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Best of Village Harmony, 2007-2008
2009. Village Harmony.
Liner notes follow after the track list, below.
Disc 1 (60:52)
- Greenwich
- Vermont summer
- Zion
- Solitude new
- Owlpen
- Amelia
- Sweet is the day
- Po drum
- Pila Neda
- Ladom se
- Zalibih si edno libe
- Proshtavai mamo
- Morf Elenku
- Nali mi kupusa
- Pod kalinom
- Sinoc ja i moja kona
- Banna wee
- Lesang magwala a cheche
- Hamba ka ncane
- Khotso
- Bohang seema
- Nkosi mdali wethu
- Nonqause
- Thina sinje
Disc 2 (66:31)
- Babylon is fallen
- Trouble all about my soul
- The mill
- Time is a-windin' up
- Journey to the sky
- Fiddlers' medley
- Kyrie/Sanctus/Agnus dei
- E lode di u sepulcro
- La Violetta
- Yarava pshanitsa
- Yak posiyav muzhi
- Oy tam zamorame
- Kalina malina
- Letila zozula
- Kakhuri maqruli
- Bindisperia sopeli
- Naninei
- Ts'ani qovlad
- Khertalma kheli damghala
- Dzveli kuchkhi bedineri
- Qanuri
- P'at'ara saqvarelo
- Orira
Liner Notes
A two-CD collection of outstanding performances from 14 different Village Harmony traveling ensembles during 2007 and 2008. Based in Vermont, Village Harmony is dedicated to the study and performance of traditional polyphonic singing styles, sponsoring an extensive program of traveling singing camps for teenagers and adults across the globe. Each group learns its repertoire in an intensive week-long rehearsal retreat before going on the road for a concert tour. The New England sessions are just students ages 12-18; the overseas camps include a mixture of ages. Remarkably, all the ensembles are non-auditioned.
The ensembles on this album:
- New England Session I, 2007, led by Patty Cuyler, Evgeny Efremov, Luke Hoffman
- New England Session II, 2007, led by Larry Gordon, Val Mindel, Tijana Vignavic
- New England Session III, 2007, led by Suzannah Park, Marytha Paffrath, Ken Shimizu
- Bulgaria Camp, 2007, led by Petrana Kucheva, Larry Gordon
- Caucasus Georgia Camp 2007, led by Ketevan Mindorashvili, Patty Cuyler, Emily Miller
- South Africa Camp 2007, led by Matlakala Bopape, Patty Cuyler, Larry Gordon
- New England Session I, 2008, led by Larry Gordon, Suzannah Park, Marytha Paffrath
- New England Session II, 2008, led by Patty Cuyler, Malkhaz Erkvanidze, Luke Hoffman
- New England Session III, 2008, led by Larry Gordon, Dessi Stefanova, Alan Gasser
- Corsica Camp, 2008, led by Patty Cuyler, Frank Kane, Jean Etienne Langianni
- Bosnia Camp, 2008, led by Mary Cay Brass, Tijana Vignavic
- Italy Camp, 2008, led by Larry Gordon, Matlakala Bopape, Carlo Pozzoli
- Ukraine Camp, 2008, led by Evgeny Efremov, Patty Cuyler
- Northern Harmony Yeargroup, 2008, led by Larry Gordon, Patty Cuyler
Most tracks recorded live at concerts, with attendant audience and ambient noises, using a variety of recording devices. Edited by Patty Cuyler and Larry Gordon. Mastered by Geof Brumbaugh, Common Ground Audio, Montpelier, Vermont.