As a Bulgarian i just want to express my gratitude for the amount of positivism and recognition in this comment section. Thank you. You should be proud. People on the internet usually choose otherwise. I appreciate you.

@MixolydianMode

4 жыл бұрын

I really love bulgarian music, greetings from germany.

@Blackrieder213

4 жыл бұрын

@@MixolydianMode I also love this MASTERPIECE!! And also greeting from germany to germany and bulgaria!! :D haha

@MountainMetal

4 жыл бұрын

There's something here so genuine and beautiful, and humbling, that it's hard to put into words, but it's almost as if I've been transported to a place above the clouds, where time stopped long ago, and all our worldly cares slip away as if they never existed. And their modest but joyful dresses and headgear... I want a girl like these to marry. Love and tears from the USA.

@sirtim100

4 жыл бұрын

You should be rightfully proud of your country's music. It's one of the most beautiful in the world. Best wishes and take care.

@00hn34

4 жыл бұрын

Stunning!!! Greetings from El Salvador. 👽🔭

Here in 2023 and my ears have never been happier. Absolutely astonishing. Much love from Scotland.

As an Ethiopian, I have no idea of what they are saying. However, I heard some stories, a painful past, troubled times and all their ancestors endured. May no one endure the same emotions. What a beautiful performance and art. Heart felt admiration and gratitude. Peace and love to our world

@BadWolf8932

2 ай бұрын

Ты реально эфиоп... 👎

I've had every CD this choir produced since the 90s, and I am so, so happy to be able to *watch* them perform. I was educated in the western European classical tradition, and discovering music from east of the Rhine has enriched my life so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

THIS is the kind of tradition we as humanity must preserve. Seriously.

@thepanafricanempire

3 жыл бұрын

Loolwhy ? Cause it sounds cool ? Lol

@Dyadactic

3 жыл бұрын

KAIZO POLYMATH That’s part of it.

@JonnyBGoode

3 жыл бұрын

Here here! Agreed, my good Sir. Now may you have a pleasant day!

@clinclin1240

3 жыл бұрын

Check out some Georgian folk singing.

@alexstivi1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

I attended the concert in Seattle I think it was the evening of this radio spot. I had known them since 1990 or so…. I was in tears, literally for the duration of the two plus hours of their performance. A beyond once in a lifetime treat and honor to see them. They tour rarely … if you get a chance definitely go far as needed out of your way to experience them live. 💗☮️🙏🏼

This music has so many dissonance intervals you'd never hear in a western choir. This is the best example of where dissonance sounds beautiful. After listening to each song, I cant tell you why, but my natural reaction was to cry. Especially after listening to mehmetyo.

@vasil.kamdzhalov

2 жыл бұрын

Mehmetyo is very high level, it is very hard to do right.

@donkscorleone6115

2 жыл бұрын

Malka Moma makes me cry EVERY time

@huskytail

2 жыл бұрын

I actually cry even more when I listen to the songs when they are not arranged for a choir. Nadka Karadjova, Stefka Sabotinova, Yanka Rupkina and many more. When they sing without the choir it makes me weep and even sob, always. I just came from "Lele Yano tunka Yano" and I am still sniffing 😁. I am also NOT a fan of this choir since the current conductor took it over.

@simonlatham552

Жыл бұрын

Makes me cry every time - still not sure why

@MrRubyscube

Жыл бұрын

@@huskytail Interesting. What makes you dislike the current conductor?

So beautiful! Bulgarians should be very proud of such a wonderful tradition! Sending love from the U.K.🙏💙

As an experienced chorister I can assure listeners that this is the most difficult choral music ever performed/written. Nothing compares. These women are skilled beyond comprehension. Mere talent cannot produce this sound.

@RizalBudiLeksono

5 жыл бұрын

In Indonesian archipelago, this singing technique are common, especially in northern Sumatra regions and southern Sulawesi.

