Asia Minor (Western Coast)

Traditional songs and tunes of the Greeks from the Western Coast of Asia Minor, where Greek communities lived until the Asia Minor Catastrophe (1922).
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Folk Fables in Song
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, MeliFable Song (Ballad)

A Little Shorty (Meli, Erythraea)

  • Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Μελί Ερυθραίας) ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Meli, Erythraea (Asia Minor), with Katerina Papadopoulou. Recorded in 2006.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Fable Song (Ballad)

A Maid from Evripο

  • Μια κόρη από την Εύριπου ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Asia Minor with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2006.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, ReisdereFable Song (Ballad)

A Maid from Vrontados

(The Best-Woman Who Ended up a Bride)

  • Μια κόρη Βρονταδούσαινα ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Reisdere, Erythraea (Asia Minor). Field recording in Agios Dimitrios, Lemnos (1973).
Easter Songs
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, ReisdereLove SongCouplets

Again They Entered in the Dance

  • Πάλι ν-εβγήκαν στον χορό ⬥ Dance song from Reisdere, Erythraea (Asia Minor), with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1997.
Farewell, Holy One
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Smyrna, BaindiriLove SongCouplets

Aman Gel Aman

  • Αμάν, γκελ αμάν ⬥ Karsilamas from Baïndiri, Smyrna, the ancestral home of Domna Samiou’s family. Recorded in 1973.
My Precious (Tzivaeri)
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Love SongCouplets

Arabas (A Horse-Cart Is Passing By)

  • Αραμπάς ⬥ Karsilamas from Asia Minor with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1972.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, VourlaSad and Plaintive SongCouplets, Processional Tune, Table Song

At Dawn

  • Δεν είν’ αυγή να σηκωθώ ⬥ Slow table song from Vourla, Erythraea (Asia Minor), with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1991.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, AlatsataLove SongCouplets

Ataris

  • Άταρης ⬥ Dance love song from Altsata, Erythraea (Asia Minor), with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1984.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, AlatsataLove SongCouplets

Balos from Alatsata

  • Αλατσατιανός μπάλος ⬥ Love couplets from Alatsata, Erythraea, with Kleoniki Tzoanaki. Recorded in 1984.
Balos From Smyrna
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)SmyrnaCouplets

Balos From Smyrna

  • Σμυρναίικος μπάλος ⬥ Instrumental dance tune with Domna Samiou (singer) and Nikos Stefanidis (kanun). Released on a 45 rpm disc in 1961.
Souravli – Greek Flutes and Pipes
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)SmyrnaInstrumental

Balos from Smyrna

  • Σμυρναίικος μπάλος ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Smyrna with Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis (violin). Recorded in 1974.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, MeliLove SongCouplets

Dimitroula

  • Δημητρούλα ⬥ Antikristos dance from Meli, Erythraea, Asia Minor, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1984.
Kaneloriza
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Smyrna, BaindiriLove SongCouplets

Do Not Nurture Any Doubts

  • Υποψία να μην έχεις ⬥ Dance song from Asia Minor with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1991.
New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Epiphany Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Epiphany Carol (Asia Minor)

  • Σήμερα είν’ τα Φώτα (Μικράς Ασίας) ⬥ Epiphany carol from Asia Minor. Recorded in 1974.
New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, MeliEpiphany Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Epiphany Carol (Asia Minor)

  • Σήμερα είναι των Φωτών (Μικράς Ασίας) ⬥ Epiphany carol from Meli, Erythaea, Asia Minor, with a children’s choir. Recorded in 2011.
Fishermen, Have You Any Fish
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, Kato PanagiaLove Song, Sea and Sailors SongCouplets

Fishermen, Have You Any Fish

  • Έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια ⬥ Dance song from Kato Panagia, Erythraea, Asia Minor, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2005.
Easter Songs
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, MeliLove SongCouplets

For a Whole Seven Weeks…

  • Εφτά βδομάδες έκανα ⬥ Easter dance song from Meli, Erythraea, Asia Minor, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1997.
Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Fable Song (Ballad)

Forty Stonemasons

(Arta's Bridge)

  • Σαράντα μαστορόπουλα ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Asia Minor with the Domna Samiou Choir. Live recording (1998).
A Wedding Rite
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Makri - LevissiWedding SongTable Song

Golden Table, Silver Plates

  • Για δέστε τράπεζα χρυσή ⬥ Wedding song from Makri and Levissi (Asia Minor) with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2008.
Early last summer
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, Kato PanagiaWedding Song

How Beautiful our Bride

  • Όμορφη που ’ν’ η νύφη μας ⬥ Wedding song from Pato Panagia, Erythraea (Asia Minor), with Domna Samiou. Live recording (2005).
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Makri - LevissiLove SongCouplets, Processional Tune

I Come and You Are Asleep

  • Έρχομαι κι εσύ κοιμάσαι ⬥ Processional love song from Makri and Levissi, Asia Minor, with a group of singers from Nea Makri, Attica. Recorded in 1984.
I Tread the Earth Gently
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Makri - LevissiLove SongCouplets, Processional Tune

I Will Sing Tonight

  • Απόψε θε να τραγουδώ ⬥ Processional love song from Makri and Levissi, Asia Minor. Recorded in 2006.
Early last summer
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Smyrna, BaindiriLove SongCouplets

I’ll Jump from the Battlements

  • Από τα μπεντένια πέφτω ⬥ Dance song from Baindiri, Smyrna, with Katerina Papadopoulou. Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Love SongCouplets

If I want black eyes

  • Μαύρα μάτια κι αν θελήσω ⬥ Dance love song from Asia Minor with Domna Samiou. Live recording (2005).