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Album ID |
#STI |
Nationality |
Title |
Performers |
Instrument |
Rhythms |
Producer |
Notes |
DBID |
Balkanton-1334 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Balkanton #1334 - Georgi Koev & Boris Karlov Orch |
Georgi Koev, Boris Karlov Orchestra |
clarinet |
krivo, gankino, na_trapeza, ruchenitsa |
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LW> Excellent tunes - a bit too much low level bass in the record. |
LW-2821 |
Balkanton-10165 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope |
Traicho Sinapov - Accordion |
Traicho Sinapov, Emil Kolev Orchestra |
accordion, voice |
ruchenitsa, petrunino, graovsko, gankino, na_trapeza |
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LW> Excellent Shope style accordion playing and good, simple orchestrations. |
LW-1989 |
Balkanton-10545 |
1STI |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope |
Atanas Vulchev - Gudulka, Atanas Vulchev - Gadulka |
Atanas Vulchev |
gadulka, bitov, voice, gaida |
pravo, paidushko, krivo, gankino, ruchenitsa, na_trapeza, graovsko |
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LW> Very Good album although some of the track are overorchestrated., LW-1637 |
LW-1336, LW-1637, TD-80, EB-LP |
Balkanton-11140 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Rhodope, Shope |
Bulgarska Narodna Mouzika |
Kostadin Varimezov, Kalinka Vulcheva, Bulgarian Television And Radio Folksong Ensemble, Stojan Velichkov, Vulkana Stoyanova, Nikola Ganchev, Georgi Chilingirov + Stefan Zahmanov, Koutev Ensemble, Atanas Vulchev, Yovcho Karaivanov, Trakiya State Folk Ensemble, Nadka Karadzhova, Anastas Naumov Orchestra, Boris Mashalov, Kosta Kolev Orchestra, Roumen Sirakov, Emil Kolev Orchestra, Pirin Ensemble |
gaida, bitov, voice, kaval, gadulka, tambura |
paidushko, ruchenitsa, pravo, na_trapeza, gankino, doina, grancharsko |
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LW> Very nice collection of famous tunes |
LW-1976 |
Balkanton-11177 |
T |
Bulgaria, Severn |
Naiden Kirov - Rousse |
Naiden Kirov Group Rousse |
|
pravo, na_trapeza, gankino, ruchenitsa, grancharsko, daichovo, eleno |
|
LW> Very nice North Bulgarian tunes |
LW-2159, LW-3195 |
Balkanton-11711 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope, Thrace |
Atanas Vulchev (Gadulka) & Elka Vulcheva (Violin) |
Atanas Vulchev, Elka Vulcheva |
violin, gadulka, bitov |
krivo, gankino, pravo, ruchenitsa, na_trapeza |
|
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LW-1565, EB-LP |
Balkanton-12036 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace |
Veska Mokova & Izvor Orchestra |
Veska Mokova, Izvor Orchestra, Emil Kolev Orchestra, Dimitur Penev Orch, Hristofor Radanov Ensemble |
voice |
gankino, ruchenitsa, pravo, na_trapeza |
|
LW> Some very nice tunes and arrangements - good singer |
LW-1964 |
Balkanton-12058 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Rhodope |
Koprivshtitsa '86 - Recordings Of Children Participants In The 5th National Folk Festival |
Bulgaria Children's Folk Group Smolyan, Ivelina Petrova, Yulian Georgiev, Maria Todorova, Meshtitsa village (Pernik) Children's Folk Group, Tsenko Petrov, Denis Ignatov, Elhovets village (Smolyan) Children's Folk Group, Nelly Lyubenova, Goren Chiflik (Varna) Children's Folk Group, Stoyan Chobanov, Padina village (Kurdzhali) Children's Folk Group, Tanya Skechelieva, Lazarevo (Vratsa) Children's Folk Group, Stoyan Kossanov, Lazar Kossanov, Tsonka Dimitrova, Volouyak Quartel (Sofia) Peter Malinov Club Children's Folk Group, Margarit Vassilev, Mitko Tsvetkov, Stoyan Dimov, Vesselka Dobrinova, Mramor Quartel (Sofia) Children's Folk Group |
