Songs of Survival: Traditional Music of Georgia

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Various / Recordings by Michael Church
Songs of Survival: Traditional Music of Georgia

[ Topic Records / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 17 July 2007

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This specially priced 2 CD set is a comprehensive survey of the traditional music of Georgia with well over two hours of mostly vocal music celebrating the three part polyphonic music that lies at the heart of their musical life.

"The Georgians are probably the most musical people on earth: these recordings give a wonderful snapshot of a society in which many musicians would give their right arm to live. Here the division between professional and amateur becomes meaningless - such is the commitment of the professional, and the skill of the amateur. Everywhere we find their staggeringly beautiful three-part vocal polyphony - whether in a wedding song, lullaby, or richly dissonant religious chant.”
- Gavin Bryars

Georgia lies to the south of Russia, bordered by the Black Sea to the west and by Turkey and Armenia in the south and Azerbaijan in the east. Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Georgia is a small, very mountainous and poor country with a population of under 5 million but with a rich and ancient cultural life, mainly centring around music. Considering itself European, Georgia is at the crossroads of the east and west, a Christian country influenced by it's Muslim neighbours to the south and east.

'Songs of Survival' is a comprehensive survey of the traditional music of Georgia with well over two hours of mostly vocal music celebrating the three part polyphonic music that lies at the heart of their musical life. There is a 28-page illustrated booklet with copious background notes, as well as notes on the songs and performances. Compiled and annotated by Michael Church, this wonderful package is fitting tribute to the survival of Georgian culture. As Michael Church puts it, "Georgians sing, and survive.”

"Michael Church combines a fine ear with dedicated research and a sense of social responsibility."
- Michael Nyman

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1. Idjassi
2. Ananuri
3. Odola
4. Makruli
5. Zhuzhuna
6. Makruli
7. Tamar Kalo Kvegnis Tvalo
8. Khertlis Naduri
9. Nai-Nai
10. Shairebi
11. Irinola
12. Bindisperia Sopeli
13. Irinola
14. Vertskhilis Tasadamts Matsia
15. Janghi
16. Acharuli
17. Ra Lamazia Tusheti
18. Mival Guriashi
19. Pot-Pourri
20. Vazhao
21. Bagdaduri
22. Sachidao
23. Tornado
24. Shemoqmedura
25. Mepis Qali
26. Suliko
27. Saqartvelo Iamazo

Disc 2:
1. Aslanuri Mravalijamier
2. Upalo Shegvitskale
3. Chona
4. Ocheshkhvel
5. Khorumi
6. Mtis Melodiebi
7. Alilo
8. Nabakeuri Alilo
9. Batonebi
10. Iavnana
11. Nanina
12. Daigvianes
13. Gmerti Upali
14. Aba Darujan
15. Girso Cheshmarito
16. Tsminda Giorgis Tropari
17. Utsinares Mas Vadidebt
18. Raidio
19. Ghvtismshobelo Kaltsulo
20. Kahkuri Nana
21. Ttsminda Ninos Tropari
22. Upalo Shegvitskale
23. Kyrie Eleison
24. Dilis Saari