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Track 8- Sweet Rakia (The Brandy Bottle with the Red Ribbon)
 
 
Genre / Style: World

Composer:


Title: Thracian Rhapsody - The New Wedding Music of Bulgaria Vol. 1

Performer: Yîldîz Ibrahimova, voice • Ivo Papasov, clarinet • Alexander Raitchev, gaida • Ensemble Bisery • Mladen Malakov, clarinet and leader • The Christo Yotsov Trio • Philip Simeonov, clarinet, with Ensemble Trîstenik

Tracks/ Timings: Wedding Eve (4:56); Hear The Drums (4:57; Clinging Wine (6:16); Rustle Of White Silk (22:50); Eat, Drink And Be Merry (3:33); The Bride's Trousseau (5:18); Chalga (17:42); Sweet Rakia (3:25)

Label: LABOR RECORDS

To purchase this CD go to: www.arkivmusic.com

Information:
The new Bulgarian wedding music has been described as a grass-roots phenomenon which has traveled from popular to high culture in a short time. Criticized and suppressed under communism, it has exploded in recent years and its appeal now far transcends the region that gave it birth.
Check out Vol. 2, also available through ClassiQuest.



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