Issued: 2008
Style: Folk Music,
Company: Gega New GD 134

We get acquainted with the authentic folk music of the Rhodopes thanks to the numerous singers who are dedicated to tracing out and recording folk songs from their native places. One of these singers is Christina Lyutova, who has collected and kept alive more than 400 songs. The Bulgarian National Radio preserves in its music library above 40 of these songs! A descendant of renowned Rhodopean families, Christina was a long-standing soloist in the Rhodopa Ensemble – Smolyan. She has inherited from her family not only the love for the song and her amazing talent, but also the spirit for struggle and constant search for new possibilities in presenting the Rhodope folk music.

  [1] Rafinka bolna legnala                 4’49’’
  [2] Ochi, chorni ochi                       3’27’’
  [3] Hranila maika, kutila                  3’12’’
  [4] Da znaesh, maicho                    3’36’’
  [5] Goritse, goro zelena                  2’18’’
  [6] Stano, mari                               3’15’’
  [7] Marudo, nivesto                       3’48’’
  [8] Planino, Stara planino               4’10’’
  [9] Zaburila Ena                             2’18’’
[10] Enke, maichina doshteryo         3’35’’
[11] Ye mi podai, mari, yotklyuchkove        3’51’’
[12] Kadona sedi v bahchona                     3’39’’
[13] Yunache karat vorzano                       2’49’’
[14] Rosni mi, rosni, rositse                        2’47’’

Total:  47’44’’

With the participation of: Georgi Kichukov – gaida, Bulgarian National Radio Folk Music Orchestra, Rhodopa Ensemble – Smolyan
Conductors: Hristofor Radanov, Lazarin Kisyov, Dobrin Panayotov, Anastas Naumov