Gypsy Music From Bulgaria

1. Vecheren Tantz (An Evening Dance)

2. Tziganski Tantz (Gypsy Dance)

3. Gelem, Gelem

4. Bogati Tzigani (Rich Gypsies)

5. Sofiyski Tantz (Dance from Sofia)

6. Njama S Kakvo da Svirja (I Haven't Anything to Play With)

7. Filipovski Tantz (Dance from Filipovtzi)

8. Koshnitcharka (Basket Maker)

9. Svatbarski Tantz (Wedding Dance)

10. Tcai Shukarie

11. Bogati Tzigani Svatba Pravyat (Rich Gypsies Have a Wedding)

12. Gotzedelchevski Tantz (Dance from Gotze Delchev)

13. Zeleni Ochi (Green Eyes)

14. Varnenski Tantz (Dance from Varna)

Tracks:

Vecheren Tantz (An Evening Dance)
Tziganski Tantz (Gypsy Dance)
Gelem, Gelem
Bogati Tzigani (Rich Gypsies)
Sofiyski Tantz (Dance from Sofia)
Njama S Kakvo da Svirja (I Haven't Anything to Play With)
Filipovski Tantz (Dance from Filipovtzi)
Koshnitcharka (Basket Maker)
Svatbarski Tantz (Wedding Dance)
Tcai Shukarie
Bogati Tzigani Svatba Pravyat (Rich Gypsies Have a Wedding)
Gotzedelchevski Tantz (Dance from Gotze Delchev)
Zeleni Ochi (Green Eyes)
Varnenski Tantz (Dance from Varna)

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Gypsy Music from Bulgaria, Vol. 2
Ibro Lolov & His Gypsy Orchestra
Manufacturer: Arc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004ZC6C
Release Date: 2001-01-30

Tracks:

Singing Gypsies
Sofiysky Kjuchek (Gypsy Dance from Sofia)
A, Bre, Chicho (Hey, Uncle)
Tiger (Gypsy Dance)
Early in the Morning
Gotzedelchevsky Kjuchek (Gypsey Dance from Gotze Delchevo) ...
I Have Two Eyes
Statovchansky Kjuchek (Gypsy Dance from Satovchantzi)
Your Eyes to See
Maiden's Kjuchek (Maiden's Gypsy Dance)
Magdalena
Joke

Average customer rating:

more beautiful than the first album!
Accordion-led band plays mostly kjuceks

Gypsy Music from Bulgaria
Ibro Lolov
Manufacturer: Arc Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000DDM6
Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

Vecheren Tantz (An Evening Dance)
Tziganski Tantz (Gypsy Dance)
Gelem, Gelem
Bogati Tzigani (Rich Gypsies)
Sofiyski Tantz (Dance from Sofia)
Njama S Kakvo Da Svirja
Filipovski Tantz (Dance from Filipovtzi)
Koshnitcharka (Basket Maker)
Svatbarski Tantz (Wedding Dance)
Teai Shukarie
Bogati Tzigani Svatha Pravyat
Gotzedelchevski Tantz (Dance from Gotze...)
Zeleni Ochi (Green Eyes)
Varnenski Tantz (Dance from Varna)

Customer Reviews:

more beautiful than the first album!.......2003-08-23

The first album is beautiful, and this one is even more beautiful! This one is a little more traditional gypsy and Balkan in sound. If you like volume one you may like this one as well or better. If you like Saban Bajramovic or Yuri Yunakov, and Taraf de Haidouks this will probably please you.

Accordion-led band plays mostly kjuceks.......1998-12-01

You never know when you buy a CD of Gypsy music -- are you in for an hour of bad restaurant music, or did you get the real thing? The cover of this CD, with the stereotypical dark-haired woman in a swirling skirt, wasn't reassuring. But once the music began to play, my fears vanished.

For fans of Romani music, this CD is a minor gem. It's by accordionist Ibro Lolov and a small combo including violin, electric bass and darabuka. Most of the tunes are instrumentals, but a few feature Romani-language solo male or female vocals by Angelina Lolova or Boris Marinovich.

Liner notes offer zero information about the band other than its members' names. Is Angelina Ibro's wife or sister? Is guitarist Traicho Lolov Ibro's brother? Where in Bulgaria are they from? No clue. And no written lyrics or translations, either.

The simple arrangements leave no doubt that the accordion player's the star, though Georgi Nochev adds skillful melody and harmony lines on violin and occasionally takes a solo. The singers are good but rarely appear. The production is straightforward -- no synthesizers or other pop gimmicks.

