GD 1727 Bulgarian Pirin - Macedonia Folk Songs CD
Issued: 1998
Style: folklore music
Company: Gega New GD1727
Folk songs from the Pirin folk region, performed by Vessela and Lyuben Bojkov, Ignat Videnov, Gancho Nikolov, Kostadin Gougov, Emil Ristoskov, Ilia Argirov, Folk Ensemble Razlog, etc.
The Macedonian folk songs are a phenomenon in the tradition of three Balkan states: Greece, Macedonia and Bulgaria. Despite the state boundaries, the songs from Aegean, Vardar and Pirin Macedonia go far beyond them and are sung and listened to with equal success everywhere. Doubtless is the fact that in Bulgaria they are the closest to the original, without the influence of the other folk regions. Although in the Pirin region these songs live together with more ancient and primitive models, they differ greatly from them in terms of mode and melody. And this release of Gega New features the best characteristics of the Macedonian vocal tradition: a rich rhythmic and metric palette, broad tonal volume, ornamentation and melodic line, close to the culture of the city type.
Special mentioning deserve the contribution of dozens of performers for the preservation of the special vocal manner which is obligatory for these songs. That is why this CD is valuable not only for the pearls of Macedonian music included in it but also for the interpretation of the most remarkable singers and instrumentalists, known and loved far beyond the boundaries of Bulgaria.
Contents:
• Kako shto e taia chasha polna so vino
• Site momi tikveshanski
• More pile, slavej pile
• Sadila dimka bosileche
• Oj, Veliko
• Shto mi e milo i drago
• Trygnala e moma Ruma
• Trygnah s gajda sharena
• Biliana platno beleshe
• Mitro le, Mitro
• More sokol pie voda na Vardarot
• Jovano, Jovanke
• Smiliana
• V gradina moma sedeshe
• Oj, devojche
• Katushe, pusto katushe
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