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ID: GD317 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Traditional Subcollection: Folk MusicThe name of Kosta Kolev (b. 1921) is emblematic of Bulgarian folk music!
He is brilliant in all three fields he engages in - as an accordionist, composer and conductor. Bulgarian traditional culture wouldn’t have been the same today without his unique arrangements and original works, his brilliant accordion performances and his wide scope of conducting work. Being brought up in a family of folk musicians, he started playing music at a very early age. Besides mastering the accordion, Kosta Kolev also plays almost all wind instruments. This has helped him a lot in his work as a composer.
His concerts as an accordionist throughout Bulgaria are legendary. He worked with all famous performers in the past: Atanaska Todorova, Gyurgya Pindzhurova, Boris Mashalov, Mita Stoycheva and many others. The concerts they gave always turned into real festivities!
In 1949 Kosta Kolev started working at Radio Sofia as a director of a folk orchestra. He wrote down songs in notes, arranged folk songs and tunes, accompanied live performances. In 1954 he took up the leadership of the orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio Folk Songs Ensemble and soon it became a leading ensemble in Bulgaria. Kosta Kolev continuously noted down songs, arranged folk music, composed pieces, taught the musicians how to read music, introduced new instruments in the orchestra, made innovations in the gadulka playing…
Many folk artists’ first successful performances are due to his help. All singers and musicians have at least one arranged piece by Kosta Kolev in their repertoire. He is still sought after by the orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio and by many performers and ensembles.
Kosta Kolev has registered and wrote down in notes over 10 000 folk songs and tunes. He has arranged and written more than 6 000 songs and pieces, taken part in over 5 000 concerts in Bulgaria and throughout the world, and captivated the audience in Romania, Germany, France, Egypt, Austria, Italy, Switzerland…
Kosta Kolev is a model of a musician with a classical music education (he graduated the Bulgarian Academy of Music under Prof. Georgi Dimitrov and Prof. Parashkev Hadjiev), who has remained true to his native origin and has brilliantly combined his knowledge and talent with the centuries-old experience of the folk tradition. He is a true inheritor of the best folk traditions!
Performed by: Kosta Kolev - accordion, Kostadin Gugov, Yanka Rupkina, Bulgarian National Radio Folk Songs Ensemble, Kostadin Varimezov - gaida, Kaicho Kamenov, Nedyalka Keranova, Trakia Enesemble - Plovdiv, Stoyan Velichkov - kaval, Boris Mashalov, Elena Bozhkova, Bulgarian National Radio Folk Music Orchestra, Maria Leshkova, Boris Karlov - accordion, Verka Siderova, Roza Tsvetkova, Nikola Ganchev - kaval
Accompanied by an orchestra and the Bulgarian National Radio Folk Music Orchestra
Conductors: Kosta Kolev, Tsvetan Tsvetkov, Dobrin Panayotov, Dimitar Dinev |
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ID: SKMR085 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Folk MusicAncient epic songs of the Olonets province
Bylina of Fofanov I.T. is performed by Scobelev O.A.
Dear listeners! You hold a disco with the record of “About Dobrynya” bylina, probably the first complete record of the bylina made in the 21st century. It is a reconstruction because bylinas were last recorded in traditional environment in the 1950s. Since that time performing of bylinas by native folk singers has completely stopped. This bylina was reconstructed on the basis of the old sound record of Ivan Terentievich Fofanov the famous narrator (1873-1943) who dictated the text of this bylina.
Bylina is a Russian ancient epic song. The plot of bylina is some heroic event or a remarkable episode from the Russian history. The term “bylina” was first used by I.P Saharov, folklorist (1807-1863) in the 1840s.
The first bylinas appeared probably before the Baptism of Russia (988) and they had features of very ancient pagan epic songs, which were later “Christianized”. According to the place of their origin bylinas are divided into Kiev and Novgorodian, and later All-Russian ones. The peculiar poetic language of bylinas and the way to perform them had developed for many centuries. It is considered that in old time narrators performed bylinas playing the gusli, later their performance was a type of cantillation. The basis of the special bylina’s accentual verse is commensurability of lines and stresses that result in rhythmic uniformity. Although the narrators used only few melodies they enriched them with various intonations and also they changed their timbre.
