John Plousiadenos

About the artist

John Plousiadenos (c.1429-1500) was a Greek Renaissance scholar, hymnographer, and composer born in Crete. Plousiadenos' sacred compositions for the Orthodox church use a discantus technique, thus achieving a polyphonic texture, a practice that underlines the innovative character of his works as compared to the monophony of what is usually thought of as "byzantine chant" of the period.

Top songs

1. Communion Verse
2. Communion for Mid-Pentecost (Arr. A. Lingas) [Live]
3. Canon for the Council of Florence (Ode 5)
4. Canon in Honor of Thomas Aquinas (Ode 1)
5. Kalophonic Coda for St. Basil - A New Addition (Arr. I. Arvanitis)
6. Kontákion for St. Thomas Aquinas (Live)
7. Kanon in Honor of St. Thomas Aquinas: Ode 1 (Melody by John of Damascus) (MS Vatopedi 1529)
8. Communion Hymn for Mid-Pentecost
9. Communion for Mid-Pentecost
10. Canon for the Council of Florence: Ode 5

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