Marcel Cellier Presents Mysterious Albania

Marcel Cellier | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arc Music
• ASIN: B00008J2RO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,997 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #5 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Albania

Track Listings

1. Song for the Hero "Celo Mezani"

2. Pastoral Symphony

3. "Te Kesh Mall"

4. Lullaby

5. Once Again as in 1960

6. Caba for Violin

7. Lament

8. Pastoral Melody

9. Bagpipe Tune from Pogradec

10. Medley

11. Rhapsodic Suite

12. Fishermen's Work Song

13. Medley from Mirdita

14. "Ostinato" Singing

15. Popular Tune from Lezha

16. Concert of Shepherds Flutes

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cellier does it again, August 21, 2005

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Michael Landes (Woodside, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marcel Cellier Presents Mysterious Albania (Audio CD)

Mr. Cellier is best known for combing the archives in Bulgaria for the cream of thirties years of records to produce
Le Mystere des voix de Bulgare volumes 1 and 2.

Here he has brought the same fine ear to Albania, combing the vaults for wonderful representative tracks of the various styles to be found in the various traditions there. There is nothing academic is the result. This is simply a great listenable record.

Just by way of example, the two tracks representing the ancient polyphonic style of Vlore are the best I've ever found. Take that as indicative of the collection as a whole. If you have any interest in Albanian traditional music, start here.

4.0 out of 5 stars An Enclave of Unique Music, February 18, 2009

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Dr. Debra Jan Bibel "World Music Explorer" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marcel Cellier Presents Mysterious Albania (Audio CD)

Recorded in 1979 and 1980, when Albania was still terra incognita for Americans (see the movie, Wag the Dog), Marcel Cellier took his Nagra recorder to this country sandwiched on the Adriatic between Greece, Bulgaria, and Balkan Macedonia and made a discovery of rare musical idioms that you can share by listening to this unusual album. While influenced somewhat by Turkish, Slavic, and Greek musical forms over the ages, Albania music is essentially folk, rural, and ancient. Polyphony and drones characterize it. An ensemble of flautists, as seen on the cover, produce a mesmerizing sound that must be as old as the hills. Other instruments presented are reeded flutes, fiddle, two-stringed lute, and frame and double-headed drums. Two-part and four-part choral pieces are also found here among the 16 diverse examples. If you want to hear Euro-Asian music that defies simple categorization, investigate this album and step back in time.