Castle Classics Eastern European Traditional Music

Various: Vesselina Kasarova - "Bulgarian Soul" - Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo-soprano; Ermila Schwezer-Sekulinova, piano; Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria; Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra; Tzanko Dimitrov Delibozov, conductor

Label - RCA Red Seal

Cat. No. - 74321936582

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Various: Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait - Vesselina Kasarova; Munich Radio Orchestra; Friedrich Haider, conductor

Label - RCA

Cat. No. - 09026685222

Including Or la tromba in suon festante; Che faro senza Euridice; Voi che sapete che cosa e amor; Batti, batti o bel Masetto; Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto; Una voce poco fa; Amici in ogni evento; Sponsa a Percy; Fia dunque vero; O mio Fernando!; Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio
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Various: Russian Balalaika - Pieces for Russian folk instruments - Russian folk tunes and songs - Boris Shtokolov, bass; Vassily Andreyev Russian Balalaika Orchestra; Vladimir Popov, conductor

Label - I M Lab

Cat. No. - IMLCD021

Including Waltz "Reminiscence for Gatchina"; Waltz "Faun"; Waltz "Butterfly"; Waltz "Meteor"; RUSSIAN FOLK MELODIES "The Moon is Shining" (Arr. by V. Andreyev); "Korobeiniki" (Pedlars); "A Cliff on the Volga river"; "Barynya" (Fancy Lady); FOMIN "Once fort a life may be a luck encounter" (lyrics by P. Hermann); SHISHKIN "Listen when you like it"; GELMAN "Coachman, Don't Urge the Horses on" (lyrics by N. Ritter); RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS "Old Lime Tree"; "Oh, Nastasia"; Song of Stenka Razin; "Heave-ho!" (The Volga boatmen's song); "Along Piterskaya Street"; "The evening bell tolls" (lyrics by I. Kozlov)
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Various: St Petersburg Cossacks - Lada Dvoyeglazova, alto; Alexander Mukienko, tenor; Andrei Kalaida, tenor; Vasily Vlasov, baritone; Choir of the Russian Folk Instruments Orchestra

Label - I M Lab

Cat. No. - IMLCD026

Including From the Baltic Sea Shore; Russian folk song; Once Cossacks Rode; Ukranian folk song; Handzya; Ukranian folk song (arr. A. Timchenko); Hey, You, Lassie (A. Kos-Anatolsky/I. Franko); Stenka Razin Song; Russian folk song; A Cossack Galloped Along; Cossack song (Arranged by A. Timchenko); Oh, that Meadow; Cossack song; That Green Grove; Kuban Cossack song; The Tereck Cossacks; Tereck Cossack song; Stop You, Snows; Cossack song (Arranged by A. Timchenko); Felt Boots (A. Shirokov); Sweetheart; Russian folk song; Nice Going, Brothers; Cossack song (Arranged by A. Timchenko); Don't Blow, Angry Winds; Cossack song; Black-sea Man; Black-Sea Cossack song; Marusya; Ukranian folk song; Black Eyes; Romance (N. Grebinka); Kalinka; Russian folk song; Glory to Cossacks (V. Vlasoc / S. Gudz)
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Various: Hommage A Komitas - Armenian & German Songs - Hamsik Papian, soprano - Vardan Mamikonian, piano

Label - Audite

Cat. No. - 92570

SACD Hybrid Recording

The Armenian monk Soghomon Soghomonian, better known by his priest's name of Komitas, collected hundreds of folksongs around 1900 during the course of his travels through the Armenian highlands between Van Lake, the Black Sea and the southern Caucasus.

