]
SEE MORE