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| Album ID |
#STI |
Nationality |
Title |
Performers |
Instrument |
Rhythms |
Producer |
Notes |
DBID |
|---|
| Balkanton-107 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Koutev Ensemble,
Koutev |
Koutev Ensemble |
voice,
bitov |
trite_puti |
|
LW> The classic Koutev Ensemble recordings,
LW> The classic Koutev Ensemble recordings. One side of the record (side A) has some cracke because of some kind of liquid soil on it. |
LW-3081,
LW-3255,
EB-AU |
| Balkanton-125 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Izpulneniya Na DANPT - Filip Koutev |
Koutev Ensemble |
bitov |
pravo |
|
|
LW-1379 |
| Balkanton-301 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Koutev Ensemble,
Koutev |
Koutev Ensemble |
voice |
|
|
|
LW-3082,
EB-AU |
| Balkanton-387 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Shope,
Thrace |
Durzhaven Ansemble Za Narodni Pesni I Tantsi - Koutev Ensemble |
Koutev Ensemble |
voice,
kaval,
bitov |
ruchenitsa,
pravo,
daichovo,
krivo,
gankino,
trite_puti |
|
LW> Precursor to Koutev ensemble |
LW-1300 |
| Balkanton-520 |
|
Bulgaria |
Philip Koutev |
Koutev Ensemble |
|
|
|
|
LW-2189 |
| Balkanton-1095 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Durzhaven Ansambul Za Narodni Pesni I Tantsi - Filip Koutev |
Koutev Ensemble |
voice,
bitov |
pravo |
|
|
LW-1378,
EB-LP |
| Balkanton-1103 |
TI |
Bulgaria,
Shope |
Performances By The State Ensemble For Folk Songs And Dances,
State Ensemble for Folksongs and Dances,
Koutev |
Koutev Ensemble |
voice,
bitov |
|
|
LW-1865 |
LW-1865,
TD-98,
EB-LP,
EB-AU |
| Balkanton-1285 |
6STI |
Bulgaria,
Thrace |
Trakiiska Svatba - Thracian Wedding,
Trakiiska Svatba,
Thracian Wedding,
Trakiska Svadba |
Koutev Ensemble,
Koutev Ensemble Chorus |
bitov,
voice |
ruchenitsa,
pravo,
daichovo,
paidushko,
doina |
|
LW> Very Highly Arranged and Orchestrated - 1 long band per side - A classic production!,
LW-1299 |
LW-1299,
LW-2802,
TD-122,
EB-CT,
EB-AU |
| Balkanton-1316 |
1STI |
Bulgaria,
Rhodope |
Philip Koutev Ensemble,
Philip Koutev,
Performances by the State Ensemble for Songs and Dances |
Koutev Ensemble,
Verka Siderova,
Yanka Taneva,
Elena Yuroukova,
Roza Tsvetkova,
Ya Nenova,
Stoyana Lalova,
M Gergova,
Nadka Karadzhova |
gaida,
voice,
bitov |
gankino,
ruchenitsa |
|
LW> Some excellent A Capella songs,
LW-3197 |
LW-2176,
LW-3197,
TD-128,
EB-CT |
| Balkanton-11086 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Philip Koutev |
Koutev Ensemble |
voice,
bitov |
pravo,
ruchenitsa |
|
LW> Very nice Koutev Ensemble choral recording |
LW-3102,
LW-3153,
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 |
|
LW> Very nice collection of famous tunes |
LW-1976 |
| Balkanton-11871 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Rhodope |
Philip Koutev State Ensemble For Folk Songs And Dances - 35 Years - Vol 1 Of 2 |
Koutev Ensemble |
voice,
bitov |
lesnoto,
paidushko,
pravo |
|
LW> Not particularly well recorded and a bit too orchestral to suite my taste |
LW-3136,
LW-3161 |
| Balkanton-11872 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Varna,
Shope |
Philip Koutev State Ensemble For Folk Songs And Dances - 35 Years - Vol 2 Of 2 |
Koutev Ensemble |
bitov,
voice |
trite_puti,
krivo,
ruchenitsa |
|
LW> Very Very arranged tunes - too arranged to suite me |
LW-3138,
LW-3162 |
| Balkanton-12624 |
|
Bulgaria,
Rhodope |
Pesni Ot Rhodopite - Songs From The Rhodopes - Boika Prisadova |
Boika Prisadova,
Koutev Ensemble |
voice |
|
|
LW> Beautiful Voice - totally over-orchestratred and arranged |
LW-1321 |
| Balkanton-12748 |
|
Bulgaria |
Philip Koutev,
The Philip Koutev National Folk Company - New Songs |
Koutev Ensemble |
voice |
|
|
|
LW-1081,
LW-1350 |
| Balkanton-060053 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Folk Ensembles And Songs |
Pirin Ensemble,
Tanya Kostova,
