L. Asteris (1992, Sunday of Orthodox, from cmkon.org)
L. Asteris (1992, Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, from cmkon.org)
L.Asteris(2003, from mpa.gr)
The fast part in the beginning is by the First domestichos Stylianos Floikos. Asteris seems to be inconsistent (?) in the pitch of ZW and GA even in the same musical phrase.

Other interpretations

P. Neochoritis
[mp3, 5.5 Mb]
N. Nikolaidis
[wma, 1.2 Mb] (broadcasted by S. Kissas)

G. K. Michalakis
version 1 [mp3]
version 2 [mp3]
personal interpretation [mp3]

CMKON choir (D. Paikopoulos)
[wma,3.1 Mb]
(broadcasted by L. Angelopoulos/K. Angelidis, published on analogion.net)

Athonite Monks
(Xenophontos Panygeris of the Elevation of the Holy Cross)
[wma,1.6 Mb]

OEBX choir (director Michalis Makris)
[wma, 2.5 Mb] (from ecclesia.gr)



Scores

Clasical Score from Pandekte 1851, exegesis of Gregorios Protopsaltis [jpg]

This one from A. Kyriazidou "En Anthos", page 1 [jpg]page 2 [jpg]page 3 [jpg]page 4 [jpg] (provided by S. Gugushvili)
Notice the ZW flat / not-flat indications in the beginning. All of them absent in Gregorios' text.



Research

A selected phrase was extracted by S. Gugushvili for comparison of performance by various psaltai.

I. Nafpliotis/K. Pringos [wma,40 Kb] (orfeon record)
K. Pringos [wma,120 Kb] (private recording, old age)
Th. Stanitsas [mp3,26 Kb] (private recording, 1963, Chalki)
S. Tsolakidis [wma,200 Kb] (live, 1970)
L. Asteris/S. Floikos [wma,70 Kb] (live)
Athonite Monks (Xenophontos Millenium) [wma,44 Kb] (from published live CD)
CMKON choir (D. Paikopoulos) [wma,80 Kb] (broadcasted by L. Anglelopoulos/K. Angelidis)
G. K. Michalakis [wma,20 Kb] (student of Tsolakidis)
OEBX choir (M. Makris) [mp3,30 Kb]

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