Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1.01 | Volume One: Pilentze Pee (Pilentze Sings) | 2:31 |
| 1.02 | Volume One: Svaatba (The Wedding) | 1:27 |
| 1.03 | Volume One: Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering) | 5:06 |
| 1.04 | Volume One: Strati na Angelaki Doumasche (Haiduk Song) | 2:37 |
| 1.05 | Volume One: Polegnala e Pschenitza (Harvest Song from Thrace) | 2:02 |
| 1.06 | Volume One: Messetschinko lio Greïlivko (Love Song from the Mountains) | 2:31 |
| 1.07 | Volume One: Breï Yvane (Dancing Song) | 1:31 |
| 1.08 | Volume One: Erghen Diado (Song of Schopsko) | 2:50 |
| 1.09 | Volume One: Sableyalo mi Agontze (The Bleating Lamb) | 4:31 |
| 1.10 | Volume One: Prïtourïtze Planinata (Song from the Thracian Plain) | 2:45 |
| 1.11 | Volume One: Mir Stanke le (Harvest Song from Thrace) | 3:10 |
| 1.12 | Volume One: Schopska Pesen (Diaphonic Chant) | 1:27 |
| 1.13 | Volume One: Polegnala e Todora (Love Song) | 3:38 |
| 2.01 | Volume Two: Kaval Sviri (The Flute Plays) | 2:10 |
| 2.02 | Volume Two: Stani Mi, Maytcho (Get Up, My Daughter) | 4:46 |
| 2.03 | Volume Two: Di-Li-Do | 1:21 |
| 2.04 | Volume Two: More Zajeni Se Ghiouro (Ghiouro Marries) | 1:26 |
| 2.05 | Volume Two: Tche Da Ti Kupim Bela Seitsa (I'm Going to Buy You Some White Silk) | 2:32 |
| 2.06 | Volume Two: Ovdoviala Lissitchkata (The Fox Has Lost His Cubs) | 2:48 |
| 2.07 | Volume Two: Messetchinko Lio (You Little Moon) | 3:09 |
| 2.08 | Volume Two: Ei Mori Roujke (You, Little Roujke) | 1:50 |
| 2.09 | Volume Two: Dragana I Slavei (Dragana's Song) | 3:08 |
| 2.10 | Volume Two: Atmadja duma Strachilu (Revolutionary Song) | 4:00 |
| 2.11 | Volume Two: Dve Tourlaski Pesen (Teasing) | 2:18 |
| 2.12 | Volume Two: Trenke, Todorke | 1:25 |
| 2.13 | Volume Two: Bezrodna Nevesta (Young Childless Wife) | 3:00 |
| 2.14 | Volume Two: Izpoved (Confession) | 5:38 |
| 2.15 | Volume Two: Ghiore Dos (Teasing) | 1:37 |
| 2.16 | Volume Two: Spis Li, Milke Le (If You Are Sleeping, Milke) | 5:03 |
| 3.01 | Ritual: Houbava Milka (Beautiful Milda) | 4:27 |
| 3.02 | Ritual: Pesen Na Put (Singing on Our Way) | 1:26 |
| 3.03 | Ritual: Koledarska Pesen (A Christmas Lad's Song) | 1:19 |
| 3.04 | Ritual: Trakiisko Nastoenie (Thracian Easy Mood) | 1:46 |
| 3.05 | Ritual: Lazarski Bouenets (The Lazarus Girls Dance the Boueneck) | 2:04 |
| 3.06 | Ritual: Mazdrave Ti, Chorbadjiio (Cheers to You, Master of the House) | 1:44 |
| 3.07 | Ritual: Shopski Tantsek (Shope Dance) | 3:14 |
| 3.08 | Ritual: A Jewish Triptych (Sephardic): La Rosa En Floresa (The Rose Is Blooming) | 3:10 |
| 3.09 | Ritual: A Jewish Triptych (Sephardic): A Señora Novia (To the New Bride) | 1:52 |
| 3.10 | Ritual: A Jewish Triptych (Sephardic): Lamenta (Lament) | 4:30 |
| 3.11 | Ritual: Bulgarski Einicheski Melodii (Bulgarian Ethnic Melodies) | 7:04 |
| 3.12 | Ritual: Moma Houbava (Beautiful Girl) | 2:12 |
| 3.13 | Ritual: Vurba (Willow Tree) | 1:30 |
| 3.14 | Ritual: Za Mlado Momiche (Song for a Young Girl) | 1:48 |
| 3.15 | Ritual: Mur Stho Sme Se razigrali (Hey, Let's Dance [The Boueneck]) | 3:30 |
| 3.16 | Ritual: Tebe Peem-za Ovchariya (Song for the Shepherd) | 3:30 |
| 3.17 | Ritual: Al Nazdrave (Cheers!) | 1:59 |
| 3.18 | Ritual: Zhalba Za Lazar (Lament for St. Lazarus) | 2:21 |
News & Reviews
- Friday, June 17, 2011
The Guardian's List of 50 Key Events in the History of World, Folk Music Includes Several Ties to Nonesuch
The Guardian and Observer have published their list of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk music, which includes four events that also have a direct link to the history of Nonesuch Records, events involving Ry Cooder and the Buena Vista Social Club, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, Youssou N'Dour, and Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, and one that would later impact Kronos Quartet.
About this Album
This CD box set is now available for sale in the Nonesuch Store; however, free, instant album MP3 downloads, included with other discs in the Store, are not currently available with box sets.
This box set includes the three Nonesuch recordings by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal choir: Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Volumes I and II, and Ritual. The choir sparked a global sensation with these records, with their spellbinding arrangements and performances, which the New York Times described as “consistently, continually astonishing.” In these three groundbreaking recordings, the range of the choir’s artistry is on full display—eerily beautiful music that has captured the imagination of audiences everywhere.
Credits
MUSICIANS
The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Volume I
Recorded in Bulgaria by Marcel Cellier
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
Cover art by Melanie Marder Parks
Volume II
Recorded in Bulgaria by Marcel Cellier
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
Cover art: Melanie Marder Parks
Ritual
Produced by Nikolai Kaufmann
Recorded December 1993 by GEGA New Ltd. At Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
Instrumental music produced by Daniel Kahn and Atanas Valtchev
Recorded July 1994 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Produced in cooperation with Disques Cellier
Associate producer: Vladimir Barov
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine
Art direction and design: John William Costa
Cover illustration by Melanie Marder Parks
Executive Producers:
Daniel Kahn for Elektra Nonesuch
Marcel Cellier for Disques Cellier
