Katalog nr 95 - Velkommen til Etnisk Musikklubb

Balkansk profilBalkansk profilDELUX-ALBUM MED DOMNA SAMIOU3-760 Of nature and ofLove - DOMNASAMIOU 2CD+BOKThrough the songs of this CDDomna Samiou wanted tostate that in years gone by, manworshipped nature and treatedit with awe rather than thedestructive fury it’s treatednowadays; nature was themeasure of ultimate beauty, oforder and harmony. Folksongs’ down-to-earth love ofnature doesn’t derive from anykind of romantic nostalgia. Itoriginally springs as a pureexperience of everyday life andthus expressed in such a perfectpoetic way.3-762 Songs of Historyand Heros - DOMNASAMIOU 2CD+BOKThe retelling of fine,magnificent, heroic deedsfrom the past has alwaysbeen, for all the nations ofthe world, the thread theyfollow to their future and theweft of which this future iswoven. Austere and Doric,as stern as the heroes theydescribe, the songs calledHistoric could function aschronicles, but also asmusical myths or to serve asa lesson in history.3-761 CARNIVAL SONGSWITH DOMNA SAMIOUDVD NOK 2303-763 At Megaron, TheAthens Concert Hall«An evergreen singer -researcher of traditional Greekmusic, worked with consistencyand dedication in what hasbeen giving her life to thepreservation of a musical legacythat continues to shrink withincreasing speed ... a tribute tothe great lady of folk music.Includes tracks from theconcert - a tribute held inAthens Concert Hall it alsocontains songs from all regionsof Greece.The most famous publication of DomnaSamiou’s Association. These ‘sacred in theprofane’ songs of the Carnival with theirritual bawdiness disturbed the prudish‘devotees’ of tradition. The records (in LPand CD) are accompanied by a detailedbooklet analysing the pagan and ritualisticcontext in which these songs are performed;essentially connected to a specific seasonof the cosmic year, these songs are believedto have a sacred efficiency according to ruralsociety’s popular perceptions.213-764 Songs aboutGreeks far from home -DOMINA SAMIOUThis CD includes sixteen songsnarrating all the different aspectsof migrating in foreign lands: thedeparture and the life to foreignlands, the life of the family leftbehind, the death in theseforeign lands or the returnhome. This publication with itsinformative accompanyingbooklet, introduces a neworientation in Domna Samiou’smusic publications.