Vocal Traditions of Bulgaria

Bulgarian village traditional song from the archives of Radio Sofia

1992: Saydisc CD-SDL 396

1. Mari Maro / Hey, Maro Girl

   Yanka Rupkina; Soyan Velichkov, flute

2. Snoshti vecher u vas byah / Last Night I Was at Your Place

   Men’s folk group from Hadjidimovo

3. Polegnala bela pshenitza / White Wheat Is Lying Low

   Linka Gergova and Menka Aronova from Bistritsa

4. Momne le mari hubava / Oh, you beautiful girl

   Folk song group from Kutela; Dimiter Petkovski, bagpipe

5. Vido dva vetra veyat / Two Gales Are Blowing

   Folk song group from Sapareva Banya

6. Zaidi mi Rayo / Set Down, Sun

   Kalinka Vulcheva; Stoyan Velichkov, flute

7. Dosto, mome Dosto / Hey, Lassie Dosto

   Folk group from Breznitsa

8. Shto yubavo Sofiiskoto pole / How Beautiful Is the Countryside around Sofia

   Dimiter and Vladimir Mitev from Vladaya

9. Zamurknaya petstotin aiduka / Five Hundred Haiduts [sic] Will Sleep the Night Off

   The Turmachkite folk song group from Plana

10. Senkya pada / A Shadow Has Fallen

    Purva Barenkova from Pakovitsa

11. Bre Nikola Nikola / Hey, Nikola, Nikola

    Folk group from Radovetz

12. Devoiko mari hubava / Pretty Young Lassie

    Vesselin Djigov from Kutela; Stephan Zachmanov, bagpipe

13. Rechenski kamuk reka zaglavya / The River Would Mould the Stone

    Folk song group from Nedelino

14. Rasti bore / Grow Up, Pine Tree

    Folk group from Bansko

15. Zazhena se niva / The Harvest Has Started

    Hadka Dimitrova from Kosharevo

16. Pominalo e devoiche / A Girl Went By

    Folk song group from Kalishte

17. Rodilo se muzhko dete / A Boy Was Born

    Dimiter and Vladimir Mitev from Vladaya

18. Sluntzeto trepti zauda / The Sun Is Setting

    Yanka Rupkina; Gospodin Stanev, flute; Kostadin Varimezov, bagpipe

19. Pusni ma maicho / Let Me Go, Mother

    Folk song group from Zhultusha

20. Doide mi obed pladnina / It’s Noon

    Folk song group from Dolen

21. Done ide ot manastir / Dona Is Coming from a Monastery

    Folk group from Balanovo

HOME   •   MUSIC

Comments © 2006 Mark Ellis Walker, except as noted, and no claim is made to the images and quoted lyrics.