The MAGIC Of Bulgarian Voices & Music – Malka Moma / Little girl – LIVE (Gold collection)
December 292009
Folk singer Nellie Andreeva – She was born in the resort in the Rhodope mountains Narechen. Before discovering that singing is her real vocation she played the piano and the guitar. As of 1996 Nellie is has been in Sofia and is engaged with the famous Philip Kutev ensemble where at present she is first soloist
The Power of the Human Voice “Her voice shines like the golden spray of water ” ,”Absolutely fantastic, I can feel the emotions. Tears are quickly coming to my eyes. Wonderful song… ” . ” breathtakingly, incredibly beautiful-melody, voices, feeling, everything.I cannot stop listening to this…” -VictoriaWinters
pure music for the heart
http://philipkoutev.com/
A young girl is praying to god.
Please god give me eyes of a dove,
please god give me wings of a falcon,
so I can fly over Dunav river,
so I can find a boy that I love.
And god gave her wings of a falcon.
And she found a boy that she loves.
Malka moma si se Bogu moli:
Day mi , Boże , oczi Golwbowi,
Day mi, Boże , kriltsa sokolovi,
Da si vozna otvad beli Dunav,
Da ci najda momcze spored mene,
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(the choir part)
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Bog i dade kriltsa sokolovi,
Ta si nayde momcze spored neja
Filip Kutev (born Aitos, 1903-1982) is a Bulgarian composer and founder of the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir. He is widely considered “the father of Bulgarian choir and folk music”. Kutev also created and conducted the Bulgarian National Ensemble & Choir in 1951
second volume of Le Mystere des voix Bulgares features performances by the Bulgarian State Radio and Televison Female Choir and the Female Vocal Choir, Sofia won a GRAMMY award in 1989.
http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Marcel%20Cellier&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1
Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
http://www.myspace.com/yankarupkina
Yanka Rupkina played a major role in the growing popularity of Balkan music in the 1980s. Together with Stoyanka Boneva and Eva Georgieva, Rupkina formed the Trio Bulgarka, a vocal group affiliated with La Mystere Des Voix Bulgares. In addition to recording their own albums, Rupkina and Trio Bulgarka provided vocal harmonies for Kate Bush’s albums, The Sensual World and The Red Shoes. Rupkina subsequently performed as a solist for the national television and radio Bulgaria group, the Balkana.
The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir is an internationally renowned World Music ensemble that blends traditional six-part a capella repertoire with modern arrangements. It is most recognized under the recording name Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. First created in Bulgaria in 1952 by Philip Koutev, “the father of Bulgarian concert folk music,” the choir is now under the direction of Dora Hristova. Koutev also created and conducted the Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic in 1951.
Singers are chosen from country villages for the beauty and openness of their voices, and they undergo extensive training in the unique centuries’ old singing style. Influenced by Bulgaria’s Thracian, Ottoman and Byzantine history, their music is striking in its use of diaphonic singing and distinctive timbre, as well as its modal scales and dissonant harmonies (abundant second, seventh, and ninth intervals).
Though the choir became widely known when the trend-setting English alternative record label 4AD released a pair of anthology albums in 1986 and 1988 with the now famous title Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, their recordings date as far back as 1957. The first pressing of the Voix Bulgares album was the result of fifteen years of work by Swiss ethnomusicologist and producer Marcel Cellier and was originally released in 1975 on his small Discs Cellier label. Ivo Watts-Russell (founder of 4AD) was introduced to the choir from a third or fourth generation audio cassette lent to him by Peter Murphy, singer from the band Bauhaus. He became thoroughly entranced by the music, and tracked down and licensed the recordings from Cellier. The group has since performed extensively around the world to wide acclaim and were honored with a Grammy Award in 1989 for their second album.
Three prominent soloists of the group have also performed together as the Trio Bulgarka, notably on the Kate Bush albums The Sensual World and The Red Shoes.
In 1992, the choir divided into two: one for radio, one for television. Bulgarian television signed a contract with the one half, which is the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir; the other half organised itself as a collective, and now performs as The Bulgarian Voices ANGELITE
Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Rome, Turkey,Serbia, Thracians, Byzantium 
beautifully layered vocal harmonies like this make the hairs on my arms and neck stand on end.
Japanese group – Ensemble Sakura
the best women’s choir
Duration : 0:3:9
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December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
She’s very …
She’s very beautiful, and her voice…..
