Labyrinth - Medieval and Bulgarian Music

Labyrinth - Medieval and Bulgarian Music
L'Orient Imaginaire - Vladimir Ivanoff
Teldec 0630-11756-2

Contents:

    Anon., Northern England, c. 1230:
  1. Miri it is whilë sumer ilast

    2. Trad. Bulgaria & Northern France, late 13th c.:
  2. Kostadeene, seene & Quant Je parti

    3. Trad., Bulgaria:
  3. Saltarello: La Dobbruccia

    4. Anon., Spain, late 13th c.:
  4. Santa Maria, strela do dia

    5. Trad. Bulgaria:
  5. Zamraknala Tunka Yanna
  6. Malo selo
  7. Ogreyalla mesetchinka
  8. Trite pooti

    9. Anon., Spain, late 13th c.:
  9. Quen bõa donna querra

    10. Trad. Bulgaria:
  10. Pooshka pookna

    11. Anon., Italy, 14th c.
  11. Londonsko khoro

    12. Trad. Bulgaria:
  12. Devoiko, devoiko

    13. Hildegard von Bingen:
  13. O viridissima virga

    14. Trad. Bulgaria:
  14. Shopska pesen & Quis dabit

    15. Trad. Bulgaria & Martin Codax:
  15. Tih vyatar veie & Ondas do mar

Playing time: 54' 41"

Performers:
L'Orient Imaginaire [Singers: Vassilka Andonova, Kremena Stantcheva, Belinda Sykes, Fadia El-Hage, Rose Bihler-Shah, Cornelia Melian, Kalinka Zgourova, Olga Borisova, Andrew Hunt, Jo Stone-Fewings, Chris Spencer;
Musicians: Valdimir Ivanoff (portative organ , bendir, davul, bells), Atanas Valtchev (gadulka), Dantcho Radoulov (kaval), Fabio Accurso (citole, ud, guitarra morisca, traverso flute, recorder, mercussion), Marika Falk (dombak, bendir, davul), Paolo Giuseppe Cecere (fiddle, organistrum, trompette des ménestrels), Ludmil Sotirov (gayda), Paul Clarvis (davul, daire, bendir), Alison Gangler (zuma), Ben Davis (fiddle), Kema Mustafa (gayda), Belinda Sykes (bagpipe)] - Vladimir Ivanof, project supervisor.

Recording site and date:
[1]-[2], [4], [9], [13] West Heath Studios, London, UK [12/1994]
[2], [3], [5]-[8], [10]-[12], [14], [15] Down Town Studio, Munich [Spring 1992]

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
You'll love it or hate it (I loved it); bulgarian traditional and west european songs interpreted by typical and marvelous women voices, full of consonnant and dissonant intervals, a mix of European and Asian traditions.

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Pierre-F. Roberge