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Balkan Roots

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Zvonimir Tot

Label: Groove Art Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 01:13:40
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Tracks

?udna jada od Mostara grada; Pirav mange korkoro; Verka kalu?erka; Jo? ne svi?e rujna zora; Moj dilbere; Ajde, Jano; Oj, golube, moj golube; Zapevala sojka ptica; Ederlezi; Oj, Jelo, Jelo, Jeleno; Sudbo moja; Si zaljubiv edno mome; Fati?e kolo vranjske devojke; Pro?eta se Jovka Kumanovka; Ah, ?to ?emo ljubav kriti

Personnel

Zvonimir Tot

guitar

Lelo Nika

accordion

Slavica Momakovi? Miljanovi?

vocals

Chip McNeill

saxophone, tenor

Carmen Kassinger

violin

Lisa Fako

violin

Max Raimi

viola

Paula Kosower

cello

Rob Kassinger

bass

Nikola ?oki?

drums

Album 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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