@mminlovewithflo

5 жыл бұрын

wow! really? can you suggest any titles?

@EmdrGreg

4 жыл бұрын

It seems they must have absolute pitch-- most if not all.

@Rinnaoj

4 жыл бұрын

Ok that's why I find this soooooo wholesome

@tamjansan1154

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your expert knowlege.

In September 1967 I made my first vacation by plan. I went to Varna in Bulgaria and I spent three fantastic weeks on Golden Sands, on the Black Sea. It was then that I heard these voices for the first time and brought two records with me to Germany. For the next three years I was back in Bulgaria every year. Also in Burgos and the Sunny beach. I went around by train with a Bulgarian tour guide. Was in Shumen visiting his family and got very special inside views. Still have friends to the day from that time. And I never forget the very special Bulgarian voices. So great to hear it right now again. Thanks for uploading! Greetings from - now - Canada.

LOVE and Respect from Romania , you are our Brothers! we were an empire once for almost 1k years!!

@az91500

2 күн бұрын

❤️❤️❤️👍

@raduromanesti6408

2 күн бұрын

@@az91500 ❤

I'm Irish. We have quarter tones and subdivisions of those intervals in our music. I also play Flamenco, same subdivisions of the tempered scale. These people are off the scale. No pun intended.

@HK-pp9ig

5 ай бұрын

LOL

Much Love from Romania ,Dear Bulgarian Brothers!

Im from Greece, and I'm grateful for my Bulgarian neighbours and their amazing culture, their music is so universal. Peace and love

@Kask8t

5 жыл бұрын

What a kind comment. Likewise. Much respect for the Greek culture as well.

@bernab

4 жыл бұрын

Actually some rhythms came from Greece, so, Bulgarian rhythms like 7/8 are the torch of Old Greek rhythms

@newreast3904

4 жыл бұрын

bulgarians and greeks have many shared origins.one of them is music. they only have much fatter heads than greeks. maybe it helps with singing.

@aysheto3260

4 жыл бұрын

@@bernab These rhythms came from the ancient Thracian tribes not from Greece .

@bernab

4 жыл бұрын

@@aysheto3260 Maybe. But if you read Olivier Messiaen's traité of rhythm and you compare the rhythms of Greek meters and these bulgarian songs, they are very similar (7,11, etc) which happen to have the same principle (long and short values: 3 and 2, counting)

13:14: Αυτό ακριβώς είναι τα Βαλκάνια. Όλοι τραγουδάνε το ίδιο τραγούδι αλλά ο καθένας αρχίζει ξεχωριστά. Όμως με κάποιο μυστηριώδη τρόπο, από την οχλαγωγία και το χάος προκύπτει αρμονία και μουσική ιδιαίτερη και μοναδική σε όλον τον κόσμο. Εύγε Βουλγαρία!

@MrYuriniko

Жыл бұрын

Thats right, true!

It took 35 years! I have a snippet of a song recorded on cassette from the radio. Could enver make out what the presenter said it was. Now and then these "mysteries" solve themselves. Happy listening!

You kidding me? I only wanted to watch some good anime reviews in KZread and ended up here crying.

@meritxellcarceller7488

4 жыл бұрын

Es una reacción muy común con estas señoras :)

@vanyaivanova193

4 жыл бұрын

😂💪❤️

@vanyaivanova193

4 жыл бұрын

The best comment ☺️

@lehliladevandria5712

4 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. All traditional music from Europe has this effect upon me also. When people say that "white people do not have a culture" I send them this. Then the traditional music channel.

@lehliladevandria5712

4 жыл бұрын

@8alot4t Yes. I want to visit Poland and Findland.

