GD293 Bulgarian Folk Songs - Voice of Strandja

GD293 Bulgarian Folk Songs - Voice of Strandja

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About artist

Kalinka Zgurova

We cannot imagine Strandja without thinking of its unique songs and singers. One of them is Kalinka Zgurova, who was discovered for the professional stage by another great folk singer – Sava Popsavov. Their acquaintance determined the life and creative path of the singer.
While still a student in the seventh grade at school she made her first recordings, and after high school she participated in a competition organized by Pirin Ensemble, Blagoevgrad, and this set the beginning of her professional career. This was followed by Zagore Ensemble, Stara Zagora, the ensemble of the Bulgarian National Radio, The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices, and Zornitsa Vocal Trio.
Kalinka Zgurova’s repertoire includes hundreds of folk songs which she learned from her family and elderly people from her native region, as well as many songs composed by her. 
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About the work

Participating: Loznitsa instrumental group and Izvor Orchestra:
Kostadin Genchev (kaval), Nikolai Petrov (gudulka, double bass),
Nikola Atanassov (gaida), Lyubomir Vladimirov (tambura, guitar),
Dimiter Baldazhiev (accordion), Ilia Iliev (clarinet)
Ognyan Vassilev – Jimmy (tupan)

[1] Hodite, holan, hodite 3’52’’
[2] Snoshti sum duma pozachul 2’15’’
[3] Pohvalila sei Mariyka 2’05’’
[4] Petko na Rada prasten dade 2’33’’
[5] Na lichen den Gergyovden 2’25’’
[6] Kondolov, strashen komita 3’52’’
[7] Dimiter duma Valkana 2’59’’
[8] Ya mi beshe drago, Stano 2’29’’
[9] Miloi, dobro, Lazare 2’14’’
[10] Yabalko, da se raztsvetish 3’51’’
[11] Peyu v diugenet sedeshe 2’51’’
[12] Sedi Rada v gradinchitsa 2’15’’
[13] Rusa moma rosen brala 2’20’’
[14] Dai mi, mamo 3’54’’
[15] Mariyka hodi za voda 2’55’’
[16] Posedi, Lyube, taz zima 4’10’’
[17] Na hubaviat Velikden 2’53’’
[18] Nashte iskat da me glaviat 2’14’’
[19] Duma, male, she pitam 2’40’’
[20] Podi me, bakyo, oglavi 2’16’’
[21] Koga se dvama dragovat 2’37’’
[22] Ne burzai, Valkano 3’16’’
[23] Nii sme si dva sliubnika 2’22’’
Total: 65’10’’
The Strandja region is situated in Southeastern Bulgaria and it amazes with its old folk culture. Its geographic location determines the variety of folk music dialects there. On the one hand, the region is naturally linked to the vast Thracian land and thus shares with it common ethnographic and music features. On the other hand, the location of the region has always attracted new settlers ever since ancient times: first, the Thracian civilization, then in the 7-6th centuries B.C. it was colonized by the ancient Greeks. After that the Slavs settled there and in the 7th century A.D. came the proto-Bulgarians. After the foundation of the Bulgarian state, these lands were forcefully inhabited by Greek, and later by Turkish population. All these different cultures left a trace on the specific folk music style of the region. Up to the middle of the 20th century the local people rarely left their settlements and so their traditional forms of life and culture were preserved for a very long time. This makes the Strandja performers sound so original and unique!
One of the most characteristic and outstanding singers of Strandja is Kalinka Zgurova. Following a rich family tradition, she preserves and spreads the songs of her ancestors and goes further by creating her own songs, just as her ancestors had been creating them for centuries.
Kalinka Zgurova was soloist of the Pirin Ensemble – Blagoevgrad, but a greater part of her singing career was connected with the Folk Ensemble of the Bulgarian National Radio, The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices Choir, and the Zornitsa Trio chamber ensemble.

 

You all know about the beauty of opera voices, but a few know about the beauty of the mystery of Bulgarian voices and folklore - of its unequal rythms, angel-voiced singers and slender folk dancers. 

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