Angelite & Moscow Art Trio with Huun-Huur-Tu

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tuvan, throat singing, folk, etno, central asian

Angelite, conducted by Valentin Velkov, is a great Bulgarian women’s choir, which has taken around the world the uniquely intense, open-throated singing style of their native country. They were a delight to watch in their magnificent, colourful national costume and their sound is unforgettable - it calls into question all Western Europe’s certainties about standard ‘correct’ voice production. I had heard the extraordinary, and totally different’ Tuvan “throat” singing of the ensemble Huun Huur Tu at Edinburgh, but never to greater advantage than at this concert; they showed themselves also to be gifted and well equipped musicians, expert on bowed and plucked indigenous instruments. The members of the versatile Moscow Art Trio, founded by Mikhail Alperin and reunited after having previously disbanded, gained new life on this project, offering a unique mix of classical, folk and jazz from their disparate musical backgrounds (their chief instruments classical horn, jazz piano, but they play many others, including double folk pipes and alpenhorn, and sing unselfconsciously in various styles).

more at: http://www.musicweb-international.com/SandH/2001/Dec01/Bulgarian.htm

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