Christmas, New Year and Epiphany Carols

Carols, wishes and praises for Christmas, New Year and Epiphany. Some less and some more well-known, coming from various regions of Greece. Published with the newspaper “Eleftheros Typos” on December 30, 2011.

Production: Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association
Year of release: 2011
Type: CD
Production country: Greece

Texts

Collaborators

Production team

Domna Samiou (Research, Collection, Musical supervision)Yiorgos Ε. Papadakis (Musical supervision)Daphne Djaferis (Production management)Tasia Papanikolaou (Secretarial support)

Sound team

Thanos Kynigaris (Sound engineer)Thanos Kynigaris (Sound editing)

Singers

Domna Samiou (Epiphany Carol (Samos), New Year Carol (Cappadocia), New Year Carol (Asia Minor), Byzantine Christmas Carol (Pontus), )Thanassis Louizos (Christmas Carol (Skiathos), )Thanassis P. Stamoulis (Christmas Carol (Skiathos), )Yiorgos Bagiokis (Christmas Carol (Macedonia), )Thalia Spanou (Christmas Carol (Ikaria), )Evgenia Dimouda (Christmas Carol (Ierissos, Chalkidiki), )Christos Panoutsos (Christmas Carol (Peloponnese), )Alexandros Tsiatras (Christmas Carol (Siatista, Kozani), )Yiorgos Mpontas (Christmas Carol (Siatista, Kozani), )Maria Tsokara (Christmas Carol (Kozani), )Manolis Peristeris (Christmas Processional Tune (Crete), )Chronis Aidonidis (Christmas Song (Trace), )Giorgos Avramidis (New Year Carol (Cappadocia), )Father Theodoros Theodoridis (New Year Carol (Cappadocia), )Nikos Sfiroeras (New Year Carol (Naxos), )Thanassis Gekas (New Year Carol (Chios), )Meropi Yiannakou (Epiphany Carol (Pelion), )Despina Kotsinadelli (Epiphany Carol (Lemnos), )

Choir

Children’s Choir of the mixed High School ‘Estia Neas Smyrnis’ (Byzantine Christmas Carol (Pontus), )Children’s Choir (Christmas Carol (Ierissos, Chalkidiki), Christmas Carol (Pelion), Christmas Carol (Propontis), St Basil Is Coming (Propontis), Epiphany Carol (Pelion), )Children from Metsovo (Christmas Carol (Epirus), )Men’s Group (Christmas Carol (Epirus), New Year Carol (Epirus), )Group from Meli, Megara (New Year Carol (Asia Minor), )Group from Farasa (New Year Carol (Cappadocia), )Mixed choir (New Year Carol (Chios), Epiphany Carol (Astypalea), Epiphany Carol (Samos), Epiphany Carol (Asia Minor), )Children from Agios Georgios, Crete (New Year Carol (Crete), )Group of children (Epiphany Carol (Asia Minor), )

Musicians

Cretan lyra

Manolis Peristeris (Christmas Processional Tune (Crete), )

Lute

Stelios Delidakis (Christmas Processional Tune (Crete), )

Informant (source of the song)

Yannis Parisis (Christmas Carol (Skiathos), )Evgenia Dimouda (Christmas Carol (Ierissos, Chalkidiki), )Meropi Yiannakou (Christmas Carol (Pelion), Epiphany Carol (Pelion), Epiphany Carol (Pelion), )Yiorgos Mpontas (Christmas Carol (Siatista, Kozani), )Maria Tsokara (Christmas Carol (Kozani), )Giorgos Avramidis (New Year Carol (Cappadocia), )Father Theodoros Theodoridis (New Year Carol (Cappadocia), )Nikos Sfiroeras (New Year Carol (Naxos), )Ilias Diatsidis (Epiphany Carol (Samos), )Despina Kotsinadelli (Epiphany Carol (Lemnos), )

See also

  • AlbumLP1974EMI Columbia

Greek Carols

The first LP in Greece dedicated to carolling songs performed during the religious celebrations of the Twelve Nights and of Easter. The carols were recorded in many different areas of Greece performed by local musicians and singers, thus preserving all the distinguishing local patterns and characteristics.
  • SongDodecaneseAstypaleaChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christmas Carol (Astypalea)

  • Χριστούγεννα Πρωτούγεννα ♦ Studio recording, 1974. Domna Samiou taped this carol in Astypalea, Dodecanese, sung by a boy and a man, in 1964. Verses have been added by Rena Sarli.
  • SongThraceChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christmas Carol (Thrace)

  • Χριστός γιννιέται, χαρά στουν κόσμου ♦ Studio recording, 1974.
  • SongThraceChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christmas Song (Thrace)

  • Η μάνα που 'χει τουν ιγιό ♦ Studio recording, 1974.
  • SongCreteChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christ Is Born Today

  • Χριστός γεννάται σήμερο ♦ Studio recording, 1974.