Professeur Stefanov Et Les Voix Bulgares De L'ensemble Pirin

• Artist: Ray Lema
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• Release Date: 1993
• Genre: World

Review

Ray Lema tries a dialogue between Balkan melodies and tropical beats using jazzisms as a bridge. But instead of a full frontal encounter we get tracks like "Nalelela" that relegate L'Ensemble Pirin to female back-up vocal status or "Po Droum Mome Pobegnalo," which thrusts the choir into the foreground as Lema literally hums along. And what else can he do? This and the choir-only "Vila Ssei Gora" demonstrate the difficulty of re-inventing Bulgarian vocal music whose beauty rests on a centuries old balance between starkness and fullness, strength and frailty, defying augmentation by addition or subtraction. ~ Bob Tarte, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Pongi	Ray Lema	Ray Lema
Pirinska Krassota	Kyrill Stefanov	Ray Lema
Kamulang	Ray Lema	Ray Lema
Ot Dolou Ide Charena Koltza	Public Domain	Ray Lema
Vila Ssei Gora (La Forêt a Fleuri)	Kyrill Stefanov	Ray Lema
Nalelela	Ray Lema	Ray Lema
Po Droum Mome Pobegnalo	Public Domain	Ray Lema
Na Megdana (Sur la Place)	Kyrill Stefanov	Ray Lema
Kitka Mi Padna (Le Bouquet de Fleurs Est Tombé)	Public Domain	Ray Lema
Lyliano Mome (Liliane)	Kyrill Stefanov	Ray Lema
Sahara	Ray Lema	Ray Lema
Avant le Chaos		Ray Lema
Le Chaos		Ray Lema
Afritude	Ray Lema	Ray Lema
Vila Ssei Gora (La Forêt a Fleuri)	Kyrill Stefanov	Ray Lema
Iyolela	Ray Lema	Ray Lema
Forest Orchestra	Ray Lema	Ray Lema

Credits

Nadejda Petrova Tchokanova (Choir, Chorus), Pirinka Christova Obetzanova (Choir, Chorus), Antoaneta Vassileva Petrova (Choir, Chorus), Slavtcho Vassilev Aramov (Tambourine), Bruno Boussard (Artwork), Moussa Sissoko (Percussion), Gheorghi Borislavov Boitchev (Tambourine), Ray Lema (Producer), Philippe Jupin (Producer), Mariana Ivanova Stefanova (Choir, Chorus), Nicolas Gueret (Flute), Lilyana Ilieva Gogova (Choir, Chorus), Gheorghi Borislavov Boitchev (Cello), Metodi Assenov Trenovski (Cello), Tatyana Ivanova Stoimenova (Choir, Chorus), Gilles Fruchaux (Producer), Stoika Sotirova Ghermanova (Choir, Chorus), Petya Damyanova Todorova (Choir, Chorus), Beatrice Roy (Vocals), Katerina Kostadinova Manova (Choir, Chorus), Herve Romagny (Guitar), Spas Milov Rizov (Kaval), Ray Lema (Vocals), Zoya Vassileva Sotirova (Choir, Chorus), Yordanka Simeonova Dimitrova (Choir, Chorus), Lilia Ivanova (Choir, Chorus), Gheorghi Boitchev (Cello), Stoyan Dimitrov Stoyanov (Conductor), Ray Lema (Artistic Producer), Ray Lema (Keyboards), Snejana Stefanova Charkova (Choir, Chorus), Maria Nicolova Chaleva (Choir, Chorus), Silvia Petrova Simeonova (Choir, Chorus), Radko Kirilov Assenov (Percussion), Nadka Tomova Valtchanova (Choir, Chorus), Francis Lassus (Drums), Nicolas Gueret (Saxophone), Mario Bogomilov Martchev (Tambourine), Rossitza Vassileva Pandova (Choir, Chorus), Ivan Draganov Iliev (Gaita), Joachim Kühn (Piano), Stephanie Caisson (Engineer), Slavtcho Vassilev Aramov (Bass), Magdalena Dimitrova Nicolova (Choir, Chorus), Alain Paris (Photography), Bistra Zdravkova Ivanova (Choir, Chorus), Stanka Atanassova Popova (Choir, Chorus)