voice, gaida, kaval, gadulka |
na_trapeza, gankino, pravo, ruchenitsa |
|
LW> Lots of really excellent pereformance by children. |
LW-1978 |
Columbia-5378-11 |
9ST |
Bulgaria, Columbia, Shope, Macedonia, Rhodope, Thrace |
Columbia World Library Of Folk & Primitive Music Volume XVII - Folk Music Of Bulgaria - Lomax/Lloyd |
Koutev Ensemble, Lazarinka Yanachkova, Litsa Lazarova, Pavlina Vaiova, Svilenka Vaiova, Ekaterina + Genoveva Sirakova, Ruska Bozhilova, Slavka Georgieva, Ilya Zakharev, Ognyan (Jimmy) Vassilev, Anka Balabanova, Ali Chasmakov, Mekhmed Dzhambazov, Roza Tsvetkova, Zhenska Pevachka Groupa ot Satovcha Gotse Delchev, Lyuba Barakova, Zhivka Gavrilova, Rhodope Muzhka Pevcheska Groupa Ot Chepelare, Rhodope Mixed Group Of Singers From Chepelare, Feika Sirakuleva, Zlata Milusheva, Nadka Karadzhova, Stoyan Dobrev, Grouycho Dochev, Vulkana Stoyanova, Elena Mileva, Vasil Milev, Assan Alilov, Mustafa Mazulov, Verka Tsoneva Dimitrova, Peter Nikolov Bogdanov, Todor Gemedzhiev, Elenko Nedelkov, Peter Stoichev, Mita Stoicheva, Ivan Stoichev, Haidushka Pesen Sextet |
bitov, voice, tambura, kaval, gadulka, frula |
petrunino, daichovo, lesnoto, pravo, ruchenitsa, na_trapeza, gankino |
Alan Lomax |
LW> Excellent Recordings Made in 1954 |
LW-1720, EB-LP |
Gega-276 |
TI |
Bulgaria, Macedonia |
Musical Instruments In Bulgaria - Demko Kurtov's Zourna Group, Musical Instruments in Bulgaria, Demko Kurtov's Zurna Group |
Demko Kourtov's Zourna Group |
zurna, gaida |
na_trapeza, chiftetelli, gankino, graovsko |
|
LW> Excellent Pirin Zurna album - well recorded - great tunes! |
LW-2746, TD-630 |
Ivan_Varimezov-4977 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace |
Bagpipe Solo |
|
bagpipe, gaida, voice |
ruchenitsa, trite_puti, na_trapeza, paidushko, eleno, pravo, daichovo, gankino |
|
LW> Excellent gaida playing - but BNR Orchestra too arranged for my taste |
LW-2669 |
Le_Chant_Du_..e-274970-212 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope |
Musique Du Pays Shope |
Georgi Georgiev, Cerovo Village Ensemble, Kladnitsa Women's Folk Group, Kiril Pavlov, Yordanka (Gabra Shopluk) Ilieva, Petar Batchev, Ichtiman Folk Group, Gabra Folk Group, Georgi Iliev, Raiko Batchev |
bitov, gadulka, voice, gaida, frula |
na_trapeza, daichovo, paidushko, gankino, pravo, ruchenitsa, buchimish, chetvorno, graovsko |
|
LW> Music of the Shope Country |
LW-2766 |
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 |
Yazoo-7016 |
TI |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Serbia, Macedonia |
Song Of The Crooked Dance, Song of the Crooked Dance, Early Bulgarian Traditional Music 1927-1942 |
Demir Cholakov, Vulkana Stoyanova, Radi Angelov Orchestra, Georgi Stanev, Ahmed Saliev, Zah Atanasova, Boris Karlov Orchestra, Mita Stoicheva, Kavaldzhiev(Ivan) Orchestra, Masha Byalmoustakova, Iliya Atanasov, Parush Parushev, Karlo Ensemble, Gergana Tsekova, Peyou Boudakov, Bistrishka Chetvorka, Tsvyatko Blagoev, Boris Mashalov, Trakiiska Troika (Before 1941), Sevlievska Troika, Hristo Arsov, Karlo Iliev, Tsvyatko Blagoev's Folk Group, Goudi Goudev, Ramadan (Orch) Lolov, Boris Karlov |
bitov, clarinet, voice, gaida, zurna, brass, kaval, tambura |
ruchenitsa, chetvorno, eleno, waltz, daichovo, paidushko, gankino, pravo, lesnoto, na_trapeza |
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LW> Excelent CD |
LW-1451, TD-493 |