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Album ID |
#STI |
Nationality |
Title |
Performers |
Instrument |
Rhythms |
Producer |
Notes |
DBID |
Balkanton-340 |
13STI |
Bulgaria, Rhodope, Dobrudja, Severn |
Bulgarski Narodni Instrumentalni Melodi, Bulgarian Folk Music - Instruments & Tunes, Narodna Muzika - BHA 340 |
Nikola Ganchev, Stojan Velichkov, Chifte Kavali, Blagoi Blagoev, Pavel Sirakov, Dimitur Milachkov, Kostadin Varimezov, Vassil Vasilev, Kalinka Vulcheva, Ivan Zlatanov, G Tuchev, Dobrudzhanskata Troika, Strandzhanskata Grupa, Belishka Grupa, Bulgarski Tsigani, Severnyashka Grupa, Sadovskata Grupa, Instrumental Group West Bulgaria, Dimiter Milachkov |
kaval, frula, gadulka, voice, tambura, bitov, zurna, brass |
reka, gankino, pravo, paidushko, ruchenitsa, trite_puti, daichovo |
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LW> Most tunes same as Balkanton BHA 340. Record indicates it was given to Dick Crum by Nick Jordanoff., LW-29 |
LW-29, LW-1571, LW-3241, TD-183, EB-CD |
Balkanton-1849 |
TI |
Bulgaria, Thrace |
Master Performers On Folk Instruments, Maistori - Ispulniteli, Master Performers on Folk Instruments |
Iliya Dimitrov, ANPKTR Orchestra, Atanas Vulchev, Atanas Vulchev Instr Group, Stojan Velichkov, Kosta Kolev Orchestra, Roumen Sirakov, Blagoi Blagoev, Kostadin Varimezov, Neno Ivanov, Nikola Atanasov |
gaida, gadulka, kaval, tambura, frula |
paidushko, ruchenitsa, daichovo, krivo, trite_puti, pravo |
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LW-1661 |
LW-1661, LW-1915, TD-154, EB-AU |
Balkanton-1990 |
TI |
Bulgaria, Thrace |
Bulgarski Narodni Hora I Ruchenitsi, Bulgarski Narodni Hora & Racenici |
Stojan Velichkov, Kosta Kolev Orchestra, Kostadin Varimezov, Neno Ivanov, Iliya Dimitrov, ANPKTR Orchestra, Roumen Sirakov, Emil Kolev Orchestra, Blagoi Blagoev, Emil Kolev, Stefan Angelov Orch, Dimitur Stoikov, Anastas Naumov Orchestra, Petko Radev |
bitov, kaval, voice, gaida, gadulka, tambura, frula, accordion, clarinet |
ruchenitsa, trite_puti, krivo, paidushko, eleno, daichovo, pravo, gankino |
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LW> Very nice collection of dance tunes by some excellent artists. Some of the tunes are too orchestratedto suite my taste., LW-1855 |
LW-1855, LW-3074, LW-3097, TD-167, EB-CT |
Balkanton-060050 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Musical Folklore - 1 |
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tambura |
ruchenitsa, trite_puti |
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LW-1419 |
Bma_Productions-1001 |
T |
Bulgaria, Rhodope, Thrace |
Au Dela Du mystere-Beyond The Mystery : Musique Des Villages De Bulgarie-Village Music Of Bulgaria : Rhodopes-Thrace (Vol. 1) |
Various (collection Yves Moreau), Dafo Trendafilov, Kina Becheva, Kina Merdzhanova, Dimitur Petkovski, Smolyan Muzhka Pevcheska Grupa Ot Selo Kutela, Rhodopsk0 Zhenska Folklorna Grupa, P Kushlev, Feim Dzhigov, Sto Gajdi, Dimitar Angelov Wedding Band |
voice, tambura, bitov, gadulka, kaval |
ruchenitsa, pravo, svornoto, gankino, buchimish, trite_puti |
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LW-1462 |
Folk_Dancer-104 |
1ST |
Bulgaria, Shope, Thrace |
Bulgarian Folk Songs And Dances - Michell Cartier Series |
Boris Karlov, Kosta Kolev |
accordion, voice, brass, tambura, gadulka, bitov |
daichovo, eleno, trite_puti, gankino, ruchenitsa, grancharsko |
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LW-21 |
Gega-228 |
1ST |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope |
Grozdana |
Trakiya State Folk Ensemble, Maria Tsvetkova, Stanka Argirova Kurshumova, Ulyana Raikova, Rumyana Angelova, Peter Kostadinov, Dimitur Popov, Zlatka Stefanova, Boika Sekeranova, Temenuga Mincheva |
voice, bitov, tambura, bagpipe, gaida |
paidushko, pravo, ruchenitsa, trite_puti |
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LW> Nice album of Trakiya Ensemble - a vew very nice tracks |
LW-2743 |
Kabile-Thrace |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace |
Traditional Music From Thrace |
Kabile, Nikolay Doktorov |
bitov, guitar, voice, kaval, tambura, synthesizer, gaida |
ruchenitsa, pravo, buenek, trite_puti, krivo, gankino |
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LW> I was VERY surprised to hear a bass guitar on essentially all of the tracks. While the general musicianship is excellent, I think the bass guitar detracts from the traditional nature of the music that the album proports to represent. |
LW-3354 |
Koleverafolk-Gadulka |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace |
Gadulka Melodies |
Nikolay Kolev, Karavelovska Gudularska Groupa, Nikolay Baldaranov, Donka Koleva, Kalin Kirilov, Rossen Genkov |
gadulka, voice, tambura |
gankino, ruchenitsa, pravo, trite_puti, paidushko, daichovo, graovsko, eleno |
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LW> Very nice gudulka playing, |
LW-2563 |
Nonesuch-72034 |
6STI |
Bulgaria, Rhodope |
Village Music Of Bulgaria - Martin Koenig & Ethel Raim, Village Music of Bulgaria, A harvest, a shephard, a bride |
Vasilka Andonava, Kremena Stancheva, Shtiliyan Tihov, Menka Aronova, Lenka Gergeva, Bozhourka Toupankova, Borislav Vassilev, Smolyan Folk Ensemble, Stephan Zahmanov, Valya Balkanska, L Kanevski |
bitov, kaval, gadulka, tambura, gaida |
trite_puti, gankino, krivo, pravo, ruchenitsa, paidushko, svornoto, daichovo |
Ethel Raim, Marty Koenig |
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LW-34, TD-390, EB-LP |
Varimezovi-4976 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope |
Bulgarian Folk Gems |
BalkanFolk Group, Bozhoura Trio, Tsvetanka Varimezova, Ivan Varimezov |
bitov, gaida, voice, tambura |
na_trapeza, ruchenitsa, pravo, graovsko, trite_puti, gankino |
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LW> Very nice CD - some have too much arrangement of the bitov orchestra - varimezovi are great! |
LW-2564 |