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!

Douce Dame Jolie

Violoncello, Classical Cretan Lyra, composer, improviser.