Songs & Dances From Albania

Tirana Folk Ensemble | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 31, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arc Music
• ASIN: B00004Z3QG
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,092 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Albania

Track Listings

1. Kaba Korcare (Lament from Korca)

2. Valle Me Potpuri Tirane (Medley of Tunes Forom Tirana)

3. Do Mar Ciften (Take the Gun)

4. Viktorifemale Name)

5. Kabla Prespane (Lament from Prespa)

6. A Kan Uje Ato Burime (Do They Have Water from the Spring?)

7. Moj E Bulaura More (Wonderful More)

8. Valle Gorashe Korcare (Melody from Gorash)

9. Instrumentale Me Motive Tirane (Melody of Melodies from Tirana)

10. Binte Shiu Pika-Pika (It Is Raining and I Am Singing)

11. Mother Comes First

12. Love Song: Why Don't You Pay Me Any Attention

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect Balkan music, July 11, 2003

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Erik (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs & Dances From Albania (Audio CD)

This immediately became my favorite Balkan album. Some of the haunting, yearning sounds of this album penetrate to the quick of my soul. It's indescribable music. Anyone who likes the Greek, Turkish, Romanian, Gypsy sounds will undoubtably love this album. I can't recommend it highly enough, Tracks 1, 2, 8, and 9 are especially beautiful. Track 2 is a medley of tunes that have a unique feel to them.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate, Exciting Balkan Music, June 15, 2002

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Erika Borsos "pepper flower" (Gulf Coast of FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs & Dances From Albania (Audio CD)

This CD is Balkan music at its very best!!!
A tantalizing clarinet teases the emotions and draws out the melody making every sensuos note irresistible ..... at first s-l-o-w-l-y .....then the music speeds up, with unique chords and progressions, interspersed with sharps & flats, producing the Albanian/Balkan melodies & rhythms that have me jumping up and dancing just about every time I listen. The music increases speed to a feverish ecstatic rhythm with the clarinet as the lead instrument, accompanied by an accordian, lahute (a one-stringed upright instrument similar to the Serbian or Slavic gusle), cifteli (another stringed instrument unique to the region), and one or two drums. The folk instruments, the zurna and kaval, are replaced by the clarinet, with no apologies needed. The melodies are sometimes familiar, similar to those of Northern Greece, Macedonia (Pristina) and Serbia (Kosovo) but that's not so surprising since they belonged to Albania not too long ago. Fortunately, music has no **borders** or **politics**! If Balkan music is your passion, look no further, buy this CD! I can't praise this CD enough! (Also, highly recommend "Kurbeti: Music of Albania's Gypsies" and "Kosovo: the Music of Albanian Kosovars"). Erika Borsos (erikab93)