Ritual
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79349
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News & Reviews
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NPR Music has published a list titled Turning the Tables: The 150 Greatest Albums Made by Women, and among them are Emmylou Harris's Wrecking Ball, Laurie Anderson's Big Science, k.d. lang's Ingénue, and the Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir's Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. "This list, of the greatest albums made by women between 1964 and the present, is an intervention, a remedy, a correction of the historical record and hopefully the start of a new conversation," says NPR.
Marcel Cellier, the Swiss music producer, radio broadcaster, ethnomusicologist, and musician, has died at the age of 88. Cellier, who recorded the famed series of albums of the Bulgarian State Television female vocal choir, Mystère des Voix Bulgares, first released in the US on Nonesuch Records in the late 1980s, died at a hospital in the Swiss Riviera on Friday, December 13, 2013. The album's release sparked a global interest in the captivating voices of the choir and was followed by a second volume, which earned a Grammy Award and led to an extensive world tour, a third recording, and a box set.
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About This Album
The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir’s first studio recording since its two anthologies launched a worldwide phenomenon in the late 1980s, Ritual draws principally on Christmas carols and tunes meant for St. Lazar’s Day, a health and fertility holiday occurring the Saturday before Palm Sunday.
Credits
MUSICIANS
The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
Dora Hristova, conductor
Voices: Radka Alexova, Vassilka Andonova, Olga Borissova, Vassilka Damyanova, Nadejda Hvoyneva, Violeta Marinova, Roussana Nedialkova, Kremena Stantcheva, Binka Dobreva, Rouslana Vasileva, Roumiana Milanova, Rossitza Lazarova, Silvia Vassileva, Elisaveta Hineva, Elitchka Krastanova, Elizabeta Petrova, Marina Ianakieva, Evgenia Miloucheva, Kalinka Kaneva, Zlatka Stanilova, Kostadinka Iankova, Emilia Ivanova, Evgenia Vassileva, Violeta Petkova
Guest Male Vocalists: Daniel Spassov, Vladimir Kouzov
Instrumentalists: Atanas Valtchev, gadulka (fiddle); Ivan Dentchev, tambura (mandolin); Dantcho Radoulov, kaval (flute); Ludmil Sotirov, gaida (bagpipe); Evgeni Eremiev, contrabassPRODUCTION CREDITS
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
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Release Date:
Friday, September 23, 1994 - 04:00
DescriptionExcerpt:
The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir’s first studio recording since its two anthologies launched a worldwide phenomenon in the late 1980s, Ritual draws principally on Christmas carols and tunes meant for St. Lazar’s Day, a health and fertility holiday occurring the Saturday before Palm Sunday.
Description:
The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir’s first studio recording since its two anthologies launched a worldwide phenomenon in the late 1980s, Ritual draws principally on Christmas carols and tunes meant for St. Lazar’s Day, a health and fertility holiday occurring the Saturday before Palm Sunday.
ProductionCredits:
PRODUCTION CREDITS
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
Cover Art:
Nonesuch Selection Number:
79349
Number of Discs in Set:
1disc
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71
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226
ns_album_releasedate:
Thursday, September 1, 1994 - 04:00
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0
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Album Status:
UPC/Price:
Label:
CD+MP3
UPC:
075597934922BUN
Price:
0.00
Label:
MP3
UPC:
075597934960
Price:
11.00
Artist Name:
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
MusicianDetails:
MUSICIANS
The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
Dora Hristova, conductor
Voices: Radka Alexova, Vassilka Andonova, Olga Borissova, Vassilka Damyanova, Nadejda Hvoyneva, Violeta Marinova, Roussana Nedialkova, Kremena Stantcheva, Binka Dobreva, Rouslana Vasileva, Roumiana Milanova, Rossitza Lazarova, Silvia Vassileva, Elisaveta Hineva, Elitchka Krastanova, Elizabeta Petrova, Marina Ianakieva, Evgenia Miloucheva, Kalinka Kaneva, Zlatka Stanilova, Kostadinka Iankova, Emilia Ivanova, Evgenia Vassileva, Violeta Petkova
Guest Male Vocalists: Daniel Spassov, Vladimir Kouzov
Instrumentalists: Atanas Valtchev, gadulka (fiddle); Ivan Dentchev, tambura (mandolin); Dantcho Radoulov, kaval (flute); Ludmil Sotirov, gaida (bagpipe); Evgeni Eremiev, contrabass
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