40 Greek Melodies

1. Dance of Thessaly

2. Dance of Cythera

3. I Love You So Much

4. Dance of the Seiners

5. Washing Clothes at the River

6. Your Sweet Lips

7. Soùsta

8. Dance of Crete

9. Sunrise Serenade of Crete

10. Boat from Chio Anchored

11. Turkish Girl

12. Eagle

13. Bury Me in the Waters

14. Kiss

15. Perfumes of Crete in May

16. Dance of the Canee

17. Crete

18. Eyes of Demos

19. Down in the Valleys

20. Hassapiko

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40 Greek Melodies,Various Artists,Madacy Records,Greece,Int'l & World Music,Pop

Average customer rating: Suggestions about Greek Music Incredibly Bad _ Think of it as a small frizbie.

40 Greek Melodies Various Artists Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Greece | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Continental | Europe | Compilations | International | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000000K99 Release Date: 1994-09-08

Tracks:

1. Dance Of Thessaly/Dance Of Cythera/I Love You So Much/Dance Of The Seiners...

Customer Reviews:

Suggestions about Greek Music.......2006-07-22

I believe the review posted before is very helpful. I'm a Greek and I love good music, so I may say I can have a word here. So, I'd like to warn you that - going through Amazon's list of Greek music - I see that most of it belongs to the "no name", or "tourist" or "souvenir from Greece" category, is not of decent quality and is not even representative...
If you're looking for good Greek music, representative of our good folk music, then you have to look for eponymous works, composed by Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis, Stavros Xarhakos, Mimis Plessas etc or sung by Melina Merkouri, Grigoris Bithikotsis, George (Yorgos) Dalaras, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Haris Alexiou, Glykeria... Luckily, you can find good samples of those on Amazon.
There are many more good artists and styles, but I stick to what I believe will be familiar for a beginner, whose impression of Greek music comes only from Theodorakis's "Zorba" and Hatzidakis's "Never on Sunday". I guess you have also listened to "Misirlou" by Nikos Roubanis, a modernized version of which is the main theme in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction soundtrack.
I also have to warn you about the great difference among various styles of Greek music, all of which may be called "folk". I think you'd like more the "laiki mousiki" or "laika tragoudia" (city folk music or songs - using the bouzouki) than the "demotiki mousiki" or "demotika tragoudia" (countryside music or songs - with no bouzouki but may be clarinet or violin or "lyra" traditional violin-like instrument).
I hope I helped a little.

Incredibly Bad _ Think of it as a small frizbie........2000-07-07

This recording is a keeper and a finalist in the contest for mostest worsest drivel. (My superlatives fail me.) Any relationship to Greek music escaped me and obviously escaped the orchestra that sawed away at violins, beat tambourines and clacked castanets. The musicians(?)chose to remain anonymous for good reason. Actually they belong in the witness protection program.

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