Orpheus Ascending

Ivo Papasov | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hannibal
• ASIN: B00000061O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #439,634 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #56 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Bulgaria

Track Listings

1. Bulchenska Ratchenitsa (Brides's Ratchenitsa)

2. Mamo Marie Mamo

3. Marika Duma Pro Puma

4. Ivo's Dream

5. Byala Stala

6. Kopanitsa

7. Na Trapesa

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musically Arresting, February 14, 2006

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Edward Kyle Jones (Hendersonville, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orpheus Ascending (Audio CD)

I am a drummer/percussionist and I don't think that I have ever heard such brilliant rhythmical shifts and polyrhythms from any other style of music. This is one of the two most astounding c.d.s that I own. The other recording is Shakti's Natural elements.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars people need to know about this cd, May 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Orpheus Ascending (Audio CD)

you've never heard the likes of this before. this cd is to bulgarian wedding music what....uhm...slayer is to heavy metal...the playing boggles the mind. you need to hear this to believe it.

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing, November 29, 2011

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Patrick D. Grob "DutchieNL" (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orpheus Ascending (Audio CD)

Words can not do Ivo Papasov's music justice. It is beautiful, funky, full of rhythmic shifts, full of unison lines played in perfection, full of unbelievable improvisations and it features a band full of amazing musicians who are also as tight as any of James Brown's and Frank Zappa's bands ever were. The real crazy thing about it is,that this is considered wedding music in Bulgaria where they actually dance to Ivo's tunes. Wow! There is nothing that can really prepare you for this one of a kind listening experience. Ivo himself described it best as the band "chasing rabbits" hence the constant shifts in rhythm and speed and melodic keys. You will not be dissappointed if you are musically curious. I just wish more cds from him were available. (I have 5 and they all kick major butt.)