Balkan/Eastern European Folk CDs - Mediterranean Sounds: Croatia's Mystic Voices: Klapa Fa Lindjo (2005 CD)

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As A Girl Was Picking Roses

Good Morning

In The Hills and Mountains

My Little Boat

The Window Is A Tree

Mediterranean Sounds: Croatia's Mystic Voices: Klapa Fa Lindjo (2005 CD)

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"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 song bursts forth from the city walls, the entire world unfolds before them. Music lovers are immediately seduced, and with their initial surprise turning to enchantment, they inevitably inquire about the singers' place of origin. That place is Dubrovnik, Croatia, a city whose special character and unique surroundings have endowed the singers' voices with the softness of silk and the pungent aroma of the local flora...." (Taken from the very comprehensive liner notes. Liners are translated into seven different languages.)

Recorded in surround sound on October 13 & 14, 2003 in the church of St. Catherine in Novalja, Croatia. All songs are sung in the native Croatian language, with English translations in the CD jacket.
Technical Information:
Recorded in surround sound. This is a four-track recording, 88.2 KHz, in 24-bit technology. SACD-Super Audio CD has three levels and three versions.
1. Surround Sound 88.2 KHz 24 bits with four speakers
2. Stereo Sound 88.2 KHz 24 bits with two speakers
3. Stereo Sound 44.1 KHz 16 bits with two speakers on a regular CD player.
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Format: CD
Year Released/Length: 2005 / 41:00
Record Label: Nenad Bach Music
Style/Genre: World/Folk/ Croatian Vocal Music
Voicing: Women's ensemble
A cappella?: Yes
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Song List:
My Little Boat
In the Field
It Was on Slova
The Victim of Love
As a Girl Was Picking Roses
My Darling Has Been Drafted
The Vine in the Crack in the Stone
Good Morning
My Mare, Light of My Life
Good Evening to You
A Little Boat
It is Midnight My Dear Mother
In the Hills and Mountains
On Saturday Night
The Window is a Tree
This is Our Land

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About klapa singing:
The klapa style of singing, a Croatian vocal phenomenon from the Dalmation coast that originated in the middle of the 19th century, has undergone dynamic changes over the past 20 years. The greatest single change in the klapa movement has been the emergence of the new tradition of women's klapas. The growth of this new tradition can be followed from its first appearance in 1967, at the Festival of Dalmation Vocal Groups in Omnis, to 1991, when the women's klapa festival was inaugurated.

Women's klapas inherited from men's klapas the structure and the repertoire and the styles; upon this basis, they evolved a definite female style of singing. In doing so, the women's groups hve proven that they deserve the special name klapa, which their male predecessors have guarded so jealously. (Description taken from the liner notes.)