Labyrinth. Medieval & Bulgarian Music
L'Orient Imaginaire





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Teldec “Das Alte Werk” – 0630-11756-2

1996











1. Miri it is whilë sumer ilast   [4:38]   Northern England, c. 1230


2.  [2:46]
Kostadeene, seeneTrad. Bulgarian
Quant je partiNorthern France, late 13th c.


3. Saltarello ‘La Dobruccia’    [1:29]   Dobruzhansko khoro / Traditional Bulgarian, Dobruzha


4. Santa Maria, strela do dia   [4:23]   Spain, late 13th c.   CSM 100


5. Zamraknala tunka Yana   [3:46]   Traditional Bulgarian
6. Malo selo    [1:10]   Traditional Bulgarian, 14th c., Shopes region
7. Ogreyalla mesetchinka   [2:17]   Traditional Bulgarian dance song, Shopes region
8. Trite pooti   [2:12]  Traditional Bulgarian, Thrakia, Sredna Gora


9. Quen bõa dona querrá   [9:17]   Spain, late 13th c.   CSM 160

10. Pooshka pookna   [1:40]   Traditional Bulgarian, 14th c.

11. Londonsko khoro   [1:11]  Salterello / Italy, 14th c.

12. Devoiko, devoiko   [2:28]   Traditional Bulgarian, Pirin mountains

13. O viridissima virga   [3:04]   Hildegard von BINGEN


14.  [3:40]
Shopska pesenTraditional Bulgarian, Shopes region
Quis dabitCodex Las Huelgas   Hu  170


15.  [10:42]
Tih vyatar veieTraditional Bulgarian
Ondas do marMartin CODAX (Galicia, late 13th century)   ca  I






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, percussion
Marika Falk — dombak, bendir, davul
Paolo Giuseppe Cecere — fiddle, organistrum, trompette des ménestrels
Ludmil Sotirov — gayda
Paul Clarvis — davul, daire, bendir
Alison Gangler — zurna
Ben Davis — fiddle
Kema Mustafa — gayda
Belinda Sykes — bagpipe

Vladimir Ivanof, project supervisor



Recording:
Down Town Studio, Munich — Spring 1992
except
#1, 4, 9, 13 : West Heath Studios, London, UK — December 1994