Martenitsa Choir

Track Listings
1. Pirin Suite    
2. Vari Baba    
3. Vecheryai Rado    
4. Zavilo Se Vito Horo    
5. Reche Mama da Me Zheni    
6. Smok Sviri Na Verba    
7. Trenke Todorke    
8. Dragana I Slavei (Dragna and the Nightingale)    
9. Buren Buren    
10. Shto Si Goro Povyahnala    
11. Dig Se, Dig Se    
12. Ergen Deda    
13. Dremka Mi Se Dreme    
14. Vila Se Loza Vinena    
15. Polegnala E Todora    
16. Novo Tropnalo Oro    

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Sezoni
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Beauty comes in many shapes and sounds
  • Powerful choral music - stirring and exotic
 Sezoni
Mara! and the Martenitsa Choir
Manufacturer: Real World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
World DanceWorld Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000JCGE
Release Date: 1999-06-29

Tracks:

  1. Call From The South
  2. To My First Love
  3. A Curse On You Strange Places/Harvest
  4. All Summer (Part One)
  5. Hey Harvesters (Part Two)
  6. A Shepherd Plays
  7. He Plays (Part Three)
  8. Travelling Light
  9. Autumn/Grape Picking
  10. On The Grapevines (Part One)
  11. Sorrow Suppressed (Part Two)
  12. Eyes Like Berries
  13. Tomorrow (Part Three)

Amazon.com

Balkan music from Australia might not seem a logical mix, but when it works this well, why not? The brainchild of Mara Kiek, who leads the Mara! Ensemble and directs the Martenitsa Choir, Sezoni has a rich beauty. The instrumental tracks serve as a reminder that the distance between Balkan melodies and klezmer is very short, while the harmonies and singing are as strong as those of any Bulgarian Choir--in fact, Silvia Entcheva, from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, sings on this record. The CD seems to play more as a suite than a series of unrelated tracks, and there's little doubt that the singers have learned how to capture those unearthly harmonies, letting them shimmer through the spare musical settings. Excellent. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beauty comes in many shapes and sounds.......2002-03-17

This disk took me completely by surprise, mixing the beautiful Bulgarian choral voice with the enchanting Australian Mara!Ensemble musical talents. This is my first experience with such collaboration, but I can't praise it enough for bringing up images of my homeland, 'mojata rodina, Bulgaria'. Each track flows into the next in harmony, and the four seasons come alive through the music. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a new sound, for a soothing and beautiful experience.

4 out of 5 stars Powerful choral music - stirring and exotic.......1999-08-20

I don't have much experience with choral music, especially not with Bulgarian choral ensembles, but "Sezoni" is amazing. The chorus swells powerfully over plucked strings and woodwinds, trading off with Mara for the lead, sprinkled with instrumental interludes.

The best this uneducated listener can do to summarize "Sezoni" would be a folksy Carmina Burana - folksy without being hokey, folksy with all the power and vigor of the best traditional music, but without the Western operatic pretenses.

An interesting listen.
Martenitsa Choir
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Martenitsa Choir
    Martenitsa Choir
    Manufacturer: Tall Poppies
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
    Traditional FolkTraditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
    A CappellaA Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music
    Australia & New ZealandAustralia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music
    BulgariaBulgaria | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000003IYR
    Release Date: 1995-12-13

    Tracks:

    1. Pirin Suite
    2. Vari Baba
    3. Vecheryai Rado
    4. Zavilo Se Vito Horo
    5. Reche Mama da Me Zheni
    6. Smok Sviri Na Verba
    7. Trenke Todorke
    8. Dragana I Slavei (Dragna and the Nightingale)
    9. Buren Buren
    10. Shto Si Goro Povyahnala
    11. Dig Se, Dig Se
    12. Ergen Deda
    13. Dremka Mi Se Dreme
    14. Vila Se Loza Vinena
    15. Polegnala E Todora
    16. Novo Tropnalo Oro

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