When their first album came out way back in the 90’s? I was in Tower Records Store NYC. A two block two story behemoth of a record shop, and they played the album, and the whole place became utterly silent, people, me included just staring into space and listening. Of course I bought the album (Tape?) and have treasured it since. LOVE this music! 😍

This was the first concert I ever saw as a child. 3 yrs old I saw them perform in 1989 in Vancouver Canada. I demanded to sit on my mothers lap so I wouldn’t miss a thing. This inspired me into 12 plus years of choral singing🇨🇦

@susanmeertens606

11 ай бұрын

@AngelTonchev

10 ай бұрын

This is awesome! I know how much a child's attention would be captured by this mesmerizing performance! I loved going to my mother's side of the family mountainous village during celebrations and festivals and hearing this folklore music echoing through the pastures and hills around!

In 1977 I was at a music festival in Vienna. The Bulgarian radio choir was performing. I remember being fascinated having never heard anything similar before. I am glad to find this on here now. It reminds me of music from Georgia in some respects. I love that too.

I am Bosnian and I sang Ergen Deda in choir (in school). It is still one of my favourite songs. I am now caregiver for patients with demetia. I sing this to them and they like it ❤

@Komap619

Жыл бұрын

Single Grandpa in English which sounds so weird to westerners my friend asked me why do you sing about single grandpops :D

@MilesNauticus

Жыл бұрын

As caregiver you are a wonderful person. God bless you.

@santerisatama5409

Жыл бұрын

@sanches2

Жыл бұрын

This is a seriously noble and tough thing to do. Best wishes for you and your family!

@milosstokic8691

Жыл бұрын

you are a wonderful gift for these patients ❤

These women (and 2 bros of course) navigate this EXTREMELY complex music with more confidence than I have making a bowl of cereal

@nicolasribeiro7914

2 жыл бұрын

And I thought playing jazz was the most difficult thing

@nicolasribeiro7914

2 жыл бұрын

Well said

Для мене,як українця,українці,грузини та болгари-найкращі співаки світу)

I am married to a Bulgarian and used to play this for my daughters to find them crying full of emotion. Bulgaria is a very interesting country with wonderful people and history, with difficult times. People in EU should visit!

@moisiewe

9 ай бұрын

And food 😂

コストフさん、カラジョバさんご夫妻は亡くなられたとネットで知りました。大変残念です。ご冥福をお祈りいたします。ヨルダノフさん、ミミちゃん、お元気ですか。28年前コンサートに連れて行っていただいた日本人です。一生の思い出をありがとうございました。 От интернет научих, че са починали г-н Костов и г-жа Караджова. Това е много жалко. Молим се за душите. Йорданов-сан, Мими-чан, как сте? Това е един японец, който ме заведе на концерт преди 28 години. Благодаря ти за спомените за цял живот.

The soloist lady that sang sama li si den 3:03 literally made me cry because my mum sings something like that. I am Assyrian and for us this has always been a tradition as well and we call it lilyanah singing for women. It was sung during weddings or when big festivals were happening and the ladies from the villages met over someone’s house and made food preparation for the festivities. I believe we have a lot more in common than people actually know. Love the Bulgarian singing❤❤❤

@erdjanbekir2285

11 ай бұрын

recemtly I found some relations with the ancient bulgarians, Assyria and some common history happend in the place of Messopotamia

@Asyouwere

10 ай бұрын

Holy…. This rips through my whole being… I am very grateful at 49 years old to discover this mindblowing beautiful powerful music. I am not religious, but it sounds like music from the gods, or goddesses to me. Again, very very grateful ❤❤❤

@az91500

2 күн бұрын

👍👍👍❤️

I'm also slavic and I've been to Bulgaria yet had never an idea of how deeply was your culture preserved. It brings me back to my ancestors many many centuries ago. Unfortunetly there is no chance to see my culture in such brightness and richness. That is something every Bulgarian can be proud of today. It's really beautiful.

Thank you for this. As a musician this is pure gold, one of the best things I have listened to in my entire life.

