Albania is a country blessed with a rich heritage of folk songs and an impressive range of vocal styles perhaps unequalled in the rest of Europe. Yet few recordings of Albanian vocal music have ever been released in the West and its many treasures remain largely overlooked. The album features a wide range of folk songs from the homophonic songs of the North to the polyphonic styles of the South with rural and urban styles. The recordings were made during the 1995 Berat Folklore Festival. Many of Albania's finest provincial ensembles took part in this spectacular gala concert.

Category: Eastern Europe For more information please click on the disc cover or catalogue number

	CD-SDL 376 Disappearing World Endangered music from remote cultures from the Granada Television series, featuring Overtone Singing from Tuva. Produced in conjunction with Granada Television and The British Library National Sound Archive.
	CD-SDL 396 Vocal Traditions of Bulgaria Drawn from the archives of Radio Sofia & representing the cream of 20 years of Bulgarian state radio's recordings of village traditional song. Exciting rhythms, spine chilling harmonies & heart rending melodies covering the various vocal and regional styles. It is, perhaps, the most important release of Bulgarian music to have left that country's borders.
	CD-SDL 421 Vocal Traditions of Albania Albania is a country blessed with a rich heritage of folk songs and an impressive range of vocal styles perhaps unequalled in the rest of Europe. Yet few recordings of Albanian vocal music have ever been released in the West and its many treasures remain largely overlooked. The album features a wide range of folk songs from the homophonic songs of the North to the polyphonic styles of the South with rural and urban styles. The recordings were made during the 1995 Berat Folklore Festival. Many of Albania's finest provincial ensembles took part in this spectacular gala concert.
	CD-SDL 431 Cry You Mountains, Cry You Fields A wide selection of rarely heard traditional songs & instrumental music from S.E. Albania