The tunes are mostly instrumental kjuceks (the Bulgarian version of the cocek rhythm played by Rom musicians throughout the Balkans), a nice source recording for foreign musicians interested in this musical form. A couple of the tunes are in 9/8. Two tunes have been transmogrified into Western dance rhythms -- the Gypsy anthem Djelem, Djelem and the song Zeleni Ochi (Green Eyes) -- but for the most part, the recording is schlock-free.

Those familiar with the idiom will be interested by this band's versions of two old favorites by Esma Redzhepova: Bogati Cigani (a variation on her song Ushti, Ushti Baba) and Chaj Shukarije, an instrumental version of the Esma anthem.

But for the most part, the CD offers straight-ahead kjuceks in 2/4, very danceable though occasionally on the quick side. If you like the sound of Esma's band or combos like Rromano Dives from Albania, you'll want to add this to your collection. Had Ibro been willing to share the spotlight with a sax, trumpet and/or clarinet, this CD could have been a classic. As it is, the sound is short on variety, but that's not a big problem if you like this kind of Balkan music. The tunes are good and the musicianship is first-rate.

Anthology of Traditional Songs and Dances from Bulgaria
Average customer rating:

I own this. Lucky me! =)

Anthology of Traditional Songs and Dances from Bulgaria
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Arc Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Bulgaria | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music
Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music
General | International | Styles | Music
General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005R1PX
Release Date: 2001-11-27

Tracks:

Instrumental Piece For Gayda (Bagpipe)
'Shari Moma Sharen Chorap'
Instrumental Piece For Kaval (Shepherd's Flute)
'Snoshti Sa Mi Gosti Doshli'
Instrumental Piece For Gayada And Tupan (Double-Headed Drum)
'Delyat Se Moma I Yunak-Slantseto'
Instrumental Piece For Rebec (Gadulka)
'Snoshti Si Minah, Tanka Eleno'
'Momle Le, Mari Hubava'
Instrumental Piece For Tambura (Lute)
'Sabrala Roska Silna Sedenkya
'Ovencho Vakul, Kamatan'
Instrumental Piece For Gayda
'Sabrali Sa, Nabrali Sa'
Instrumental Piece For Dvoyanka (Double Flute)
Instrumental Piece For Rebec (Gadulka)
'Izplela Sam Ti, Mehmete'
Instrumental Piece For Kaval (Shepherd's Flute)
'Dvoychitse, Dvoychitse, Lyubish Li Me Mene?'
'A Bre Vie, Momchetiya'
Instrumental Piece For Two Pishtyalki (Whistles)
'Shto Mi Se Vreva Dochuva'
Instrumental Piece For Gayda

Customer Reviews:

I own this. Lucky me! =).......2004-12-29

This is one heck of a collection. If all the Bulgarian music you've heard so far has revolved around Yuri Yunakov or the Bulgarian Women's Choir (they are both great! not slamming them), you're in for a real treat if you buy this disc. This has more variety (of styles, instruments, performers) than any other single disc of Bulgarian musics I own. Here is a quickie list of instruments... dvoyanka, kaval, pishtyalki (the flutes), gayda (the family of bagpipes traditional to Bulgaria), tambura (lute), tarambuka, tupan (drums), and rebec (a vertical fiddle... sort of the kamancheh or ghichak of Bulgaria... kinda)... as well as groups of female singers and groups of male singers.

There are many things I could say here, but one of the most important things I have to mention is that Track #13 is one of my 2 favorite bagpipe performances ever (at least that I have heard so far, obviously). The other being a track on the Northumberland Rant disc. Wow Wow Wow! That sums up all my thoughts on Track 13.

In form I would have to say that the rebec is more along the lines of the vertical fiddles found all over Asia, but in tone it is much closer to the sound favored by Hungarian fiddlers. It doesn't have that throaty, ethereal moan of the kamancheh, ghichak, etc...

Some of the women singers here... my goodness. I love groups of Bulgarian female vocalists, and this still branches out away from the Bulgarian Women's Choir style, so don't be afraid that you'll just be repeating something you already own.

This disc is really everything you could want in a one-stop-shopping package of Bulgarian music. It is all traditional... no keyboards and pop songs. Various regions, ages, instruments and styles are all represented wonderfully and the quality of the recording is very good as well. Whether just starting out, or adding to a collection, this disc is completely worthy of your time and attention.