Rembetica-Urban Greek Music

Rembetica | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 14, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B0000002SG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,852 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #29 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Greece

Track Listings

1. Sousta Politiki

2. Horors Dervishikos

3. Rast Gazel

4. Ime Prezakias - Tsifte Telli

5. Taxim - Zembekiko

6. I Xenitia

7. Baglamadhes

8. Glendi Ke Horors - Serviko

9. O Psilos - Zeimbekiko

10. Minore Tou Deke

11. Diplochordo Tsifte Telli

12. Ta Kommena Ta Malia Sou - Tsifte Telli

13. Zeimbekiko Aivaleotiko

14. Manes Tsifte Telli

15. Mes'tou Manthou Ton Teke

16. I Eleni I Zontohira

17. Syros - Zeimbekiko

18. Opios Orfanepse Mikros

19. Taxim Hetzaskiar Kiurdi

20. Manes Chiotikos

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: World Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 14-FEB-1991

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stellar Rembetica Artists All on One CD, April 6, 2002

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Erika Borsos "pepper flower" (Gulf Coast of FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rembetica-Urban Greek Music (Audio CD)

If I had to own one and only one CD of Rembetica music: this one is it!!! Usually there is only one or two instruments accompanying a song/instrumental: either bouzouki alone or with either a kanun, cimbalom, violin, or clarinet, or lyra alone ... then the voice of a famed Rembetica singer starts to sing: to the beat of a "Cafe Aman" melody. The stark contrast of voice and basic instruments creates a very earthy and natural sound.

The liner notes are helpful in listing origin of the song or instrumental, a little history of where it was first played or recorded and something about the life of the artist. Overall, this is the *best* combination of Rembetica music I have yet heard! Erika Borsos (erikab93)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best compilation, September 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Rembetica-Urban Greek Music (Audio CD)

this is by far the best compilation I've heard of old rembetika. All the recordings are original, and they represent the whole variety of rembetika written in the 20's and 30's, from amanedes, to hashish songs, to songs about xenitia and suffering. The song Opios Orphanepse micros is my favorite rebetiko.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars listening through a window back in time, July 24, 2002

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George (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rembetica-Urban Greek Music (Audio CD)

this fabulous CD is a marvel of the human spirit caught in time and place .A world we can never go to , but we can visit through this window.There is a eerie nostalgic quality to the music which is palpable and strange given that in their time and place these recordings were contemporary .