As a rule a bylina consists of three parts: the introduction, which is not directly related to the content, its aim is to prepare the audience for listening, then the main part (action) and the conclusion. |
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ID: SKMR071 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Traditional Subcollection: Folk MusicCelnic folk Russian folk
Mervent:
Anastasia Papisova - celtic harp, vocals, Irish dance
Igor Burmistrov - fiddle, guitar, vocal.
Vadim Bedov - mandola, guitar, vocals
Valery Novgorodov - djembe, bodhran, talking drum, percussion
Vladimir Cherepovsky - recorders, whistles (tin- and low), jaleika, spoons
Celtic music has risen swiftly in popularity in Russia since it first began to be heard in the mid-1990s. The first bands on the scene in the late 90s included Si Mhor, Slua Si, Puck and Piper. Feeling their way in a new idiom and meeting up with new musicians on the same course, frequently by chance, the bands found a focus in the First Celtic Music Festival in Russia, held in Moscow in 1998. Since then twice-yearly festivals of Celtic inspired music have centred on St Patrick's Day and Samhain (the Pagan New Year). The initial, perhaps experimental, phase in Celtic music in Russia has come to a close, and recently a number of the original bands split up and reformed in new groupings under the leadership of individuals who have developed a clear vision of how they wish to express themselves through the broad medium of Celtic folk music. One such new grouping is the Moscow group Mervent [in translation from the Breton, “Mervent” means a wind from the southwest, and is a punning expression of their influences on the music that they play], which was formed in August 2000, with a nucleus of two members of Si Mhor - Igor Burmistrov (fiddle, guitar, lead vocals) and Anastasia Papisova (harp, vocals, dance). […]
The musicians of Mervent try to exploit to the full their very varied musical experience, and this comes across clearly in their sets. The rich diversity of stringed, wind and percussion instruments gives their sets a shimmering range of instrumentation which is fully exploited in the arrangements of tunes in their sets, and the Irish dance numbers performed by Anastasia (rated as one of the best performers of Irish dance in Moscow by Irish nationals visiting Russia) are a natural visual enhancement to their concerts. Mervent's repertoire consists mainly of the music of European peoples, from Scandinavia and Ireland to the Balkans and Western Ukraine. There are also arrangements of Armenian melodies, and original compositions. […] Mervent does not perform reconstructions, but concentrates on playing contemporary folk music in a style strongly their own. You can simply listen to it, dance to it, or enjoy it as it unfolds - it contains both the human and the ethereal moments, which are the true marks of music played from the heart. |
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ID: ART335 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Russian Virtuosos 21th century Subcollection: Folk Music2-4, 6-10, 12-16 - M.Guseva (domra)
6 - M.Guseva (mandolin)
2-4, 6, 8, 9 - M.Anserova (piano)
7 - KH.Yano (piano)
10 - A.Samonov (piano)
12-15 - V.Panin (piano)
5 - ensemble «Russian Rainbow", a trio: M.Guseva (domra)
D.Naumov (balalaika), N.Dyachenko (harp)
1, 11 - Ensemble "Russian Rainbow"
16 - National Academic Orchestra of Folk tools Russian name Osipov
(Art director and conductor of the Chapter -.. People's Artist of Russia, Professor V.P.Andropov), conductor - V.Kuzovlev
1, 4, 6, 9 - arrangements for domra |
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ID: CDMAN350-09 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Folk MusicStudio recordings |
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ID: COR16068 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Folk MusicThis disc, which contains live and studio performances, captures differing styles of flamenco through some of the most important names in the genre: Paco Peña, Diego el Cigala (Dieguito), Manolo Domínguez the Losada brothers, and Paco del Gastor. It includes traditional tracks but also shows that flamenco is an ever-developing tradition.
