ALBANIA – ALBANIE Marcel Cellier Présente – L'Albanie Folklorique – Disques Cellier N° 010

ALBANIA – ALBANIE

Marcel Cellier Présente – L'Albanie Folklorique – Disques Cellier N° 010, recorded by Marcel Cellier, published 1979 (LP)

Following our share of a brilliant instrumental Albanian folk LP here, we now present another stunning anthology of Albanian traditional music with voices (A1, A3, A4, A5, B5), flutes (A2, A4), violins (A1, A5, B1, B2), cifteli lutes (B4, B6, B7), clarinets (A1, A5), and bagpipes (B3). These creative, lofty and quirkily abstract musics from the country’s various regions showcase modernized village and pastoral folk traditions suffused with time-honored spirit and vitality.

Après avoir partagé un brillant album instrumental albanais ici, nous présentons maintenant une autre anthologie étonnante de musique traditionnelle albanaise comprenant notamment des voix (A1, A3, A4, A5, B5), des flûtes (A2, A4), des violons (A1, A5, B1 , B2), des luths cifteli (B4, B6, B7), des clarinettes (A1, A5) et des cornemuses (B3). Ces musiques imaginatives, nobles et abstraites de différentes régions du pays présentent des traditions folkloriques pastorales et villageoises modernisées qui restent imprégnées de l’esprit et de la vitalité d’antan.

A1 – Song for the Hero "Celo Mezani"

Polyphonic vocal group and orchestra, Rrogozhina

 

A2 – Pastoral Symphony

Flute players, Gramshi

 

A3 – Lullaby

Solo voice by Hamide Laska, Misra in the Korça district

 

A4 – Glory to Our Country 

Hymn to Enver Hodja (1908-1985) by Fatime Sokoli and an orchestra, District of Tropoja, Northern Albania

 

A5 – Once Again like in 1960

Heroic song by a women's choir and a clarinet orchestra, Southern Albania

 

B1 – Caba for the Violin            

Army band, violin solo by Ethem Qerimi

 

B2 – Pastoral Melody

Orchestra of the Mastora Family, Gjirokastro

 

B3 – Bagpipe Tune

Solo by Herkuran Pere, Pogradec, South-Eastern Albania

 

B4 – Intrumental Music

Chifteli solo by Ndue Shyti, Puka, Northern Albania

 

B5 – Fishermen's Work Song

Vocal group, Himara, Adriatic Coast

 

B6 – Medley

Orchestra, Mirdita

 

B7 – Popular Tune from Lezha

Chifteli Orchestra perfoming an Aksak rhythm, Lezha, North-Western Albania

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Marcel Cellier (1925-2013) was a Swiss ethnomusicologist and record producer who notably generated much interest in Bulgarian female vocal ensembles with the 1975 release of The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices on his Disques Cellier label. 

Our other Albanian music share:

Albanian Folk Music – Disques Vendémiaire VDE/PAL 114 here

Photographs below from vintage Albanian postcards:

Three venerable Hodjas:

Orthodox Archbishop

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