Music from Bulgaria
Jazz, folk, roots and avant garde
Princes Amongst Men - VA
$19.99
(cdRoots# hm-atr1608)
New Zealand writer Garth Cartwright's 2005 book of the same name explored the music and the culture of the Roma communities surviving in the Balkan countries of Serbia, Macedonia, Romania and Bulgaria. Tracking down much of the music mentioned in the book (which "reads like a road movie," in the opinion of Mojo) had been difficult - until now. Here is a generous sampler that illuminates the genius of Gypsy music in the Balkans. This who-is-who of Roma musicians includes Taraf de Haidouks, Boban Markovi?, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Toni Iordache, Ko?ani Orkestar, and the inimitable Esma Redžepova, along with a host of unfamiliar voices awaiting discovery. (Most tracks have been previously released)
Dom. No. 13 - Antoni Donchev
$17.99
(cdRoots# km-donchev)
Composer-pianist Antoni Donchev has received many Bulgarian jazz awards over the last fifteen years and been featured at number of major jazz festivals. In addition to his work with his Acoustic Version, Donchev works in a number of other projects with musicians from all over Europe. Donchev is a model contemporary musician, easily and skilfully handling the broad variety of forms in performing and composing at the turn of the century. He has no difficulty whatever combining the versatility of jazz with folklore and classical music. Donchev is working with the music space. His compositions are like imaginary landscapes - chamber music atmospheres. He is looking for the space between the spaces - the microcosmos of sounds. The works heard here are from film and theater works he has composed, performed by a chamber orchestra, with poetry by Edvin Sugarev.
Harmonies - Eva Quartet
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# km-eva)
4 vocalists from the famous Les Mystere des Voix Bulgares ensemble present a mix of traditional folk songs and contemporary art music, all for voices alone.
Ultramarine - Fairy Tale Trio
$16.99
(cdRoots# km-fairy-ultra)
Unique folk insprired jazz from Bulgaria by a trio of Theodosii Spassov (kaval), Antoly Vapirov (sax) and Styoan Yankoulov (percussion, tupan) with Enver Izmailov on guitars on a few tracks
A Distant Echo - Korova
$16.99
(cdRoots# km-korova)
This vocal-tamboura quartet from Bulgaria play authentic folk music from the Rhodope mountains in Bulgaria, with energy and directness. Their performance is captured in their home town setting, without a fancy studio sound or production... you'll hear the listeners join in, you'll hear the trucks drive by.
Mysteries - The Bulgarian Voices Angelite
$18.99
(cdRoots# jaro-4153)
The classic 1989 recording that is responsible for breaking the Bulgaian choral style onto the world scene is now available again. The choir is accomanied on some number by the impressive ensemble Sarband.
Speed Balkan Boogie - Farmers Market
$18.99
(cdRoots# kkv-farmers-speed)
'Pepsodental speed-balkan-boogie with cowboy chords' is how the band describes this collection of songs. This is a live recording from the Molde International Jazz Festival in 1994, where the Norwegian band led by composer-accordionist Stian Carstensen was joined by four musician friends from Bulgaria including 2 members of the renowned Le mystere de voix Bulgares.
Blowers From The Balkans: Classic Historic Recordings - various
$temp out of stock-19.99
(cdRoots# topic-928)
Classic Historic Recordings featuring clarinet, tárogató, nai, bagpipes, kaval - A remarkable collection of recordings from players of wind instruments from the countries that make up the Balkans: Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and the former Yugoslavia. The recordings were made from 1906 through the mid 1940s. All have been nicely re-mastered. The featured instruments include clarinets (and related reed instruments), panpipes, bagpipe and flutes with a variety of backings. Includes detailed notes from the compiler Risto Pekka Pennanen as well as historic photographs.
folk music of Bulgaria (Topic 905) - Topic World Series
$19.99
(cdRoots# topic-905)
Few countries can match Bulgaria for wealth and brilliance in folk music; ancient survivals abound, while new songs are made daily. Collected by A.L. Lloyd.