This SACD aims to present a representative recording of the best-known songs of this cultural treasure to a wider listening public; this music is largely unknown except in Armenia and amongst the worldwide Armenian Diaspora. The immediately gripping Lieder, so typical of the Christian-Armenian identity on the point of intersection between Orient and Occident, tell of majestic mountains and of longing for the lost homeland, of the profound and ever-continuing suffering of this people, as well as of love.
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Various: Georgian Journey - Secular & Spiritual Vocal Music - Antchis Chati Choir (Tbilissi); Tsinandali Choir (Telavi); Three elderly singers

Label - Raumklang

Cat. No. - RK2304

2 CD Set

The traditional music of Georgia is the only music in the world to be under UNESCO protection and is at its origins polyphonic. That none of the neighbouring countries have produced anything similar, eliminates the possibility that Georgians were directly influenced by other musical cultures. The Antchis Chati Choir has set itself the goal of reconstructing the Georgian repertoire in its original form. Its members maintain contacts with Georgian music experts all over the country. They often travel to villages to record the song variations that are still sung today. In summer 2003 Raumklang (Sebastian Pank) travelled to Georgia and met, beside the Antchis Chati Choir, the Tsinandali Choir and three older singers from Guria. This recording was produced with an emergency generator in an old monastery, an abandoned cinema, and a former cultural centre. With this CD one can travel through Georgia in a musical way. From the powerful songs of Kachetia, Kartli and Megrelia - songs of love, about the host, wedding songs, an ancient field work song and others - to the sacred music from the Schemokmedi monastery
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Russian Songwriter - Boris Grebenshikov, vocalist

Label - Naxos World

Cat. No. - 76039-2

Including (TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN SONG) ANONYMOUS: My Little Loom; BORIS GREBENSHIKOV: Gertruda; Nikita Of Raizan; A. VERTINSKY: China; BORIS GREBENSHIKOV: Three Sisters; Little Swallow; My Lady (Gosudaryna); Fate's Rusty Pail; BULAT OKUDJAVA: Vanka Morosov; BORIS GREBENSHIKOV: The Fastest Plane On Earth; N. ZABOLOZKI: Tarusa; BORIS GREBENSHIKOV: Dubrovsky; The Mares Of Reckless Abandon; Garçon Number 2; Garçon Number 2; Russian Nirvana
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Various: Gypsy Melodies - Roman Janal, baritone; Karel Kosarek, piano

Label - Supraphon

Cat. No. - SU38132

Including BENDL Gypsy Melodies (1881); NOVAK Gypsy Melodies, Op. 14 (1897); DVORAK Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55 (B. 104, 1880); BRAHMS Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (1887)

Dvorak, Bendl, Novak and Brahms enthralled by unleashed gypsy musicianship.

The enchantement of the gypsies' natural gift for music, the rich colours of their melodies, and the broad spectrum of moods, ranging from the lover's melancholic longing, to strutting arrogance, to the intoxicating dance born of passion and the joy of life.

Baritone Roman Janal uncovers the unique poetry of the gypsy melodies with the sensitive accompaniment of pianist Karel Kosarek
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Various: Chava Alberstein - Foreign Letters - Chava Alberstein, voice

Label - Naive

Cat. No. - Y226133

Including Leaves Fall; Mirele; The Ladder; The Secret Garden; A Maiden's Prayer; High Atop a Mountain; Back Home; An Image; Indifferent; Passport Control; Foreign Letters
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Various: Cry You Mountains, Cry You Fields - Various Artists

Label - Saydisc

Cat. No. - SDL431

A wide selection of rarely heard traditional songs & instrumental music from S.E. Albania