Flamenco is hotly emotional. An art form that has its origins in Arab influenced Andalusian folk music, adopted and adapted by the Gypsies only in the last two hundred years or so, flamenco has deeper roots and connections. It is true world music, partly because so many different peoples, cultures and religions have lived across southern Spain and also because geographically Andalucía is the gateway to the Mediterranean and the Americas across the ocean, and the bridge between Europe and Africa.
Flamenco involves three performing arts - song, guitar and dance. The quality of the voice is directly linked to the historical and social background of the music. There is a certain roughness that encompasses uncompromisingly strong emotions. The flamenco singing is sometimes of the Muslim call to prayer - not surprising as it was once heard all over Andalucía. The guitar provides us with further blending of east and west in its use of melodic lines accompanied by more exotic sound, key and time structures. And the dance embodies the passion, delirium and fire of southern Spain. The mix of the three expresses the soul of the region.
Flamenco, with its roots in love and tragedy, contains a spiritual force which bridges both the secular and religious dimensions of human experience. |
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ID: ARNR0897 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: QuartetOpen Quartet: Massimo Caroldi, Amelia Saracco, Mauro Scagliotti, Paolo Trocelli
World Music, Classical
Original compositions and arrangements of folk songs written especially for Open Quartet, passionately and ironically interpreted, in post-modern key, by this exciting and original italian quartet comprising flute, guitar, mandolin and double bass. Includes an imaginative interpretation of Loosin Yelav, arranged by Luciano Berio and Forbidden Colours by Ryuichi Sakamoto. |
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ID: NMCD125 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Chamber Music Subcollection: Folk MusicSadie Harrison's violin concerto An Unexpected Light is coupled with chamber music exploring the folk musics of Lithuania, the Northern Caucasus and the Near East, and invoking Bartok’s treatment of his native Hungarian folksong. The music is performed by the Lithuanian artists for whom it, and was recorded in Vilnius.
1 - Rusne Mataityte, violin/ St Christopher Chamber Orchestra/ Donatas Katkus, conductor
2 - Rusne Mataityte, violin/ Albina Siksniute, piano
3 - 5 - R.Mataityte, violin/ A. Silale, violin/ V. Raskeviciute, viola/ E. Kulikauskas, cello
6 - 11 - Rusne Mataityte, violin
12 - 16 - Rusne Mataityte, violin/ Sergejus Okrusko, piano
17 - 20 - Rusne Mataityte, violin/ Edmundas Kulikauskas, cello/ Sergejus Okrusko, piano |
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ID: NEOS10709 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Folk Music |
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ID: NMCD208 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Folk MusicTracklisting
1.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: Requiem
2.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: I. Dedication
3.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: II. Introduction
4.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: III. -
5.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: IV. -
6.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: V. -
7.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: VI. -
8.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: VII. -
9.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: VIII. -
10.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: IX. -
11.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: X. The Sentence
12.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: XI. To Death
13.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: XII. -
14.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: XIII. Crucifixion
15.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: XIV. -
16.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: XV. -
17.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: XVI. Epilogue
18.Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Akhmatova Requiem: XVII. Epilogue II
19.Elise Ross, The Nash Ensemble - Six Russian Folk Songs: I. O Dark Autumn Night
20.Elise Ross, The Nash Ensemble - Six Russian Folk Songs: II. In the Garden Stands a Pretty Birch Tree
21.Elise Ross, The Nash Ensemble - Six Russian Folk Songs: III. Darling, Let Us Walk by the Banks of the Volga
22.Elise Ross, The Nash Ensemble - Six Russian Folk Songs: IV. I Have Seen the Great Wide World
23.Elise Ross, The Nash Ensemble - Six Russian Folk Songs: V. Pretty Maid, Why Do You Stare so Longingly?
24.Elise Ross, The Nash Ensemble - Six Russian Folk Songs: VI. Kalinka |
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