Thracian Rhapsody: The New Wedding Music in Bulgaria - various
$17.99
(cdRoots# labor-7019)
The music that has come to be known as 'Bulgarian wedding music' has always been a strange mix of odd bedfellows. Jazz, folk songs, popular and ancient dances all seem to be brought together in this music. The set features unique recordings (not release don other CDs) by big names and small: Ivo Papazov and singer Yildiz Ibrahimova, the Christo Yotsov Trio, led by drummer and percussionist Yotsov with Nedyalko Nedyalkov on kaval and Stoyan Yankulov on tupan, clarinetist Philip Simonov with the ensemble Tristenik, clarinetist Mladen Malakov and Bisery, with Aliyosha Shibelev (accordion) and Matiyo Dobrev (kaval), and a searing gaida solo by Alexander Raitchev finishes it all off. Originally released in 1999. Highly recommended.
Fairground - Ivo Papasov
$16.99
(cdRoots# km-fairground)
The 2003 model by the Bulgarian wedding music king of clarinet is all one would expect after ten years of music making. Deep roots, edgy jazz, warp speed virtuosity all come together in a mature, briliant vision of what contemporary Bulgarian roots should be. Bulgaria only release!
Farmers Market - Stian Carstensen
$16.99
(cdRoots# wtr-farmers)
Norwegian, Bulgarian and Indian musicians find common ground in what they refer to as speed-Balkan-boogie.
Balkan Blues / Souffles de l'ame - Various Balkan artists
$38.99
(cdRoots# hm-balkan)
Balkan Blues is a musical journey through seven different countries, tracing two aspects of the Balkan soul -- on the one hand, ballads that tell of pain and hope, and on the other hand the magical exuberance of the virtuoso performances that accompany joyous celebrations. This double CD clearly shows that the music of the Balkans knows no national or ethnic boundaries. With: Toni Iordache, Dumitru Farcas, Ion Petre Stoican, Bulgarian All Star Orchestra, Petro-Loukas Chalkias, Psarantonis, Loudovikos, Ferus Mustafov, Esma Redzepova,
Gypsy Summer - Tales of Surviving - Various Artists
$16.99
(cdRoots# km-summer)
Back in stock! Featuring Karandila Brass Band, this soundtrack from a film about Gypsy life by Milan Ognianov. Musicians and singers from the ages of 5 to 75 are captured on the streets and in their homes: fiddlers, cymbalom players, superb folk singers and and the roaring energy of the Karandila ensemble. Highly Recommended.
Bear's Wedding - Bulgara
$16.99
(cdRoots# km-bulgara)
A raw mix of Bulgarian 'wedding music,' jazz, rock and folk music performed with hyper-energy by seven great musicians on kaval, gayda (bagpipe), gadulka, tambourine, electric bass, drums and percussion.
Thracian Rhapsody Volume 2: The Wedding - various
$17.99
(cdRoots# labor-7028)
The second in this set of 2 excellent examples of the verve and nerve of Bulgarian wedding music features Yildiz Ibrahimova, Ivo Papasov, Ensemble Bisery with Mladen Malakov, Ensemble Shumen with Rossen Tchirpanov and The Christo Yotsov Trio. Recommended. Originally released in 2001.
Voice of Strandja - Kalinka Zgurova
$15.99
(cdRoots# gega-293)
Bulgarian Folk Songs'
Gaida: Musical Instruments in Bulgaria - various artists
$16.99
(cdRoots# gn-gaida)
When the bees are gathering honey - Zig Zag Trio
$16.99
(cdRoots# km-zigzag)
BACK IN STOCK! The Gypsy wedding music of Bulgaria has been made famous by the likes of Yunakov and Papasov, but this ensemble is every bit their equal as they thunder through Gypsy music, crazy jazz and wild improvisations on accordion, tupan, percussion and guitar. Highly Recommended!
Positivity - Orkestina
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-orkestina05)
This is the 4th release by these musicians from Bulgaria, Spain, Ireland and the UK. More sacred and profane music from the Gypsy and Jewish communities of Romania, Bulgaria and Poland is played by a raucous band of accordions, violins and bass, Bulgarian gadulkas, clarinets and percussion.
