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PHILIP KOUTEV NATIONAL ENSEMBLE: A Bird is Singing CD
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Item Number: ALU-5010
Country or Region: BULGARIA
Catalog No: ALU-5010
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Polyphonic choral
music forms an important part of the cultural heritage of Bulgaria. The
primary features of this music are its method of vocalization without a
trace of vibrato, and the use of discordant harmonies based especially
on clashes of minor seconds and major
sevenths. This music had remained hidden to the general public until 4AD
picked up a recording of various female Bulgarian choirs and released
it under
the title Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares…Nonesuch grabbed the American
rights and the album became a surprise best-seller in the late 1980s.
The origins of all of this success spring from the founding, in 1952, of
the first Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir by
Philip Koutev. Koutev revitalized dying folk traditions, collecting folk
tunes and creating complex arrangements for female choirs. This
original
female choir was the key group participating on the Le Mystère CD. This
same choir is part of The Philip Koutev National Folk Ensemble, heard on
this rich collection of traditional vocal and instrumental
music. The ensemble consists of 120 members, including forty singers,
sixty dancers, and twenty instrumentalists, and is a Bulgarian cultural
ambassador that frequently tours around the world.
"This
34-voice group was featured in that great marketing coup, the Mysterious
Voices album (and on the old Nonesuch Music of Bulgaria). It’s a highly
structured group and at times its arrangements
are to Bulgarian village music as Vaughan Williams is to English…this is
a stunning vocal tradition.” — All Music Guide
Track
Listing:
Jsna E Dilber Jana (Dilber Jana Reaps)
Prituri Se Planinate (The Mountains)
Pilenze Pee, Govori (A Bird is Singing)
Stoyan Ide Ot Grad Zarigrad (Stoyan Comes from the City Zarigrad)
Shopsko Horo (Round Dance from the Shop District)
Dilmano,
Dilbero Lechko Stapjai (Step Lightly)
Malka Moma Dvori Mete (A Young Girl Sweeps the Yards)
Kaji, Kaji, Angjo (Where Are You, Angjo?)
Dumai, Zlato (Tell Me Zlato)
Pesni Ot Pazardhishko (Songs from the Pazardjik
District)
Kimjaninka Dve Shopski Pesni (Two Songs from the Shop District)
Grozdanka Pirinski Pesni (Songs from the Pirin District)
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