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| Album ID |
#STI |
Nationality |
Title |
Performers |
Instrument |
Rhythms |
Producer |
Notes |
DBID |
|---|
| Balkanton-305 |
TI |
Bulgaria |
Pesen Ot Subora - Pirin,
Pesen Ot Subora - Nadpyavane V Pirin,
Песен от Събора - Надпяване в Пирин,
Pesen ot Subora - Nadpyavane v Pirin,
Pesen ot Subora Pirin |
Pirin Ensemble,
I Kozalarev,
M Pankova,
T Kondova,
V Koumbeva,
Zdravka Hristova,
Mushka Vokalna Groupa,
Zhivka Gavrilova,
Veneta Tsvetkova,
M Redzhelov,
A Mousov,
Olga Borisova,
Elena Kostova,
Nadezhda Kostova,
P Zlatinova,
A Efendov,
Ivan Germanov |
voice,
tambura |
lesnoto |
|
LW> Same As "Balkanton 305",
LW> Same as "Balkanton 305",
LW> Same as "Balkanton BHH 305" already re-mastered |
LW-1618,
LW-1643,
LW-1947,
TD-179,
EB-AU |
| Balkanton-339 |
TI |
Bulgaria,
Thrace,
Shope |
Bulgarski Narodni Pesni |
Nadka Karadzhova,
M Doudenski,
Anastassia Kostova,
Stoyanka Boneva,
Zhivka Gavrilova,
Veneta Tsvetkova,
Vasilka Petkova,
Yovcho Karaivanov,
Magda Pushkarova |
voice,
gadulka,
tambura |
pravo,
ruchenitsa,
lesnoto,
chetvorno,
doina |
|
LW> The album has some excellent tracks on it. |
LW-1987,
LW-2606,
TD-182,
EB-AU |
| Balkanton-457 |
1ST |
Bulgaria,
Rhodope,
Russia,
Thrace |
Narodni Pesni, Orkestori, Narodni Melodi I Hora Or Prva Nationalen Folkloren Subor Koprivshtitsa 1965 |
Folklor Group From Sandanski,
Mixed Traditional Vocal Group From Elin Pelin,
Samokovsko Vocal Group From Dragushinovo,
Sandanski Bitov Instrumental Group,
Georgi Pavlov,
Kiko Shumanov,
Nikolai Georgiev,
Dafo Trendafilov,
An Royachki,
G Krustev,
Elena + Lazarina Yanchevi,
Margarita Dimitrova,
P Peev,
Bozhourka Toupankova,
Hr Kusiotov,
Il Dinev,
Ivan Georgiev |
voice,
bitov,
gadulka,
frula,
kaval,
gaida,
tambura |
lesnoto,
pravo |
|
LW> Koprivshtitsa Festival 1965 |
LW-1274 |
| Balkanton-512 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Pirin Ensemble - Blagoevgrad |
Pirin Ensemble,
Kateriona Kostadinova,
Elena Karakasheva,
Iliya Argirov,
Osman Demov,
Rouska Stoimenova,
Vasilka Karadalieva,
Tatyana Surbinska,
Maria Tomova,
Zhivka Kostadinova,
Pelagia Kostova,
Veneta Tsvetkova |
voice,
bitov,
tambura |
lesnoto,
ruchenitsa |
|
LW> Great Songs |
LW-1491,
LW-1640,
EB-LP |
| Balkanton-1589 |
1STI |
Bulgaria,
Thrace |
Pavel & Roumen Sirakov,
Pavel i Roumen Sirakov |
Pavel Sirakov,
Roumen Sirakov,
Emil Kolev Orchestra,
Kosta Kolev Orchestra |
voice,
tambura |
ruchenitsa,
daichovo,
pravo,
krivo,
gankino,
lesnoto,
graovsko,
grancharsko |
|
LW-1473 |
LW-1473,
TD-147,
EB-CT |
| Balkanton-7705 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Shope |
Slaveite Ot Pirin - Sestri Bisserovi |
Sestri Bisserovi |
voice,
tambura |
lesnoto,
gankino,
pravo,
chetvorno |
|
LW> Excellent Recordings |
LW-1794 |
| Balkanton-10783 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Croatia |
Gotse Delchev Ensemble - Sofia |
Gotse Delchev Enselble Sofia,
Lyubka Rondova,
Iglika Genadieva,
Ivan Katsarov |
voice,
tambura,
tamburica |
lesnoto,
devetorka,
waltz |
|
LW> Voice is very sweet, but not appealing to me. Tamburas are played more like Croatian tamburitza, not a sound I like. |
LW-1504 |
| Balkanton-11507 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Gotse Delchev Ensemble - Sofia - 40 Years |
Gotse Delchev Enselble Sofia,
Lyubka Rondova,
Iglika Genadieva,
Ivan Katsarov |
voice,
tambura |
lesnoto,
devetorka |
|
LW> Bulgarian Tambura orchestra accompanying Stari Gradski style singers..... not so much to my liking |
LW-3092,
LW-3157 |
| Balkanton-11589 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Sandanski Ensemble - "Nikola I Vaptsarov" |
Music Ens From Cultural Club Otets Paisii Sandanski,
Maria Gulubova,
Stoyan Harizanov,
Lidia Parapanova,
Kamen Hristov |
voice,
tambura |
lesnoto,
gankino,
march,
ruchenitsa |
|
LW> Very nice album with some good tunes |
LW-1962 |
