Myrtate
Traditional Songs from Greece
Chants traditionnels de Grèce
Theodora Baka – voice / chant
Thymios Atzakas – ud, lute /oud, luth; song arrangements / arrangements des chansons
Pantelis Pavlidis – lyres from / lyres de Pontos & Karpathos; voice / chant
Bijan Chemirani – zarb (tombak)
Myrtate – Traditional Songs from Greece
Theodora Baka (born in Larissa, Greece) has been familiar with the traditional songs of her homeland since she was a child. With Myrtate she has achieved a charming synthesis of the traditional sounds of various regions of Greece and contemporary music influences. The singer is accompanied by an unusual formation (’ud, lyre, and zarb) that underscores the songs’ remote, southern timbre. Her versatile voice celebrates in song the old epics of her homeland, laments the lost freedom of a young bride, converses with a lover – the yearning sound of Baka’s voice is captivating.
1. San to feggari tis anixis 6:09
2. Lemonia 5:53
3. Apo makran elepose 3:58
4. Myrtate 11:20
5. El clavel y la espada (instr.) 10:12
6. Mia Paraskevi 3:19
7. Tis trichas to gefiri 6:37
8. Moiroloi tou Idomenea 5 :05
9. Anathema tis moirés
Anixe porta tis xanthis
Pano choros (instr.) 10:31
10. Triantafilia 3:29
11. Sto pa kais to xanaleo 4:03
