The MAGIC Of Bulgarian Voices & Music - Nadka Karadjova RIP Last Goodbye "Planino moq Planino"

won a GRAMMY award in 1989.
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Elica Todorova & Stojan Jankulov - Water Bulgaria - 5th on Eurovision 2007)

Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
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... 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 in Bulgaria in 1952 by Philip Koutev, "the father of Bulgarian concert folk music," the choir is now under the direction of Dora Hristova. Koutev also created and conducted the Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic in 1951.

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, Ottoman and Byzantine 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 album was the result of fifteen years of work by Swiss ethnomusicologist and producer 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 recordingsThe group has since performed extensively around the world to wide acclaim and were honored with a Grammy Award in 1989 for their second album.

Three prominent soloists of the group have also performed together as the Trio Bulgarka, notably on the Kate Bush albums The Sensual World and The Red Shoes.

In 1992, the choir divided into two: one for radio, one for television. Bulgarian television signed a contract with the one half, which is the Bulgarian Female Vocal Choir; the other half organised itself as a collective, and now performs as The Bulgarian Voices ANGELITE

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[atticana]

It impresses me greatly how Bulgaria has recovered from the long centuries of brutal and corrupt Ottoman rule, to become once again a modern nation, part of the European family. A case of civilisation prevailing over backwardness.

[MusiqueMonAmour]

Will go to my favourites.

Magic, thrilling, wonderful!

It's like the rocks and mountains singing their song!

Thank you, bulgad

and best greetings from Poland

[completelyyoung]

goosebumped! :-S

[TheKolobur88]

@zoroklik250 Чисто български звук ,типичен !

[pnenkin]

rip, nadke :(((

[Sapiopostius]

The Bulgarian people.... especially the new and upcoming generations should keep this treasure alive, your Music is so authentic and old. Its even older than Greece itself. Bulgarians keep ur folklore alive

Obicha vi Greek :)

[Sapiopostius]

The Bulgarian music makes me feel immortal!!!!

With love from Greece!

[dagoduga6]

музика от космоса... вечна...

[PSALVCARDGR]

@zoroklik250 macedonia you mean greecE? thessaloniki?

[xTVROXx]

@vdoundakov they did acknowledge it, or at least the composer joe loduca did. the only reason i have been fortunate enough to discover this is because that "piece of shit" brought it to my attention. it brought it to a wider audience. you can't deny people influence of a certain type of music because you think it's "yours".

[thedynamoto]

amazing....I fear to cry if I watch to the end....