The third stop of the encomium, the well-known "Ai geneai paasi", as it is in its original form, is interpreted by Manolis Karpathios with his kanun. A brilliant melody, it captivates and relaxes the listener so that he can accept the highest musical messages of the encomium. From a 17th century manuscript, Simon Karas explained the old notation, decoded the musical writing of that era so that we have this masterpiece today. This is followed by a variation of the theme that highlights the main melodic line that exists in Byzantine notation (notes) in the music book Megali Ebdomada by Georgios Raidestinos, who also follows the tradition of Petros Lampadaris of the Peloponnese (18th century) of this enormous musical figure.
The musicians are:
Manolis Karpathios, kanunaki
Nikos Paraoulakis, ney
Michalis Asikis, keyboards.
Programming-arrangement, Michalis Asikis.
The recording was done at Studio Romana with sound engineer Michalis Asikis.
Creative, Dimitris Katsoulakos.
