Līvõd Lōlõd
Līvu Dziesmas
Livonian Songs
Stalti Family
1998: SIA / Riga Recording Studio RS 018
- Tūt Kutsimi / Tāšu Taures Aicinājums / The Call of the Birch-Bark Horn
- Kalāmīe Loul / Zvejnieku Šūpļa Dziesma / Fishermen’s Song
- Kas Tūndõd Mō? / Vai Zini Zemi? / Do You Know the Land?
- Sūrkadril / Lielkadriļa / The Great Quadrille
- Astā, Veļ, Tȭlpa Pǟl! / Steidz, Bāliņ, Pakāpies! / Hurry, Brother, Step On Up!
precību dz.
- Laggõgid, Rūimõgid! / Sķiraties, Rūmaties! / Make Way!
kāzu dz.
- Mäd Sõzār / Kāzu Dziesma / Wedding Song
- Ilzõn Daņtš / Ilzenes Dancis / The Dance from Ilzene
- Minā Pōliz Jumālõst / Lūgsna Dievam / Prayer to God
kāzu dz.
- Līvõd Valts / Līvu Valsis / The Livonian Waltz
- Mäddõn Mierstõ Vōjgist Aigõ / Mūsu Jūras Malā Izpeldēja / From the Sea Emerged
- Mis Ni Tīeb? / Ko Nu Darīs? / What Shall We Do?
divi kāzu dz.
- Kus Sa Lǟdõ, Lotšākibār? / Kur Tu Iesi, Lūkcepure? / Where’re You Headed, Crooked Cap?
- Suitõd Daņtš / Suitiņš / The Suitins
dancis
- Lōliz Izā, Lōliz Puoga / Dziedāj Tēvs, Dziedāj Dēls / The Father Sang, the Son Sang
galda dz.
- Īdõnõ Izānõ Īdõksõ Puoigõ / Vienam Tēvam Deviņi Dēli / One Father Has Nine Sons
dzimtas dz.
- Pūgõ, Tūļ! / Pūt, Vējš! / Blow, Wind!
kāzu dz.
- Īlgamag Ja Salājdaņtš / Dūdu Balss un Zaglis / Voice of the Bagpipes and The Thief
dancis
- Õdõg / Vakars / Evening
dzimtas dz.
- Eijõ, Eijõ / Šūpļa Dziesma / Cradle Song
- Unnõ Īrki / Kur Tu Teci, Miega Pele? / Where Are You Rushing, Sleepy Mouse?
šūpļa dz.
- Pitkā Āiga / Garš Laiks / Long Time
rotala
- Rirī, Ānda Semdi / Ri-rī, Dod Pienu! / Give Milk!
ganu dz.
Ganiņa Raudas / Cowherd’s Weeping
- Jōda, Jōda, Pǟva Jūokšo! / Steidzi, Steidzi, Saule, Tecēt! / Hurry, Hurry, Sun
ganu dz.
Melngalve, Raibgalve! / Dark Head, Motley Head!
- Tšitšorlinkist / Putnu Saukšana / Little Bird
Lielās dienas dziesma
- Jōņ Loul / Jāņu Dziesma / Midsummer (Janu-St-John) Song
- Ārmazõ Jemā / Mīļā Māte! / Dear Mother!
Vastlāvju dziesma
- Kõps Eņtš Vanā Tōţi Ja Tikā Bokā / Zaķis Savu Veco Tēvu Un Kazbuks / The Hare Buried His Father and The Roebuck
- Kik Broutšiz Rīgõ / Gailīt’s Brauca Rīgā / The Rooster Went to Riga
rotaļdz.
- Krakovjak / Krakovjaks / The Krakowiak
dancis
- Kuolmkepā / Trīsrociņš / Three-Hands
dancis
- Ak, Tōţi, Vanā Aņdrõks! / Ak, Tētiņ, Vec’ Andrej! / Oh, Daddy, Old Andrei!
dancis
- Suž Daņtš / Vilku Dancis / Wolf Dance
- Livõd Meldiņ / Līvu Melodija / Livonian Melody
- Min Izāmō / Mana Tēvu Zeme / My Fatherland
(Līvu Himna) / Livonian Hymn
It’s “Astā, Veļ, Tȭlpa Pǟl!” that hypnotized me into requiring this rarity in my library. My Latvian coworker Ints, with whom I’d shared various Ilgi celebrations, loaned me his copy of this CD and it required great willpower on my part to return it to him. As it was, it took me a long time to hunt down a copy for myself…and when I did I bought two or three extra copies for friends I knew I’d eventually want to give it to.
As with “Tumša Nakts, Zaļa Zāle” on Ilgi’s Riti, “Astā, Veļ, Tȭlpa Pǟl!” is absolutely magical, but unlike the latter this is a ritual recorded with fervent pride (the latter having been given more secretive reverence), the delicate interweaving of the two kokles providing the sense of a magical spark that animates the whole.
An interesting enhancement to my appreciation for this album came in August 2009 when I heard on Radio Oira another version of that beautiful latter track—such a hauntingly beautiful melody was almost immediately recognizable, and by the end of the recording I’d discovered that it was doubly recognizable because the primary singer was none other than Julgi Stalte, the Stalti Family daughter on this album! This other version was recorded by a Latvian group called Tulli Lum of which she’s an integral member, and its Latvian name is “Asta, Vel, Tola Pal.” Good luck finding a copy of the CD it’s on, however…I’m not finding much out there so far even through my usual Baltic sources.
Comments © 2007 Mark Ellis Walker, except as noted, and no claim is made to the images and quoted lyrics.