SERBIA Srbija Instrumenti – Narodna Muzička Tradicija – PGP RTB 2510030

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Srbija Instrumenti – Narodna Muzička Tradicija – PGP RTB 2510030, released 1981 (LP)

This anthology of traditional Serbian village music, recorded in the former Yugoslavia in the 1970s, presents a stunning instrumental palette, featuring various pipes and flutes (A1-A4, B1, B2, B5), ocarinas (B6), leaves (B7), double and triple bagpipes (B8-B11), the rikalo-bušen alphorn (B3), clarinets (A7, B4), Jew's harp (A5), violin (A8), male vocals and single-string gusli fiddle (A9), and accordion (A6).

These pastoral and rural sounds from time immemorial produce rich, quirky musics brimming with vitality and emotion.

Cette anthologie de musique traditionnelle de village serbe, enregistrée dans les années 1970 dans l'ex-Yougoslavie, présente une palette instrumentale étonnante, comprenant diverses flûtes (A1-A4, B1, B2, B5), des ocarinas (B6), des feuilles (B7), des cornemuses doubles et triples (B8-B11), du cor des Alpes rikalo-bušen (B3), des clarinettes (A7, B4), de la guimbarde (A5), du violon (A8), du chant masculin accompagné d’un violon monocorde gusli (A9), et de accordéon (A6).

Ces sonorités pastorales et rurales de la nuit des temps produisent des musiques riches et sinueuses débordant de vitalité et d'émotion.

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c. 13th-14th century (cover of the Serbian-English booklet included in the download)

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