Silvia Maleva,
Koutev Ensemble,
Severnyashkiya Ansamble,
Trakiya State Folk Ensemble,
ANPKTR Choir,
Orchestra (Bulgarian Television + Radio Folk Song Ens) ANPBRT,
Yanka Roupkina |
kaval,
voice |
|
|
|
LW-2551 |
| Balkanton-060243 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Thrace |
Vulkana Stoyanova - The Voice Of Thrace |
Vulkana Stoyanova,
Hristo Todorov Orchestra,
M Yordanov Orch,
Ivan Kirev Orchestra,
Nikola Ganchev,
Koutev Ensemble,
Anastas Naumov Orchestra |
voice,
kaval,
bitov |
pravo,
doina |
|
LW> Great collection of tunes |
LW-2759 |
| Bruno-50163 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Macedonia |
This Is Bulgaria |
Koutev Ensemble,
Karlo Ensemble,
Boris Karlov |
tambura,
brass,
bitov,
accordion |
gankino |
|
|
LW-32 |
| 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 |
| Folklore_Adventures-7 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Thrace,
Shope |
Folklore Dances Of Bulgaria - Dennis Boxell |
Misho Gyurov,
Boris Karlov,
Koutev Ensemble,
Boris Mashalov |
accordion,
bitov,
voice |
pravo,
eleno,
gankino,
ruchenitsa,
trite_puti,
chetvorno,
paidushko |
|
|
LW-2553 |
| Gega-547 |
|
Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Custom Songs |
Koutev Ensemble |
|
|
|
|
LW-1083 |
| Nasha_Pesen-595 |
4ST |
Bulgaria,
Shope |
Bulgaria In Song And Dance - Koutev Ensemble |
Koutev Ensemble |
bitov |
trite_puti,
petrunino,
ruchenitsa,
paidushko |
|
|
LW-17,
EB-LP |
| Radioprom-1394 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Radioprom F-KA Za Gramafonski Plochi - Produced In Bulgaria - #1394 - Koutev Ensemble Choir |
Koutev Ensemble |
|
|
|
LW> Very early recording of Koutev Ensemble - my guess is late 1940s |
LW-2945 |
| Radioprom-1408 |
|
Bulgaria |
Radioprom F-KA Gramaphoni Plochi #1408 - Kutev Ensemble |
Koutev Ensemble |
bitov |
|
|
LW> Early Kutev ( or just pre Kutev) Ensemble recording. Not so much my interest.... I will not make a digital recording |
LW-3283 |
| Slavjani-1000 |
9STI |
Bulgaria,
Thrace,
Shope |
Folklore Dances Of Bulgaria - Dennis Boxell,
Folklore Dances of Bulgaria |
Misho Gyurov,
Boris Karlov,
Koutev Ensemble,
Boris Mashalov |
accordion,
bitov,
voice |
pravo,
eleno,
gankino,
ruchenitsa,
trite_puti,
chetvorno,
paidushko |
Dennis Boxell |
|
LW-24,
TD-650,
EB-CT |
| Topic-12-107 |
4STI |
Bulgaria,
Macedonia,
Dobrudja |
Folk Music Of Bulgaria - A. L. Lloyd,
Folk Music of Bulgaria,
Collected and Edited by A. L. Lloyd |
Koutev Ensemble,
Ruska Bozhilova Nachalnichka,
Raina Amzina,
Laza Batlachka,
Pavel Sirakov,
Ilya Zakharev,
Ekaterina + Genoveva Sirakova,
Ali Chasmakov,
Mekhmed Dzhambazov,
Roza Tsvetkova,
Lyuba Barakova,
Vasilka Karadalieva,
Jordan Jordanov,
Vangeliya Groueva,
Stoina Groueva,
Feika Sirakuleva,
Maria Manolova Kushleva,
Grouycho Dochev,
Nadka Karadzhova,
Vulkana Stoyanova,
Jordanka Dimitrova Ilieva,
Peter Nikolov Bogdanov,
Verka Tsoneva Dimitrova,
Todor Gemedzhiev,
Peter Stoichev |
bitov,
voice,
tambura,
gadulka,
frula |
gankino,
daichovo,
paidushko |
|
|
LW-864,
TD-762 |
| Xopo-2 |
8STI |
Bulgaria,
Macedonia,
Thrace |
Bulgarian-Macedonian Folk Songs And Dances - XOPO Vol 2,
Bulgarian-Macedonian Folk Songs and Dances,
XOPO! Vol II |
Gyorga Pindzhourova,
Vasilka Ivanova,
Maria Kokareshkova,
Stefan Ivanov,
Lilyana Dokova,
Boris Karlov Orchestra,
Gotse Delchev Folk Ensemble,
Iliya Argirov,
Prvo Maj Folk Orchestra,
Magdalena Morarova,
Boris Karlov,
Kosta Kolev,
Koutev Ensemble,
Hristo Gheshev,
Radka Koushleva,
Georgi Chilingirov |
voice,
accordion,
bitov,
clarinet |
lesnoto,
devetorka,
paidushko,
pravo,
petrunino,
gankino,
ruchenitsa |
|
|
LW-12,
TD-490,
EB-CT |
| Xopo-319 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Macedonia |
XOPO - X-319 |
Koutev Ensemble,
Andreas Tsaousis,
P Kokodinis Orchestra |
bitov,
voice |
|
|
|
LW-2572 |
| Xopo-329 |
T |
Bulgaria |
XOPO X-329 |
Koutev Ensemble,
Pirin Ensemble |
|
|
|
|
LW-268 |