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Album ID |
#STI |
Nationality |
Title |
Performers |
Instrument |
Rhythms |
Producer |
Notes |
DBID |
Balkanton-1293 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Varna, Rhodope |
Koprivshtitsa '71 - Vtori Natsionalen Folkloren Subor |
Toma Yanchev, Nadezhda Hvoineva, Kostadinka Petrova, Village Folklore Group Village Of Kovachevtsi, Elena Gramatikova, Krustyu Velikov, Ginka Atanasova, Folklor Group From Sandanski, Kolyo Kavrukov, Dobra Savova, Bozhana Velikova, Folklore Group Village Of Blateshnitsa, Ivan Stoyanov, Womens Folklore Group Village Of Drumsha, Stephan Zahmanov, Bansko Mens Vocal Group |
voice, bitov, gaida, kaval |
ruchenitsa, pravo, chetvorno |
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LW-1275, LW-1808 |
Nina_Kavardjikova-1992-01 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope, Rhodope, Wallachia, Varna, Dobrudja, Romania |
Bulgarian Folk Dances With Nina Kavardjikova - 1992.01 |
|
bitov, frula, accordion, voice |
ruchenitsa, gankino, pravo, devetorka, lesnoto, paidushko |
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LW> Some very nice dance tunes on this CD - no credits given, but I suspect that many of the musicians may have been Trakiya folks |
LW-2972 |
Nina_Kavardjikova-1993-01 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Rhodope, Varna, Wallachia, Severn |
Bulgarian Folk Dances With Nina Kavardjikova - 1993.01, Bulgarian Folk Dances With Nina Kavardjikova - 1993.03 |
Kostadin Gougov, Emil Kolev Orchestra, Emil Mladenov, Ivan Boichev, Ivan Hadzhiski, Teodossi Spassov Quartet, Transportni Voiski Douhov Orkestur Sofia |
bitov, gaida, voice, synthesizer, kaval, flute, zurna, frula, trumpet, brass, accordion |
pravo, ruchenitsa, trite_puti, svornoto, graovsko, petrunino, reka, paidushko, devetorka, lesnoto |
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LW> Some very nice dance tunes on this CD - no credits given, but I suspect that many of the musicians may have been Ensemble Trakiya folks, LW> Some very nice dance tunes on this CD - no credits given, but I suspect that many of the musicians may have been Ensemble Pirin folks |
LW-2973, LW-2974 |
Nina_Kavardjikova-1994-02 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope, Varna, Thrace, Rhodope |
Bulgarian Folk Dances With Nina Kavardjikova - 1994.02 |
Nedyalka Keranova, Pirin Ensemble, Veneta Tsvetkova |
bitov, gaida, voice, trumpet |
trite_puti, pravo, graovsko, devetorka, ruchenitsa, svornoto |
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LW> Some very nice dance tunes on this CD - no credits given. There is one Shope tune I particularly like on the album. |
LW-2975 |
Petur_Iliev-002 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope, Varna, Rhodope, Rom, Thrace |
Made In Bulgaria - 95% Dance Music |
Vasil Bebelekov, Nikolay Kolev, Petur Iliev, Ivan Kabaivanov, Nikolay Kisiov, Yordan Iliev, Dimitar Boyadzhiev, Enei Vitanov, Yanko Asenov, Maria Bebelekov |
bitov, voice, guitar |
ruchenitsa, pravo, devetorka, petrunino, eleno, chetvorno, gankino |
|
LW> Excellent tunes |
LW-2438 |
Stefkos_Musik-0607107 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope, Rhodope, Dobrudja, Varna |
The Great Bulgarian masters-Bagpipe - Golemite Bulgarski Maistori - Gaida |
Nikola Atanasov, Dimitur Zaekov, Dimitur Zaekov (Son Of), Petar Yanev, Krassimir Rachev, Stoyko Georgiev, Petko Stoyanov |
bagpipe, gaida, guitar, voice |
pravo, paidushko, graovsko, ruchenitsa |
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LW> Excellent variety of Gaida players |
LW-2800 |
Sunrise_Marinov-0081 |
T |
Bulgaria, Varna, Rhodope, Thrace, Dobrudja, Macedonia, Russia |
Nazdravi S "Pendari" |
Pendari |
voice, bitov |
pravo, lesnoto, daichovo, ruchenitsa, devetorka |
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LW> Instrumentals are quite good - singing is not particularly strong. |
LW-2985 |
Todor_Kirov-2 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Dobrudja, Varna, Rhodope, Severn |
Todor Kirov (Gudulka) - Bulgarian Folk Music 2 |
Todor Kirov, Velichka Kirova |
gadulka, tambura, synthesizer, voice |
pravo, ruchenitsa, paidushko, reka, gankino, krivo, opas, daichovo, buchimish |
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LW> Very nice tunes featuring Todor Kirov - Gudulka professor at Plovdiv Music Academy, and his wife Velichka on tambura. The tambura tunes also have synthesizer |
LW-3389 |
Vaw-990144 |
T |
Bulgaria, Rhodope, Thrace, Severn, Shope, Varna |
Bulgarian Dance With Maria Eftimova Karaleeva |
Hristofor Radanov Bitov Ensemble |
bitov, kaval |
gankino, jove, pravo, paidushko, ruchenitsa |
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LW> Some excellent tunes |
LW-2436 |
Yo_Music-4 |
T |
Bulgaria, Varna, Thrace, Rhodope |
Folk Magic - Bulgarski Hora I Ruchenitsi - Folk Magiya - Spectre Orchestra |
Spectre Orchestra Varna |
bitov, voice |
ruchenitsa, pravo, eleno, paidushko, daichovo, gankino, lesnoto |
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LW> Wonderful music. That by itself is usually enough. But what make this special is that essentially all the musicians are BLIND, they all live in Varna, and the Director of the group, Nikolay Doktovov, is about the only sighted person.;; |
LW-2771 |