| Balkanton-11786 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Alexander Kokareshov - Pirin Folk Songs |
Lyubka Rondova,
Radio Blagoevgrad Orchestra,
Atanaska Dimitrova,
Dimitur Kolarov,
Razlog Folk Ensemble,
Kostadin Gougov,
Rouska Stoimenova,
Bulgarian Television And Radio Folksong Ensemble,
Kateriona Kostadinova,
Gancho Nikolov,
Venera Maerkova,
Pirin Ensemble |
voice,
tambura |
lesnoto |
|
|
LW-1522,
LW-1799 |
| Balkanton-11787 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Alexander Kokareshov - Pirin Folk Songs |
Atanaska Dimitrova,
Dimitur Kolarov,
Radio Blagoevgrad Orchestra,
Kateriona Kostadinova,
Georgi Gotsev,
Razlog Folk Ensemble,
Lyubka Rondova,
Milen Taskov,
Vasilka Karadalieva,
Pirin Ensemble,
Emil Ristoskov,
Rossitsa Doureva,
Maria Tomova,
Zhivka Gavrilova,
Rouska Stoimenova |
voice,
tambura,
bitov |
reka,
lesnoto,
devetorka |
|
|
LW-1523,
LW-1825 |
| Balkanton-12003 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Lyubka Rondova |
Lyubka Rondova,
Emil Kolev Orchestra |
voice,
tambura |
paidushko,
lesnoto,
devetorka |
|
|
LW-1585 |
| Bisserovi-3-Generations |
T |
Bulgaria |
The Bisserov Sisters - From the Roots to the Top (3 Generations) |
Bisserov Sisters + Family,
Yashar Chilikov,
Simeon Chilikov,
Istrev Mustafov |
voice,
tambura,
zurna |
lesnoto,
paidushko,
ruchenitsa,
devetorka |
|
LW> Very Nice Album |
LW-2761 |
| 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 |
| Forsyth-9 |
T |
Macedonia,
Bulgaria |
Macedonian 45's From The 1960's & 1970's - Volume 9, Dance Music (Pece Atanasovski & Tale Ognenovski) |
Pece Atanasovski,
Ivan Terziev,
Galevski Nanchevski Narodni Orkestar,
Pece Atanasovski Ensemble,
Nikola Tsvetkovski,
Tale Ognenovski Ansambl,
Tale Ognenovski,
Metodija Zafirovski |
violin,
accordion,
tambura,
gaida,
kaval,
voice,
clarinet |
daichovo,
gankino,
ezgiya,
eleno,
devetorka,
lesnoto,
paidushko,
beranche |
|
LW> Remastered records from the collection of David Golber |
LW-2510 |
| Gega-116 |
TI |
Bulgaria,
Macedonia,
Rhodope,
Shope,
Thrace |
Bulgarian Folk Music - Gega Vol 1,
Bulgarian Folk Music Vol.1,
Bulgarian Folk Music Vol. 1 |
Bulgarian Folk Music Vol 1,
Hristofor Radanov Ensemble,
Severnyashkiya Ansamble,
Roumen Rodopski,
Georgi Mussorliev,
Bulgarian Hip Hop Vocal Quartet,
Lyoubomir Vladimirov,
Zornitsa Trio,
Shopska Group,
Nikola Atanasov,
Rhodopa Grupa,
Trakiskata Troika,
Hristofor Radanov Bitov Ensemble,
Petar Tsambov,
S Sarieva,
Georgi Mousourliev,
V Hristov,
Dancho Radoulov |
bitov,
voice,
tambura |
eleno,
gankino,
ruchenitsa,
doina,
paidushko,
pravo,
lesnoto |
|
|
LW-1031,
LW-1646,
TD-289 |
| Musidisc-30-1279 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Thrace,
Dobrudja,
Shope,
Varna |
Bulgarie - Musique Folklorique Du Monde |
Ensemble Varna,
Ivan Nikolov |
bitov,
kaval,
gadulka,
gaida,
voice,
tambura |
pravo,
ruchenitsa,
reka,
devetorka,
daichovo,
lesnoto |
|
LW> Very Good Album - Same as Request SRLP 8142 |
LW-2288,
LW-3146 |
| Request-8142 |
5STI |
Bulgaria,
Thrace,
Dobrudja,
Shope,
Varna |
Bulgaria |
Ensemble Varna,
Ivan Nikolov |
bitov,
voice,
kaval,
tambura,
gadulka,
gaida |
devetorka,
pravo,
daichovo,
ruchenitsa,
reka,
lesnoto |
|
LW> Very Good Album - Same as Musidisc 30 CV 1279 |
LW-3068,
TD-464,
EB-LP |
| Sinti_Sound_..5-19-04-2006 |
T |
Bulgaria,
Rhodope |
Ovchar Sviri |
Feride Zurbasheva |
voice,
tambura |
lesnoto,
devetorka |
|
LW> Excellent album of Pomak style music, probably from Western Rhodopi or Gotse Delchev area. |
LW-3393 |
| Vd-210213 |
T |
Bulgaria |
Mori Trugnal Yunak .... Muzhka Folklorna Groupa Ot S. Ablanitsa |
Mens Folksong Group from Cultural House Prosveta Ablanitsa Village |
voice,
kaval,
tambura |
lesnoto,
gankino |
|
LW> Music from S. Albanita, a village south of Gotse Delchev near the Greek border. Mens singing group, kaval, tambura, dabarbuka & tupan - some catchy 9/8 tunes |
LW-2993 |
| 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 |
|
LW> Excelent CD |
LW-1451,
TD-493 |