Melitzaniá

Τα μελιτζανιά

00:00
Region: Cyclades
Area: Kythnos
Type: Instrumental
Rhythm: 2 beats
Dance: Hasapikos (fast)
Duration: 01:36

Recording information

Studio recording, 1997.

Credits

Yiorgos Marinakis

Violin

Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Konstantia Kapetanopoulou

Santur

Kostas Philippidis

Lute

Discography

Easter Songs
Music from Greece: Domna Samiou

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