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Balkan Roots
Zvonimir Tot
Label: Groove Art Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 01:13:40
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Tracks
Čudna jada od Mostara grada; Pirav mange korkoro; Verka kaluđerka; Još ne sviće rujna zora; Moj dilbere; Ajde, Jano; Oj, golube, moj golube; Zapevala sojka ptica; Ederlezi; Oj, Jelo, Jelo, Jeleno; Sudbo moja; Si zaljubiv edno mome; Fatiše kolo vranjske devojke; Prošeta se Jovka Kumanovka; Ah, što ćemo ljubav kriti
Personnel
Zvonimir Tot
guitarLelo Nika
accordionSlavica Momaković Miljanović
vocalsChip McNeill
saxophone, tenorCarmen Kassinger
violinLisa Fako
violinMax Raimi
violaPaula Kosower
celloRob Kassinger
bassNikola Đokić
drumsAlbum Description
Balkan Roots is an album of 15 folk songs from ex-Yugoslavia, re-imagined through eclectic contemporary arrangements for a 10-piece acoustic orchestra. An excerpt from the liner notes by ethnomusicologist Marija Vitas — “Like a composer from Serbian romanticism, Tot enriched the Balkan musical constellation with gorgeous orchestration. The intriguing sound tapestry of Balkan Roots is sometimes very cinematic, presenting great examples of chamber music in some moments. Tot’s knowledge of harmony is fascinating, but so is his attitude towards melody. One is in the service of the other, and it is not surprising that the author strives for a balance of the horizontal and the vertical, and a multitude of independent and organically connected melodies.”
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