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BLOWERS FROM THE BALKANS: Classic Historic
Recordings Featuring: clarinet, tárogató, nai, bagpipes,
kaval etc
VARIOUS ARTISTS TSCD928
Compilation and text
by Risto Pekka Pennanen
• "An indispensable
historical record – transfer to a high standard – sleeve notes
of quite remarkable accuracy and historical interest. Highly recommended."
fRoots magazine
• "It's 1927 in Chicago, Louis Armstrong is recording his classic hot 7 tracks - at the same time in New York the obscure Romanian, Joan Hartegan, has almots the same instrumentation laying down Invertita dela Chicago....the transfers are expertly done" SongLines
• "Sound quality is impressive, and the music seems to have been selected with an ear for strongly melodic tunes." Dirty Linen
Blowers from the Balkans
presents a remarkable collection of historic recordings from virtuoso
players of wind instruments from the countries that make up the Balkans
– Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and the newly independent parts
of the former Yugoslavia. The recordings were made over a period spanning
from the 1906 through to the mid 1940s. All have been re-mastered to the
highest standards to produce outstanding sound quality.
The featured instruments include clarinets (and related reed instruments),
panpipes, bagpipe and flutes with a variety of backings and the package
is completed with detailed notes from the compiler Risto Pekka Pennanen
as well as historic photographs.
icon to hear a streamed audio sample of a selected track from the
CD.