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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 8070702000228
Label: Globe Music Media
Manufacturer: Globe Music Media
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Globe Music Media
Release Date: October 10, 2000
Sales Rank: 122726
Studio: Globe Music Media
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com's Best of 2000:
What makes this recording so special is that it's the choir's first opportunity to showcase their virtuoso vocals in a finely recorded setting where solos rebound in sorrowful echoes and the ethereal power of the 20 women resounds. The new songs from Eddie Jobson melt into the Bulgarian folk tradition seamlessly and though a complex melancholy permeates the album, Voices of Life ends up being just what its title says. --Karen K. Hugg
Amazon.com:
After listening to the Bulgarian Women's Choir one might think Bulgaria is the most wondrous country on the planet. And in some ways it is. Geographically it lies where the origins of the Western musical scale developed, but the music made there was isolated for centuries after the Eastern Orthodox Church split from the Roman Catholic Church. The result is a choral ensemble such as BWC, whose sound is born somewhere between the medieval Byzantine church and the Eastern European mountains. While the vocals are piercing and plaintive, they're also heavenly and childlike, and this is the complex beauty of the Bulgarian Women's Choir.
Recorded in 1999 for a forthcoming documentary, Voices of Life beautifully displays the ensemble's bold harmonics, wavering tonality, and yodel-like whooping. The effect is chilling when the pitch drastically fluctuates under their masterful throat control, as on "Pilentze Pee," or when the sorrow explodes forth via a soloist, as on "Kalimanko Denko." Unlike the collaboration with Africa's Ray Lema or the electronic dance treatment of From Bulgaria with Love, this collaboration with writer-producer Eddie Jobson is not a miss. In fact, it's a direct hit, thanks to Jobson's deep understanding of and respect for this style of Bulgarian music. Listen, and be amazed. --Karen K. Hugg
Average Rating: 
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This is choral work for the sophisticated listener. If you think the Beatles sing decent harmonies, this is not the album for you. If, on the other hand, you appreciate professionalism in music, this is as good as it gets. Each woman has a powerful, perfectly controlled voice. What they do as a group is amazing, their voices interact in ways that are both commanding and subtle. What I would give to sit in the front row...
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Mr Culver's review is certainly opinionated (and unfortunately expressed as fact) with respect to the producton of 'Voices of Life'. If he truly was up on his facts he'd know that Eddie Jobson didn't produce anything by Yes, but rather he is foremost a talented multi-genre violinist and keyboardist (UK, Roxy Music) as well as producer; but not for Yes. Eddie Offord was Yes' producer of choice for a time.
Fine production values do not lessen or dilute this performance. In particular, the version ... Read More
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When recordings of the Bulgarian State Television and Radio Female Vocal choir reached the West in the late 1980s under the name "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares", a fad was sparked by the enchanting voices of some twenty women. Sure, this was not authentic folk music, but rather polished Communist-era arrangements, but the unusual singing techniques and strangely sexy dissonances was a pleasant surprise to music listeners abroad. The Bulgarian Women's Choir Angelite ("The Angels") continues this style of ... Read More
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Singing is as usually amazing. I would reather prefer to listen is not arranged, although it is interesting too.
It is interesting to know from the Editorial Rewievs that the the Slav culture is at last considered as the source of "Western musical scale". But the main reason the south-slav culture was isolated from the rest ot Europe is not the separation of the church, but the fact that the Balcans were invaded by the Otoman Empire for 500 years. The culture was conserved and not developing ... Read More
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What a CD? I was exploring deeper into other cultures when I came across this CD newly placed on the shelf. I remembered Bulgarian music as one of the most unique. After listening, I felt as if I had no need to acculturate myself with the Bulgarian culture any further. The music comes from the ancient land of Thrace, where the mythical musician Orpheus was said to have originated. This has been the first foreign adventure into cultural music since 2001 and I have found a new addition to foreign music. The ... Read More
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