CRETAN DANCES No 1 (INSTRUMENTAL & SONGS)

Charalambos Garanourakis was born in 1946 to the son of Thamas Heraklion and from 12 years old he began to play a lyre and sang by listening to the old lyrers of his village. She is one of the lyre master and excellent singer. In the discography she appeared in 1965 with the 45-speed album "Heart of Your Heart" (Nina Records) and since then has recorded several discs with her own Cretan songs and has collaborated with the teacher of the Cretan Lute and composer Evangelos Markogiannakis on the album " my loueth "(1976). He has also been for several years the principal performer of composer Yannis Markopoulos and has some of the most important records of Greek music. Some of his albums are many. Apart from Crete, he has sung in all parts of Greece and is often called by the Cretans of America, Canada, Australia and Europe. He participates in many recordings of various types of music, creating a necessary place for the Cretan lyre in the general Greek orchestra.