Music Fra Hybridene - Farmers Market
$17.99
(cdRoots# kkv-farmers-hybridene)
'Musikk fra Hybridene (Music from the Hybrid Islands) has the greatest comedy to music ratio of any album I've heard released by seriously talented musicians. This second CD manages to play off of all aspects of culture, including those the listener might be way too familiar with and is a wonderful start for the more general music listener. However, just as many contemporary Bulgarian traditional orchestras and wedding bands have added synthesizer to smooth out the inherent jaggedness (Pepsodental toothiness?) of the Bulgarian sound, FM's older CD's have taken frequent humorous detours poking fun at Bulgarian, Scandi, Western pop, even jazz musical culture...' - Don Weeda, RootsWorld
Together again - Yunakov, Papazov, Ali and Neshev
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4330)
The epic meeting of "The Legends of Bulgarian Wedding Music" Yuri Yunakov, Ivo Papazov, Salif Ali and Neshko Neshev join forces for a Bulgarian musical event. In the 70s and 80s these musicians pretty much recreated the eastern European musical terrain with their hyper-powered blend of Balkan folk music peppered with jazz, rock, Gypsy, Turkish and Indian music. Reeds, accordion and some of the most stunning percussion you are likely to hear anywhere join forces for this important 2005 release.
Balkaninis - Balkan Playboys (feat. Nicola Parov)
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-playboys)
This band skips agilely across the whole Balkan territory from Hungary and Romania to Bulgaria, driven by gadulka, kaval, clarinet, bouzuki, accordion, violin, percussion, flutes and reeds.
Transilvania Express - Orkestina
$16.99
(cdRoots# hm-orkestina)
Musicians from Bulgaria,Spain,Ireland and the UK formed the to provide an outlet for their shared love of the musical treasures of Eastern Europe.The band ’s repertoire includes sacred and profane music from the Gypsy and Jewish communities of Romania,Bulgaria and Poland.Their sound is an effervescent mix of cheery accordions, lilting violins and driving bass paired with Bulgarian gadulkas (lutes), clarinets and percussion. The band has been a sensation in Spain, where they are based, and with Transilvania Express ,their debut album, they are set to wow American fans with Gypsy music.
Folk Songs - Trio Bulgarka-Penev
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-171)
This trio of Bulgarian women, together with composer Dimiter Penev, explore the the Shoppe region, Thrace, the Pirin Mountains region, North Bulgaria, Strandja and the Rhodope Mountains. The three singers are from different regions: Snejana Borissova from the Shoppe region, Maya Dencheva from North Bulgaria and Stoyanka Boneva from the Pirin Mountains. Penev's compositional approach is to come as close as possible to the original version of each song, and the matching partnership with the backing of musicians from the Bolyari Orchestra.
North Bulgarian Dances for accordion - Yanko Zhelyazkov
$16.99
(cdRoots# gn-268)
The Bulgarian accordionist plays songs from the region including Dobrudja and Northeast Bulgaria, Central North and Northwest Bulgaria. Zhelyazkov (b. 1945) comes from the village of Brest, Pleven District, situated by the Danube River. His father and his uncle were both famous accordionists. The release includes the region's Danubean and Wallachian horos, paidushki, kopanitsas, rachenitsas, buchimish, 'Milkovchanka' and more. He is accompanied by a small ensembles and a chamber-folk orchestra.
Passing With The Time - various artists
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-295)
Popular Bulgarian folk songs may have familiar tunes to fans of the various choirs and large ensembles so popular in the last few decades, but here they go 'back to the roots' using solo voice or instrument, or duets of one voice and one instrument. The program by Milen Slavov, who is composer, music producer, accordionist and who has been living in the USA since 1997. The CD also includes performances by singer Zhivka Papancheva, the gaida player Petyo Kostadinov, kaval player Lyuben Dossev, and Teodor Dimitrov on gudulka .
Welkya - Theodosii Spassov
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-141)
The kaval master and a small ensemble merge Bulgarian folk, jazz and a general spirit of enthusiasm and creativity. Written and arranged by Theodosii Spassov - kaval, vocals, bagpipe with Yanka Rupkina - vocals, Boika Velkova - recitatives, Georgi Petrov - gadoulka, Valentin Yankov - tamboura, Georgi Donchev - bass, Stoyan Yankulov - percussions.
na Trapeza - Theodosii Spassov and Nikola Iliev
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-207)
The Bulgarian kaval master and clarinetist come together in a series of amazing, sometimes difficult, duets. All compositions by Spassov and Iliev, with a lot of brilliant improvisation.
