Βλάχα πλένει στο ποτάμι ⬥ Studio recording, 1984. After a superb introduction on the clarinet, the song is constructed around a series of questions without answers; we will never know the real reasons for the sadness of this peasant woman ‘washing by the river’.
Αφήνω γεια στις έμορφες ⬥ Studio recording, 1968. Released in 1968, in the LP Songs of Central Greece and Peloponnese (Fidelity 4012 PY, 1968) supervised by Domna Samiou. Later, in 2008, Yiorgos Tsambras included the track in the CD collection Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969.
Μου ’λεγε η μάνα μου ⬥ Studio recording, 1984. Accompanied homophonic song. The tune is simple and repetitive, borne along by a rhythm whose linear character makes one think that this 'table song' must be one of the oldest in the repertory. Translated by Derek Yeld
Ποιμενικός σκοπός ⬥ A pastoral tune of free rhythm and improvisational character, also known as “skaros”. Recorded in 1961. On the flute, Dimitris Psigas.
Σκάρος ⬥ One of many improvised melodies played by the shepherds, throughout the continental Greece, while watching their herd, with the classic pastoral instrument, the flute.
Η κόρ’ εξέβεν σο παρχάρ ⬥ The maid climbed up to the summer pasture, my little bird, to become a shepherdess, come, come I say! to become a shepherdess, come, come my joy! And for her I’ll become a hunter in the forests. My lamb, the earth you tread I [...]
Καλότυχα είναι τα βουνά ⬥ Studio recording, 1984. Polyphonic a capella song. A short but profound meditation on the inexorability of death. We notice the exclamations which punctuate each phrase sung by the ‘embroiderer’; do they not perhaps play the same role as the cries of distress of the Chorus [...]
