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On this CD, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. The CD includes songs from two previous LPs, 'Songs of Asia Minor 1 and 2'.
(barcode: 5204910000128)
Songs
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1. At Dawn
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2. Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople)
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3. Wake up My Black Eyed One
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4. Karsilamas Dance - Tsift
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5. Yio Mario
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6. The Water of Life
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7. Well Met
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8. Dance (With Wooden Spoons)
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9. Yatzilariani
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10. You Have Entangled Me
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11. Roumbalia - Carnation
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12. Yioryitsa
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13. Ballos from Alatsata
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14. Dimitroula
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15. I Come and You Are Asleep
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16. Roumbalia
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17. The Ship Is My House
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18. Violin Solo
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19. The Widow
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20. The Young Meliots
- Production: Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association
- Year of release: 1992
- Type: CD
Credits
Production team
- Domna Samiou (Research, Collection, Musical supervision),
- Yulie Papatheodorou (Production management)
Sound team
- Kostas Prikopoulos (Sound engineer)
Booklet team
- Mania Seferiades (English translation),
- Yiorgos Kaldelis (Design and layout)
Singer
- Domna Samiou (At Dawn, The Water of Life, Roumbalia - Carnation, Yioryitsa, Dimitroula, The Young Meliots),
- Kostas Diavatis (Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople)),
- Yiorgos Kambouriannidis (The Ship Is My House),
- Maria Karamblaka (Roumbalia),
- Manolis Pappos (Yio Mario),
- Isidoros Syntelis (You Have Entangled Me),
- Kleoniki Tzoanaki (Yatzilariani, Ballos from Alatsata),
- Mathios Ventouris (The Widow)
Choir
- Choir of the Athletic and Cultural Association 'Propontis' (Neos Marmaras, Chalkidiki) (Well Met),
- Greek Folk Dance Group ‘Eleni Tsaouli’ (Yio Mario, Yatzilariani, Roumbalia - Carnation),
- Group from Nea Makri (Attiki) (Wake up My Black Eyed One, I Come and You Are Asleep),
- Women's Group from Meli (Megara, Attiki) (Roumbalia),
- Women's Group from Nea Erythrea (Attiki) (Yatzilariani, Ballos from Alatsata)
Clarinet
- Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople), The Water of Life, Well Met, Yioryitsa, Ballos from Alatsata, Dimitroula, The Young Meliots)
Violin
- Stathis Koukoularis (Wake up My Black Eyed One, Well Met, Yioryitsa, I Come and You Are Asleep, Violin Solo, The Young Meliots),
- Nikos Oikonomidis (Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople), Karsilamas Dance - Tsift, The Water of Life, Dance (With Wooden Spoons), Yatzilariani, Roumbalia - Carnation),
- Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis (Ballos from Alatsata, Dimitroula, The Widow)
Constantinopolitan lyra
- Socrates Sinopoulos (You Have Entangled Me, At Dawn, Karsilamas Dance - Tsift, Dance (With Wooden Spoons))
Kanun
- Agnes Agopian (You Have Entangled Me, At Dawn, Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople), Karsilamas Dance - Tsift, The Water of Life, Dance (With Wooden Spoons))
Santur
- Tassos Diakogiorgis (Well Met, Yatzilariani, Ballos from Alatsata, The Widow, The Young Meliots),
- Vassilis Soukas (Roumbalia - Carnation)
Oud
- Joanna Andrews (You Have Entangled Me, At Dawn, Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople), Wake up My Black Eyed One, Karsilamas Dance - Tsift, The Water of Life, Dance (With Wooden Spoons), Yioryitsa, Dimitroula, I Come and You Are Asleep)
Lute
- Vassilis Katrakos (Well Met, Yatzilariani, Dimitroula, The Widow),
- Vangelis Koukoularis (Yioryitsa, The Young Meliots),
- Kostas Philippidis (Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople), The Water of Life, Roumbalia - Carnation)
Goblet drum
- Mathios Balabanis (Wake up My Black Eyed One, Well Met, Yatzilariani, Yioryitsa, Ballos from Alatsata, I Come and You Are Asleep, The Widow, The Young Meliots),
- Yiorgos Gevgelis (Dimitroula),
- Andreas Pappas (At Dawn, Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople), Karsilamas Dance - Tsift, The Water of Life, Dance (With Wooden Spoons), Roumbalia - Carnation)
Bendir (frame drum)
Spoons
Informant (source of the song)
- Yiorgos Kambouriannidis (The Ship Is My House),
- Nikos Karageorgiou (Wake up My Black Eyed One, I Come and You Are Asleep),
- Maria Karamblaka (Roumbalia),
- Kostas Kounelas (Ballos from Alatsata),
- Nikolas Labrinoudakis (Yio Mario),
- Paraschos Manikas (Yio Mario),
- Antonis Marmarinos (Well Met),
- Kleoniki Tzoanaki (Yatzilariani, Yioryitsa),
- Yannis Zikas (The Water of Life, Dimitroula),
- Μαριάνθη Βαγιανού (Dimitroula, The Young Meliots)
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