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Balkan/Eastern European Folk CDs


Eastern European folk music has experienced something of a resurgence in vocal community in recent years, with groups like California's Kitka, Vermont's Northern Harmony, and Bulgaria's Women's Choir becoming more popular and prominent in the vocal music scene. The strident but beautiful, strong sounds of Balkan women's music cannot be ignored - and indeed shouldn't be. Take a listen to some of the sound files, and be transported to a small Georgian village at dusk, on your way back from the well with your water for the night...

Béla Bartók Male Choir - Pécs, dir.Tamás Lakner: Zoltán Kodály Choral Works for Male Voices (2-CD Set)
Price: $29.97   $23.98
Item #: 6870C
Availability: 1 In Stock
Song List: CD 1 - Religious Folk Songs - Stabat Mater - Evening song - Jesus appeared - God, forgive - Do...
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Brass, Mary Cay: Balkan Bridges (CD)
Price: $14.97
Item #: 4004C
Availability: 5 In Stock
This collection of 19 Balkan songs has a diverse range of voicings of these hard-to-find songs from Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia, plus a helpful pronunciation guide plus translations and...
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Bulgarian Women's Choir Live Tour '93
Price: $15.97
Item #: 9219C
Availability: 2 In Stock
The tradition of Bulgarian women's choruses is a long and proud one, and the marvelous, powerful performances on this CD do it justice. The venue is resonant, allowing the bright and dissonant...
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Bulgarian Women's Choir Voices of Life
Price: $17.97
Item #: 9207C
Availability: 5 In Stock
This phenomenal compilation combines traditional pieces"Todara's Dream" with works by modern composers in traditional Bulgarian style. "A Little Bird Is Singing" builds walls of ascending...
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Choirs of Europe (Europa Cantat): Laula kultani: European Folk Songs for equal voices (CD)
Price: $22.95   $19.95
Item #: 8371C
Availability: 2 In Stock
"Laula kultani" (Finnish for "Sing, my sweetheart) is a collection of European folk songs which includes well-known songs of love, dance and celebration. This CD includes a 20-page booklet with...
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Choirs of Europe (Europa Cantat): Laula kultani: European Folk Songs for mixed voices (CD)
Price: $22.95
Item #: 8372C
Availability: 2 In Stock
"Laula kultani" (Finnish for "Sing, my sweetheart) is a collection of European folk songs which includes well-known songs of love, dance and celebration. This CD includes a 20-page booklet with...
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Ensemble Zedashe: Raising of Lazare (Book/CD)
Price: $20.00
Item #: 2013BC
Availability: 2 In Stock
For anyone looking for a taste of music indigenous to this region of the world, this is a great resource. Published by Northern Harmony Publishing, which has a long-standing history of celebrating...
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Kitka: Cradle Songs (2009 CD)
Price: $15.97
Item #: 8599C
Availability: 4 In Stock
Kitka - Cradle Songs Song List: Cradle Song Russian Jewish Megruli Nana Georgian Haidi Nani Romanian Nanourisma Greek, Southern Albanian...
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Kitka: Nectar (1999)
Price: $14.97
Item #: 8575C
Availability: 6 In Stock
What an incredible sound! This amazing women's group from Oakland has the ability to take us to another place, more exotic than our own. One can practically see the ancient Turkish cities at...
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Kitka: The Vine (CD)
Price: $15.97
Item #: 8577C
Availability: 6 In Stock
"The Vine" features nineteen Balkan and Slavic folksongs sung with soulful abandon. Co-produced by Kit Higginson with Grammy-nominee Linda Tillery, "The Vine" was recorded with...
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Kitka: Voices on the Eastern Wind (1992)
Price: $14.97
Item #: 8576C
Availability: 3 In Stock
"Their power and energy is exotic and exhilarating!" One cannot better describe the sound produced by Kitka, a truly international group of women singing out of Oakland, California. This is a...
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Kitka: Wintersongs (2004 CD)
Price: $15.97
Item #: 8578C
Availability: 5 In Stock
"Wintersongs showcases material ranging from rousing Slavic folk carols and lush, meditative Eastern Orthodox sacred choral works, to pre-Christian incantations for the longest nights of the...
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Mediterranean Sounds: Croatia's Mystic Voices - Klapa Navalia (2007 CD)
Price: $14.97
Item #: 9257C
Availability: 3 In Stock
"Klapa Navalia" represents the rich tradition of Easter singing in Novalja on the island of Pag, the fifth largest island in the Adriatic Sea. Although the majority of the songs are rendered in the...
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Mediterranean Sounds: Croatia's Mystic Voices: Klapa Fa Lindjo (2005 CD)
Price: $16.97
Item #: 9255C
Availability: 5 In Stock
"The joyful voices of the women who make up Klapa FA Lindjo truly embrace a large swath of the Medterranean: their harmony unites the heights of the skies with the blue depths of the sea. As their...
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Mediterranean Sounds: Croatia's Mystic Voices: Klapa Luka (2007 CD)
Price: $16.97
Item #: 9256C
Availability: 7 In Stock
Klapa Luka, the a cappella women's vocal group from Rijeka, weaves into its songs the echoes of fates from all ages, like a magical mirror. The choral lines, molten with the changes of space and...
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Mediterranean Sounds: Croatia's Mystic Voices: Klapa Sinj: Lipo Ime (2005 CD)
Price: $16.97
Item #: 9258C
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"It is as if this sound emerged from the very bowels of the Earth, only to rise up and reveal the heavens. This sound sings of a timeless age when the beauty of the landscape and the trials of...
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Moira Smiley & VOCO: Blink (2006 CD)
Price: $14.97
Item #: 8413C
Availability: 8 In Stock
Moira Smiley & VOCO is a fiery roots vocal band making new song as it pulls on roots of Eastern European and Appalachian harmony and rhythm. "Exquisite vocals - the energy of street singing and the...
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Moira Smiley & VOCO: circle square diamond and flag (2008 EP)
Price: $12.97
Item #: 8412C
Availability: 12 In Stock
This wonderful 8-song EP is presented as "a collection of Modal Americana made up of old tunes and new spirituals...". From the opening version of the legendary Kate Wolf's "Carolina Pines" to the...
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Moira Smiley & VOCO: small worlds (CD)
Price: $14.97
Item #: 8410C
Availability: 8 In Stock
From the liner notes: "Ten songs guided by Béla Bartók, communal singing, twilight introspection, crooked music from mountains, childhood discovery, collecting and...
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Pust: Kry (CD)
Price: $24.97
Item #: 4473C
Availability: 3 In Stock
PUST is a Norwegian mixed vocal group based in Oslo. PUST finds inspiration somewhere between folksong, jazz and ethnic vocal music. Tradition and innovation are a part of the group's musical...
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