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Album ID |
#STI |
Nationality |
Title |
Performers |
Instrument |
Rhythms |
Producer |
Notes |
DBID |
Pautalia-Kyustendil |
T |
Bulgaria, Shope |
Folk Dance Ensemble Pautalia - Kyustendil-Bulgaria |
Pautalia Folk Dance Ensemble Kyustendil |
voice, gadulka, bitov |
gankino, petrunino, ruchenitsa, pravo, daichovo, paidushko, lesnoto, graovsko |
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LW> Very Nice CD - The singing is a bit modernish, and the instrumentals could be more energetically played, but all in all a pretty good CD. Dances from this region presented by their Choreographer (Valentin Kenov) at Bulgarian Folk Seminar Plovdiv 2007 |
LW-2980 |
Radioprom-1208 |
T |
Bulgaria, Classical, Thrace |
Radioprom F-KA Za Gramafonski Plochi #1208 - Bulgarian National Choir Conducted By Boris Petrov |
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voice |
paidushko, daichovo |
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LW> Large Chorus and Orchestra - classical sounding even though one tune is a folk tune - not for dancing. |
LW-2421 |
Ria_Fest_Ltd-4676 |
T |
Bulgaria, Severn, Thrace |
Bulgarian Folklore Dances From The Region Of Veliko Turnovo - RIA Fest Ltd |
Folklorefest Bitov Ens, Gergana Dimitrova |
bitov |
daichovo, paidushko, ruchenitsa, pravo, chetvorno, graovsko, eleno |
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LW> Nice tunes, but nothing really outstanding here. I think these are tunes from a greater area than Veliko Turnovo, and given the conductor and musicians, I'm not surprised.;;To me this doesn't sound particularly North Bulgarian. |
LW-3394 |
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 |
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 |
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LW-864, TD-762 |
Victory_Reco..170603-14289 |
T |
Bulgaria, Dobrudja |
Dordoudzhanski Svirni - Ork. "Veselie" |
Ork Veselie |
bitov, gaida |
opas, reka, paidushko, ruchenitsa, daichovo |
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LW> Generally excellent tunes, but sometimes the bass is a bit too prominent for me |
LW-2440 |
Victory_Reco..-9089-9092-2 |
T |
Bulgaria, Varna, Dobrudja, Romania |
Dobrichka Troika |
Dobrichka Troika |
bitov, gaida, voice |
opas, march, reka, trite_puti, paidushko, ruchenitsa, grancharsko, daichovo, lesnoto, sirba |
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LW> Excellent tunes - recording should have been less "shrill" |
LW-2441 |
Xopo-1 |
9STI |
Bulgaria, Thrace, Severn, Shope |
Horo And Rachenitza Dances Of Bulgaria - XOPO Vol 1, Horo and Rachenitza Dances of Bulgaria, XOPO! Vol I |
Boris Karlov, Orchestra Karlo |
voice, accordion, brass, bitov, zurna |
ruchenitsa, paidushko, daichovo, lesnoto, eleno |
|
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LW-11, TD-489 |
Xopo-3 |
9STI |
Bulgaria, Thrace |
Horo And Rachenitza Dances Of Bulgaria - XOPO Vol 3, Horo and Račenica Dances of Bulgaria, XOPO! Vol III |
|
accordion, voice, zurna |
ruchenitsa, trite_puti, daichovo, lesnoto, eleno, gankino, paidushko, pravo, krivo |
|
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LW-13, TD-491, EB-CT |
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 |
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 |