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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-11231 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope, Dobrudja, Severn |
Orkestur "Horo" Rouse |
Orkestar Horo Ruse |
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ruchenitsa, daichovo, reka, trite_puti, chetvorno |
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LW> Excellent tunes and arrangements - modern instruments - 20th Anniversary recording |
LW-1650, EB-CT |
Balkanton-11371 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope |
Folk Songs And Dances From Strandzha |
Toma Yanchev, Georgi Dolapchiev, Todor Prashtakov Orch, Strandzhanskata Grupa, Trakiskata Troika |
accordion, bitov |
pravo, chetvorno, reka, ruchenitsa, daichovo |
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LW> Very good mixture of tunes - Toma Yanchev is good, but not great singer. |
LW-1575, EB-CT |
Bebelekov_Mu..upa-Maistori |
T |
Bulgaria, Rhodope, Thrace, Shope |
Grupa Maistori |
Maistori Grupa, Vasil Bebelekov, Nedalyko Nedyalkov, Angel Dimitrov, Ivaylo (Kaval) Koutchev, Georgi Petrov |
bitov, gaida, kaval, tambura, gadulka |
graovsko, pravo, daichovo, paidushko, ruchenitsa, reka |
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LW> Excellent collection of tunes; supurb mussianship; last tune ends prematurely. |
LW-2768 |
Dennis_Boxell-4000 |
14ST |
Bulgaria, Shope |
Folklore Dances Of Bulgaria - Dennis Boxell |
Georgi Koev, Boris Karlov Orchestra |
accordion, clarinet, bitov, brass |
gankino, trite_puti, ruchenitsa, reka, chetvorno, daichovo, eleno |
Dennis Boxell |
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LW-18, EB-CT |
Folk_Dancer-109 |
2ST |
Bulgaria, Dobrudja, Shope, Thrace |
Bulgarian Folk Songs And Dances - Michell Cartier Series |
Boris Karlov, Magdalena Morarova, Stoyanova Vulkana |
accordion, brass, voice, bitov |
reka, ruchenitsa, daichovo, gankino, pravo |
Michael Herman |
LW> Remasterd by Dick Forsyth |
LW-22, LW-2292, EB-CT |
Gega-106 |
TI |
Bulgaria, Rhodope, Thrace, Macedonia, Shope, Varna |
Musical Instruments In Bulgaria - Gaida, The Greatest Bulgarian Folkdances |
Sto Gajdi, Georgi Kichukov, Rhodopea Kaba Trio, Georgi Mussorliev, Alexander Raichev, Bulgarian National Radio Folk Orchestra, Georgi Doichev, Ognyan (Jimmy) Vassilev, Peicho (Gaida) Peev, Kostadin Varimezov, Stojan Velichkov, Nedyo Mirkov, Pencho Atanasov, Kostadin Atanasov, Dimiter Choupetlovski, Iliya Dimitrov, Karssimir Kondov, Trifon (Gaida) Trifonov, Zahari Ivanov, Dancho Yossifov, Minko Dimitrov, Nikola Atanasov, Dobrudzhanskata Troika |
gaida, voice |
svornoto, pravo, ruchenitsa, grancharsko, trite_puti, reka |
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LW-2745, TD-288 |
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 |
Gega-232 |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope |
Authentic Bulgarian Folk Songs |
Bistritsa Grannies + Their Grand Daughters |
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lesnoto, reka, ruchenitsa |
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LW> Excellent village singing from the Shope region |
LW-2966 |
Ibld-1 |
T |
Bulgaria, Dobrudja, Rhodope, Shope |
To The Bulgarian Folklore With Love - Vol 1- Iliana Bozhanova & Lyuben Dossev |
Lyulyatzi Orchestra, Lyuben Dossev, Dimitar Dimitrov |
voice, bitov, synthesizer, frula |
ruchenitsa, chetvorno, gankino, reka, daichovo, petrunino |
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LW> CD copy from tape - some nice tunes - some not for dancing. |
LW-2733, LW-2734 |
Ibld-10 |
TI |
Bulgaria, Dobrudja, Shope, Thrace |
Iliana Bozhanova & Lyuyben Dossev - #10, "Roots" - Bulgarian Folk Songs And Dances, Roots |
Lyuben Dossev Bitov Ens, Lyulyatzi Orchestra, Lyuben Dossev Modern Instrument Ensemble, Iliana Bozhanova, Tzvety (Weiner) Dosseva |
bitov, voice, zurna |
gankino, reka, ruchenitsa, paidushko, lesnoto, buchimish, pravo |
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LW-2741, TD-614 |
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 |
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LW> Very Good Album - Same as Request SRLP 8142 |
LW-2288, LW-3146 |
Nina_Kavardjikova-2002-01 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Wallachia, Shope, Rhodope |
Bulgarian Folk Dances With Nina Kavardjikova - 2002.01 |
|
bitov, frula, kaval, flute, accordion |
pravo, ruchenitsa, reka, devetorka |
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LW> Some very nice dance tunes on this CD - no credits given. |
LW-2977 |
Petur_Iliev-Renaissance |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope, Thrace |
New Renaissance In Bulgarian Folk Music |
Orkestur Philippoplis |
bitov |
reka, opas, krivo, trite_puti, paidushko, chetvorno, ruchenitsa |
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LW-1455 |
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 |
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LW> Very Good Album - Same as Musidisc 30 CV 1279 |
LW-3068, TD-464, EB-LP |
Todor_Kirov-3 |
T |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Shope |
Todor Kirov (Gudulka) - Bulgarian Folk Music 3 |
Milcho Nedyalkov, Yanko Petrov, Atanas Vulchev, Mihail Marinov, Orchestra (Bulgarian Television + Radio Folk Song Ens) ANPBRT, Neno Ivanov, Dimiter Lavchev, Tsvetan Tsvetkov, Georgi Petrov, Nikolai Petrov, Rossen Genkov, Georgi Gardzharov, Atanas Palazov, Petur Zhelyazkov, Petko Fotinov, Elka Vulcheva |
gadulka, voice, bitov |
chetvorno, na_trapeza, ruchenitsa, pravo, daichovo, graovsko, reka |
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LW> Very nice collection of gudulka tunes from noted artists. |
LW-3390 |