Album ID |
#STI |
Nationality |
Title |
Performers |
Instrument |
Rhythms |
Producer |
Notes |
DBID |
Balkanfolk-7876 |
T |
Bulgaria, Dobrudja, Shope, Thrace |
Balkanfolk '98 - Bulgarian Dances |
Zornitsa Orchestra |
bitov, zurna, voice, gaida |
ruchenitsa, reka, opas, paidushko, jove, chetvorno, gankino, pravo, trite_puti, lesnoto |
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LW> Some pretty good tunes, most very danceable, but ion my opinion the bitov group lacks a certain amount of energy. The zurna tunes are great. |
LW-2994 |
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 |
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LW> The album has some excellent tracks on it. |
LW-1987, LW-2606, TD-182, EB-AU |
Balkanton-1300-503 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope, Rhodope |
Ot Chistiya Izvor - Bulgarskoto Folklorno Nasledstvo - Izvoren Folklor |
Plana Village Sofia Female Vocal Group, Bistritsa Babi, Muzhka Pevcheska Grupa Ot Selo Kapitan Andreevo, Dimitur Petkovski, Male Folklore Group Koutela Village Smolyan, Male Folklore Group Sandanski, Sandanski Bitov Instrumental Group, Bansko Mens Vocal Group, Gyurka Atanasova |
voice |
pravo, lesnoto, chetvorno |
|
LW> Koprivshtitsa '76 |
LW-1397 |
Balkanton-6093 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope, Thrace |
Kremena Stancheva & Vasilka Andonova With Bitov Ens. |
Kremena Stancheva, Vasilka Andonova |
voice, bitov |
pravo, lesnoto, chetvorno |
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LW> Excellent songs and instrumentation |
LW-2040 |
Balkanton-7705 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope |
Slaveite Ot Pirin - Sestri Bisserovi |
Sestri Bisserovi |
voice, tambura |
lesnoto, gankino, pravo, chetvorno |
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LW> Excellent Recordings |
LW-1794 |
Balkanton-10643 |
TI |
Bulgaria, Thrace |
Songs Which We Remember - Pesni, Koito Ostavat, Песни, които остават, Pesni, koito ostavat / Songs Which We Remember |
Gyorga Pindzhourova, Hristo Todorov Orchestra, Ivan Panovski, Verka Siderova, Komnya Stoyanova, Strandzhanskata Grupa, Vasilka Ivanova, Emil Kolev Orchestra, Sonya Kuncheva, Kosta Kolev Orchestra, Kaicho Kamenov, Rouska Stoimenova, Pirin Ensemble, Stoyanka Boneva, Emil Ristoskov, Hristofor Radanov Ensemble, Kostadin Gougov, Anastas Naumov Orchestra |
voice, bitov |
pravo, devetorka, lesnoto, chetvorno |
|
LW-0 |
LW-1498, TD-1003 |
Balkanton-10674 |
1STI |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope |
Horos And Ruchenitsas - Traicho Sinapov & Dimiter Paskov, Traicho Sinapov - Accordion and Dimiter Paskov - The Tiger - Clarinet, Horos and Rachenitsas |
Traicho Sinapov, Dimitur Paskov |
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ruchenitsa, pravo, gankino, lesnoto, chetvorno, graovsko, buchimish |
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LW> Modern Orchestra but very good playing, LW-1213 |
LW-1213, TD-269, EB-LP |
Balkanton-11255 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope |
Folk Songs From West Bulgaria - Valentina Despotova & Vasil Videnov |
Valentina Despotova, Vasil Videnov, Emil Kolev Orchestra, Hristofor Radanov Ensemble |
voice, violin |
ruchenitsa, graovsko, lesnoto, paidushko, chetvorno, devetorka, gankino, pravo |
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LW> This record hase some nice tunes, I especially like Valentina Despotova's voice |
LW-1971 |
Balkanton-12300 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope, Serbia, Croatia |
Olga Borisova |
Olga Borisova, Emil Kolev Orchestra, Daniel Spassov |
voice |
graovsko, gankino, lesnoto, ruchenitsa, pravo, chetvorno |
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LW> Good, but not a great album. |
LW-1951 |
Bma_Productions-1003 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope, Macedonia |
Au Dela Du mystere-Beyond The Mystery : Musique Des Villages De Bulgarie-Village Music Of Bulgaria : Shopluk-Pirin (Vol. 3) |
Various (collection Yves Moreau), Bistritsa Folk Orchestra, Elena + Lazarina Yanchevi, Kiko Shumanov, Ivanka Krushteva, Mincho Apostolov, Nikolai Ivan + Krusten Stoykov, Dervenica Folk Orch, Loza Donkova, Mitra Donkova, Vena Petrova, Bogdan Lazarov, Dragalevstsi Village Sofia Young Girls Vocal Group, Plana Village Sofia Female Vocal Group, Dragalevtsi Bitov Orch, Selim Demirov, Demir Demirov, Bansko Womens Vocal Group, Bansko Mens Vocal Group, Gega Petrich Womens Vocal Group, Milka Popova, Valika Popova, Pirin Ensemble, Dolna Ribnitsa Pirin Womens Vocal Group, Sestrino Pirin Female Vocal Group, Churichene Pirin Female Vocal Group, Drenovo Pirin Femal Vocal Group |
bitov, frula, voice, zurna |
gankino, doina, jove, ruchenitsa, chetvorno, pravo, lesnoto, krivo |
|
LW> Excellent |
LW-1899 |
Gega-134 |
1STI |
Bulgaria, Dobrudja, Rhodope, Wallachia, Shope |
Ajde Na Horo--20 Bulgarian Folk Dance Favorites, Ajde Na Horo, 20 Bulgarian Folk Dance Favorites |
Hristofor Radanov Ensemble, Dobrudzhanskata Troika, Nadezhda Hvoineva, Kosta Kolev Orchestra, Emil Kolev Orchestra, Teodossi Spassov Quartet, Kostadin Gougov, Emil Mladenov, Ivan Boichev, Ivan Hadzhiski, Shopskata Groupa, Yanka Roupkina, Valentina Lavcheva |
bitov, voice, kaval |
eleno, buchimish, reka, pravo, chetvorno, trite_puti, lesnoto, jove, ruchenitsa |
|
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LW-1453, TD-291 |
Kremena_Stan..va-Bulgarian |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope |
Bulgarian Folk Melodies - Kremena Stancheva |
Kremena Stancheva, Vassilka Andonova, Vasilka Andonova |
voice, bitov |
lesnoto, ruchenitsa, gankino, paidushko, pravo, chetvorno, jove |
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LW> Very good singing, but many of the tunes are too arranged to suite my taste. |
LW-3007 |
Payner-2405743-438 |
T |
Bulgaria, Rhodope, Macedonia |
Rhodopski Zbun 2004 |
Vievska Folk Groupa |
voice, gaida, synthesizer |
pravo, chetvorno, lesnoto |
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LW> Wedding band style Rhodopi (and other) music. Fairly good album |
LW-2982 |
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 |