Customer Reviews

Georgian Voices

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The Rustavi Choir remains the best Georgian male choir over the past decades. And if I'm not mistaken the song Orovela was performed by late Hamlet Gonashvili, the best folk singer that probably ever been born in Georgia. As for the suggestion above of placing Georgian songs in the Russian group, I'd disagree with that. Georgians are not Slavs. The fact that Russia was a colonial power in Georgia over 200 years does not mean that linguistically, ethnically or culturally these two nations are somewhere close to each other.

Incredible singing, astonishing harmonies, some pieces so unearthly beautiful they will bring tears to your eyes.

This record is absolutely essential to me. It has the most powerful singing, with the most exciting harmonies, I have ever heard. It is frightening and awesome, bringing chills to my spine every time I hear it. Tears, to boot. These songs have a musical architecture and passion I've never heard before or since.

The review above comparing Georgian Voices to Bulgarian music is ludicrous. They are not the same at all, and to critisize GV because it's not like some other cd makes no sense. This is beautiful, powerful music (even when its soft). Give it a try.

I am a bit surpised that a lot of people compare Georgian Folklore to Bulgarian and consider them as something very similar to each other. I want to admit that Georgian culture is way too different from Bulgarian. The thing that both(Georgian and Bulgarian) folklore adhere to musical principle of polyphony does not mean that they have the same musical roots. ... .

We first heard this CD in a Georgian Restaurant in Moscow. Having rediscovered it through Amazon.com, we are not disappointed with the excellent performance of the Rustavi Singers and their distinctive style. It lives up to all expectations.

This is one of my favorite Georgian music projects. Although some purists may argue that the recording lends itself a bit too much to performance and not enough to compliance to Gerogian folk music traditions, I would disagree. The music is authentic Georgian folk music and it sounds good!

PS How very sad that Amazon.com hasn't given this unique and important style of music its own catagory. Russian music??? C'mon guys!

This is just a quick reminder, that Georgia is not only one of the US states, as the majority of americans think, but also an independent country and to really appreciate this kind of music you have to visit Georgia at least once. Rustavi is one of the pearls of Georgian vocal folk music, representing the unique musical heritage of Georgia. I like this CD very much and would recommend it to anyone who loves vocal music.

it will "make a man" out of anyone---definitely not for those afraid of themselves...

I like Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares a great deal, and this CD was recommended to me as a result. But what appeals to me about LMdVB is the dense, rich harmony. And there was SOME of that here, but for the most part it just sounds like 3 or 4 people each singing a different song. I got my first clue that this may not be my cup of tea when I saw that the choir only consists of 12 men. That's just too thin for my tastes. Feel free to give it a shot, but just don't expect "the male version of LMdVB", like I did.