Καρσιλαμάς ⬥ The tune is well known among the Megarians, who likely learned it from refugees from the village of Meli on the Erythraea Peninsula, when the latter were resettled near Megara in Attica. Studio recording (1995).
Καρσιλαμάς ⬥ Tune in a 9-beat rhythm from Pelion. Studio recording (1995). Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.
Καρσιλαμάς ⬥ Instrumental version of the song Karsilamas Dance from Marmara, recorded in 1997. The karsilamas is a face-to-face dance. As a traditional dance —mainly performed at weddings— it exists in many regional variations throughout Greece.
Καρσιλαμάς ⬥ Instrumental tune with Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet) and Yiorgos Koros (violin). Studio recording (1986). Based on Domna Samiou's 1982 field recording of the tune in Simandra, Chalkidiki, performed by the musicians Yannis Nikolaidis (violin) and Antonis Thomaidis (laouto, lute in English).
Αντικριστός ⬥ A dance with a 9-beat rhythm (2-3-2-2), known also as karsilamas from Megara. The same tune is also danced on the island of Kythnos. Recorded in 1961.
Αντικριστός χορός (Τσιφτ) ⬥ Karsilamas, from the Turkish karşılama meaning "face-to-face", is a couple’s dance performed with partners facing each other. The tune is also known by the name tsift. The kanun master Nikos Stefanidis taught this tune to Domna Samiou and her ensemble. Studio recording (1991).
Καβοντορίτικος⬥ "Cavo d’Oro" is the name given to Euboea’s southernmost cape, but also to the entire southeastern part of the island, where this rhythmic, lively circle dance in 2/4 time —a staple of the local repertoire— originates. Recorded in 2001.
Ο Κωνσταντής ⬥ Instrumental variation of the akritic song “Kostantis the Only Son”, recorded in 1974. Nikos Stefanidis on the kanun and Aristides Vassilaris on the flute.
Κότσαρι ⬥ Dance tune in 2-beat rhythm from Pontus. Live recording from the concert “Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou” at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, on 8/3/2005.
Μαντιλάτος ⬥ Níkos Philippídis, who plays this tune on the flute, learnt the piece from his fellow-musicians that came from Eastern Rumelia. Recorded in 1995.