Pirin Folk Songs - Zdravka and Pirinka Hristovi
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-264)
Presents the musical traditions of Bansko from the ancient style of singing 'na atzane' (a complex vocal technique that few of today's singers have mastered), up to the two-part singing from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. The instrumental accompaniment tamboura, bagpipes, percussion, cello and darbouka.
Titla - Theodosii Spassov
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-272)
The Bulgarian kaval master and a powerful small ensemble that includes Yildiz Ibrahimova on vocal with guitar piano, bass, tambura, gadulka, tupan, percussion, tarambukka and the Western Districts Vocal Quartet and the Bulgarian National Radio Folk Orchestra, conducted by Hristofor Radanov
Zourna - Demko Kurtov's Zourna Group
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-276)
A programe of instrumental melodies and horo dances from Southwest Bulgaria. The zurna is a wooden flute with cane reed and oboe-like sound, very important in traditional Bulgarian music.
Rumen Sirakov - tambura - Rumen Sirakov
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-278)
New and traditional music for the Bulgarian stringed instrument, the tambura
Petar Ralchev - accordion - Petar Ralchev
$15.99
(cdRoots# gn-282)
The Bulgarian accordionist is equally at home with folk , jazz and classical music. Here he presents solo works from the folk traditions of Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania and France.
Ma Maren Ma - Jony Iliev and Band
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-iliev)
Actually, they call themselves his diabolically swinging band and the Bulgarian Gypsy singer and his ensemble do strike new, devious chords in Rom music, with a tight but bluesy interpretation of the old sounds.
Mountain Tale - Bulgarian Voices Angelite
$17.99
(cdRoots# jaro-angelite-mt)
with the Moscow Art Trio and Huun Huur Tu
Balkan Passions - Angelite
$17.99
(cdRoots# jaro-angelite-passions)
The Bulgarian choir explores a wealth of sounds old and new, joined by a unique cast of guest musicians including Okay Temiz, Sezen Akzu, Maria Farantouri and Fanfare Ciocarlia
Yasko - Yasko Argirov Band
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-yasko)
YASKO is the first recording commercially available by the Bulgarian clarinet master Yasko Argirov accompanied by his band. Produced by Nikola Parov (Zsaratnok, Marta Sebestyen, Muszikas) who also plays on the recording.
Hot Blood - Yasko Argirov
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-yasko2)
The second CD by this amazing Roma clarinetist includes video footage as well as searing music
Balada - Yuri Yunakov Ensemble
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-yunakov1)
New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music - Yuri Yunakov Ensemble
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-yunakov2)
Roma Variations - Yuri Yunakov Ensemble
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-yunakov3)
Kesh Mesh - Schäl Sick Brass Band
$17.99
(cdRoots# wp-keshmesh)
Grekow.Mlejnek.Mlejnek - Sarakina
$no longer available
(cdRoots# sarakina)
This young, Polish-based ensemble plays Macedonian, Bulgarian and other Balkan music with a charged energy, a flair for jazz and folk alike, and the curiosity of non-natives discovering a secret code.
Ditirambi - Mohsen Kasirossafar and Veselin Mitev
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# hermes-018)
Two musicians join forces for a cross-cultural exploration. The kaval (flute) and gaida (bagpipes) of Veselin Mitev of Bulgaria and the Persian tombak and daf of Mohsen Kasirossafar of Iran find mutual sonic resonance in these duets by two master musicians.
Fly, Fly, My Sadness - Bulgarian Voices Angelite
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# jaro-fly)
A joint venture with conductor Nikolai Merdjanow, Tuvan musicians and singers Huun-Huur-Tu, singer Sergey Starostin and Mikhail Alperin. Strange and powerful fusions of sound and culture.
Angels' Christmas - The Bulgarian Voices Angelite
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# jaro-angelx)
The famous Bulgarian choir explores the Nativity as heard in Bulgaria and eastern Europe.
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