I love blugarian music!!!!!
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Hienoa. = Awesome.
Hienoa. = Awesome.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Предивно !
Предивно !
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
There are plenty of …
There are plenty of people who preserve the original sounds and customs. The force of the folklore is to be ALIVE which means to go into different directions in search of a mean to expose the feelings of the human being. The folklore YOU perceive as authentic evolved from something.. more authentic. You are always free to go to Bulgaria, to the villages, the authentic folk festivals and just be happy. No need to moan under this video. And for the record, I prefer more “authentic” folklore too.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
It is true because …
It is true because we are all Slavs! Kisses for all Slavs brothers and sisters all around the Globe from Bulgaria!
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Oh my God what a …
Oh my God what a great voice!!!
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Wonderfoul, now …
Wonderfoul, now it’s in my preferites and I’ve linked it on Facebook.
Meraviglioso… Riccardo, Capri (Italia)
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
stunning …
stunning performance!!
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
@StariMirko So how …
@StariMirko So how do those commercial goals apply to this arrangement? Im not arguing for the west im arguing for this particular video. Sorry to be so combative but i just find this clip absolutely beautiful. It certainly retains enough of Bulgaria…the nasal voice that cuts straight through the heart. I orginally came here looking for a version of “Tadora” but stumbled onto this.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
In a cultural sense …
In a cultural sense westernization is always a plague because it is driven by commercial goals only, throwing out everything that is to difficult for western ears, which has been built up for centuries in their own folk tradition.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Beautiful!! …
Beautiful!! Greetings form Serbia!!!
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Has this …
Has this performance made any claims of authenticity? If it hasnt then the composer/arranger has the artistic right to whatever “influences” they calculate as necessary to meet the emotional needs. I respect that you dont like it and I am sure you are more well-versed on Balkan music than I but i’ve seen your critique employed elsewhere and have sometimes found it erroneous. I am also aware that westernization can be like a plague but its not always so bad.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
When the Balkan …
When the Balkan musicians would realy be selfassured about the true value of their old, beautiful inheritage, they wouldn’t expand ( as you put it) to the western taste and shaving down all that what makes their folk music so special and different! I can compare, because I have piles of records from the 70’s and the difference is obvious, and not for the best I am afraid.When you listen to the accompaning choir, the westernisation in the melody line is very obvious there and I dont like it.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Are you suggesting …
Are you suggesting by expanding their music they are killing off their culture? There will always be plenty of purists. I’ve heard musicians denigrate Ravi Shankar for this very thing. To suggest this artistry lacks pride sounds like nothing more than beleaguered insularity.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Nellie Andreeva and …
Nellie Andreeva and their voices take me to such the land I’d ever been to as my hometown, but I never been to indeed. Memory of long long time ago…
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Beautiful it is, …
Beautiful it is, but alas already changed to western taste ( whatever ‘taste’ that might be) and I am afraid that will be the fate of all of the original Balkan Blues. It is like the Romanian street musicians: Instead of playing their own folk music, they play the Schöne Blaue Donau. No pride, so sad!
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Who cares, we know …
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Who cares, we know what is the reality. Let them live in war forever
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Dai mi,Boje….
Dai mi,Boje….
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
prelijepo…….
prelijepo…….
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Here nobody …
Here nobody inspires nobody. This music is strictly inspired only by the magnificent mountain Rhodope. It is situated in the southern part of Bulgaria and since I live there I can tell you 100%: It has nothing to do with the Romanian. Yes, Romanians are good people, but they are totally different than us. Believe me I have never heard something like this elsewhere, but in this mountain….:)
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
excellent insight …
excellent insight into the amazing music of Bulgaria
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Po prostu- …
Po prostu- majsterstersztyk.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
their culture is …
their culture is not slavic,a lot of eastern european countries have folklor in common,but now comes the question ,who inspired who?bulgarians although speak a slavic language are related to romanians that speak a latin lang,i would say i see similarities between them,and we know they lived there before the slavics came in europe
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
beautiful!greetings …
beautiful!greetings from Romania,grew up on the border with Bulgaria ,nice people and beautiful customs
December 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Wow! I’m gonna say …
Wow! I’m gonna say in my language: Po prostu piękne. Słucham i nie mogę przestać. Mają moje serce i duszę. Brak słów dla muzyki i głosów. Czysta poezja i wzruszające piękno.