The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices, Vol. 1-4

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices) Enchanting Ethno Music, hard to describe. Listeners' responses instead: Purity A Rare Gem Eerie Beauty Amazing Voices Outstanding Quality Ethereal And Soulful Engaging And Meditative Enchanting And Culturally Rich One Of The Most Engaging Piece Of Music The Only Mystery Is Why More Have Not Heard These Voices Lovely Dissonance And, In Spite Of Its Modernism, A Bearer Of Endangered Heritage The ensemble: The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir is an internationally renowned World Music ensemble that blends traditional six-part a capella repertoire with modern arrangements. It is most recognized under the recording name "Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares." First created as the "Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir" in Bulgaria in 1952 by Philip Koutev, "the father of Bulgarian concert folk music", the choir is now under the direction of Dora Hristova. Singers are chosen from country villages for the beauty and openness of their voices, and they undergo extensive training in the unique centuries old singing style. Influenced by Bulgaria's Thracian, Byzantine and Ottoman history, their music is striking in its use of diaphonic singing and distinctive timbre, as well as its modal scales and dissonant harmonies (abundant second, seventh, and ninth intervals). Though the choir became widely known when the trend-setting English alternative record label 4AD released a pair of anthology albums in 1986 and 1988 with the now famous title Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, their recordings date as far back as 1957. The first pressing of the Voix Bulgares album was the result of fifteen years of work by Swiss ethnomusicologist and producer Marcel Cellier and was originally released in 1975 on his small Discs Cellier label. Ivo Watts-Russell (founder of 4AD) was introduced to the choir from a third or fourth generation audio cassette lent to him by Peter Murphy, singer from the band Bauhaus. He became thoroughly entranced by the music, and tracked down and licensed the recordings from Cellier. The group has since performed extensively around the world to wide acclaim and were honored with a Grammy Award in 1989 for their second album.

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 trialanderror (2008-02-06)

Thanks very much. This is great.

ceilingtracer (2008-02-14)

i didn't even know there were 3 other volumes of this album. I just randomly plugged the groups name into the search and have been pleasantly surprised. THANKS!

maini4ka (2008-02-17)

u r welcome :-)

@strospliff (2008-03-14)

Evala mayna
tuka sum na pi4kovci i kato go otvorih - vednaga pusnah nyakolko sulzichki. Purviya napev ot dvoykata e surcerazdiratelen. Na horcata veche se pouspokoih [;)

@strospliff (2008-03-14)

ne, ne. ne purviya, vtoriya - Nadezhda Hvoineva w/BRSTFC - Stani Mi, Maytcho (Get Up, My Daughter)

maini4ka (2008-03-26)

The above emigre had tears coming out of his eyes while listening to one of the songs... How emotional :-)

Klimt_Westwood (2008-06-03)

Great collection. Thanks! For people interested in Bulgarian female vocal tradition, I added Trio Bulgarka's masterpiece: The Forest is Crying.
http://thepiratebay.se/tor/4218613

ciperlone (2008-06-08)

Thankx for the Up! I'm going to see this group in a show, today :)

malaclypz (2008-07-04)

Thanks, greatly appreciated!!
Dying for Lossless of this, if you can muster it.. ")
xoxo

The_Serpent (2008-10-06)

Thanks for this!
I absolutly

schpukzo (2009-01-05)

Does anyone know where I can get get their 2000 "Voices of Life" album? I've searched everywhere, I'd really appreciate someone uploading. Thanks

Miganiya (2009-06-19)

YES! Thank you so much...

jollyjim3939 (2011-10-20)

thanks - this sound brings tears to my eyes