"Silence makes time expand, creating an inner mystical horizon that enriches our self awareness. 
When watching a candle light… We don’t wonder how long it takes to light the flame. We don’t mind of the trembling and unstable flame. We don’t question the brightness of the light. We simply get absorbed by the beauty, the serenity and the simplicity of this tiny flame, so powerful to withdraw us from the outer reality and make us contemplate.” Y.K.

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Aptera

For the past five years, Yiorgos Kaloudis has been collecting and selecting Early Music repertoire, transcribing and arranging scores for solo Classical Cretan Lyra.

Compositions of Guillaume de Machaut, Sainte Colombe, Marin Marais, Anonymous (England, 1225) and Guido d’Arezzo.

Recorded at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, Santorini, Catholic Diocese of Thira, Santorini, on May of 2021. 

Special Guests at the Guido d’Arezzo, "Ut Queant Laxis" hymn: 
Irini Tsirakidis (mezzo-soprano), 
Marina Theodoropoulou (soprano), 
Dimitra Kokkinopoulou (soprano), 
Yiorgos Roussos (tenor)

Sound engineer (recording, mixing, mastering): Panagiotis Chountas
Photograph by Thanasis Tzimas
Videos by Vasilis Tsirakidis (I do films Global)

DNA Label 2022

Special thanks to PhonoQuest, my family and my friends!

Aptera

Yiorgos Kaloudis

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