Kaba e r'nd' Kolonjare ("Heavy" kaba from Kolonja) o Do t' marr' shamin' dhe do shkoj n' varr' (I will take the handkerchief and go to the cemetery) o Nj' behar t'r' behar (A summer full of summer <Actinic:Variable Name = 'joy'/>) o Djalka shkonte n' dyqan (The young man was going shopping) o K'ng' kaba Kolonjare (Kaba song from Kolonja) o Pse ma mban kok'n m'njan' (Why do you lower your head) o Pastoral improvisation o Kolonj', e bukur Kolonj' (Kolonja, the beautiful Kolonja) o Pa seo ja thot' qyqja (How nicely the cuckoo sings) o Valle e gajdes (The bagpipe dance) o K'ng' p'r Riza Cerov'n (A song for Riza Cerova) o Dit'n e Sh'n Gjergjit (On the day of St. George) o Melodi e m'ngjezit (The morning melody) o K'nga e Tiko Kapedanit (The song of Tiko Kapedani) o Valle popullore (Folk dance) o Vog'lushe e vog'l, sa fort q' t' dua (Oh little girl,how much I love you) o Qani male, qani fusha (Cry you mountains, cry you fields) o Esmerk' m' ishe (A brunette you were) o Kaba kurbeti (An emigration song <Actinic:Variable Name = 'kaba'/>)
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Various: Music of the Tatra Mountains - Gienek Wilczek's Bukowina Band

Label - Nimbus

Cat. No. - NI5464

The music of Gorale, the highlander inhabitants of the Podhale region of Poland, originates in the Tatra mountains, the highest in the vast system of the Carpathians which occupy the border between Poland and Czechoslovakia. The people of this region are an ethnic group possessing their own distinct culture and whosoever wishes to get to know the soul of the Tatras must look through the eyes of the Gorale, eat and drink with them, listen to their music, watch them dance and feel the pulse and vitality of it all. This recording was made at an informal Gorale get-together where musicians, singers and dancers shared food and drink, and performed from dusk to the early hours. What yopu hear is as authentic and as spontaneous as possible
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Various: Music of the Tatra Mountains - The Trebunia Family Band

Label - Nimbus

Cat. No. - NI5437

The Music of the Tatra Mountains is the first release from a series of recordings that were made in Zacopane in 1994. The purpose of the series is to showcase a fascinating and somewhat neglected European musical tradition. The music from the Tatra mountains developed over centuries of isolation. Due to the difficulty of traveling through the mountains, Tatran Highlanders evolved a culture that has grown in a different direction that that of their lowland neighbours. In the same fashion that Appalacian music is a product of English and Scottish traditions, the music of the Tatras is a unique blend of Polish and Russian traditions
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Winter Kolednica: Seasonal Carols from Slovenia

Label - Naxos World

Cat. No. - 76053-2

In Slovenia, a hallmark of Christmas-time is the traditional carol-singing called kolednica. These koledne, or carols, include recited texts that refer to rituals of Winter. Interspersed among these carols are instrumental folk tunes and dances that bear similar seasonal importance. Produced in collaboration with the Slovenian Institute of Ethnomusicology, this recording is a rare, unfiltered glimpse into the Slovenian musical heritage.
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S Soldatova: A Tribute To Stesha - Early Music of Russian Gypsies - Talisman

Label - Naxos World

Cat. No. - 76065-2

Here is A Tribute to Stesha, celebrating the music of Russian-Gypsy diva Stepanida Soldatova (1787-1822), whose talent and imaginative performances influenced several generations of Russian musicians, composers and writers.

Professionally trained in bel canto, Stepanida - or Stesha, as she was known to her friends - synthesized her own signature style, combining the qualities of virtuoso operatic technique and the oral performance tradition of Eastern-European Gypsies (Rroma).

This recording presents the early music specialists Talisman in collaboration with Moscow Gypsy musicians The Kolpakov Trio, in a vibrant reconstruction of her art
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Gypsy Swing: Harmonius Wail

Label - Naxos World

Cat. No. - 76056-2

Including Delaney-Potthoff, Sims: Valse Samois; Traditional: Two Guitars / Gypsy Campfire; Traditional: The Basso; Traditional: Swing Gitan; Traditional: St. Louis Blues; Traditional: Some of These Days; Traditional: Sheik of Araby; Traditional: Rose Room; Traditional: Moscow Nights; Reinhardt, Django: Minor Swing
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