TIMESTAMPS Moma Houbava 0:25 Full choir. Rhythmic part counts 7 beats Sama Li Si Den Zhanala 2:49 One woman with choir. Horo 6:29 Full choir. Shopski Napevi 8:50 Two men. Izlel E Delyo Haidutin 11:01 Solo woman. Mehmetyo 13:14 Full choir. Extra chaotic. Dai Mi Bozhe 17:48 Two women, Two men. Yova 20:24 Four women. Five beats per measure. Vito Horo 23:28 Two women with choir. My favorite. Douda E Bolna 26:29 One man with choir. Dilmano Dilbero 30:00 Full choir. Ergen Deda 32:29 Full choir. Rhythmic part counts 7 beats. Interview with Dora Hristova 35:41

@user-ye3dk4yz8g

3 жыл бұрын

up

@user-ye3dk4yz8g

3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much fot the timestamps!!!

@Yonekochan1123

3 жыл бұрын

you, kind sir, deserve way more likes. thank you!

@eduardorios9409

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! If you want to know, my favorite is Ergen Deda (for some reason it was "Diado" in the original recording). And it seems to be the favorite of the singers and listeners alike, as it closes their presentation. Dum takatakata Dum. Fabulous!

@stanislav898

3 жыл бұрын

Your favourite is actually 23:28 Douda e bolna. Vito horo is 17:48. Dai mi Bozhe is 26:29. They got it wrong in the studio I guess.

We Bulgarians are here to sing to you dear listener sounds from your deep past. The mystery is why regardless of where you come from you can feel in your chest if you listen with your heart that this music is a call from ancestors you never knew you had. Calling you back to your senses and give you a connection to mother Earth.

@HABLA_GUIRRRI

3 жыл бұрын

yes that is the sensation

@willvanderwalt1160

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, very yes.

@timwilbur4387

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting it into words.

@tybowesformerlygoat-x7760

3 жыл бұрын

It is incredibly beautiful. Brings me to tears.

@jobracci4583

2 жыл бұрын

Grazie amico Bulgaro, dall' Italia con amore🇮🇹, thank you bulgarian's friend from Italy

New challenge: watch this video and not cry from being overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of the harmonies.

@madmatt1414

Жыл бұрын

I try several times, i still cant

@Robinwhiteart

11 ай бұрын

Cry, one of the few times in life it is tears of joy.

@Replicanna-rl6zg

11 ай бұрын

Nobody can beat this challenge

@karimkhadiri8522

Күн бұрын

I think I lasted like 1 minute last time. Impossible challenge.

Mehmetyo absolutely broke my mind as a classical musician

Такива изпълнения трябва да се излъчват по телевизията, за да се зареждаме с хубави емоции...

Because of this concert I just made a two week trip to Bulgaria and I loved it ❤️ also met the conductor of this choir, she is a very nice and intelligent person. Right now working on a documentary idea about Bulgarian choir music. These melodies and the art of singing inspire me a lot.

@jobracci4583

2 жыл бұрын

it's fantastic experienc

@alexandrelaplace1897

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in Sofia and adopted so I never leaved and thrived in my bulgarian roots. Listening to this make me feel the most connected to my culture and the fact that as a non bulgarian cultured related you are touched also by this makes my heart full. I’m also working on a documentary about bulgarian heritage to allow me to know more my country and culture and help promote it. So thank you very much for all

@columbus8myhw

2 жыл бұрын

Tell us when you have an update on the documentary!

@Shopov123

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrelaplace1897 any news?

@Simon-iy7mt

Жыл бұрын

@Simon Baingo What a cool story and comment! I'm usually content to leave a like like a pussy when I dig something, i.e. this choir. You, however, "went to Bulgaria and met the conductor."

These songs are a source of pride for us Bulgarians. They tell our history, traditions and culture. Some songs make you sad and some make you happy. I am sincerely warmed by the positive comments of people of other nationalities. Thank you! ❤️🇧🇬

@laurentcoustaud6439

10 ай бұрын

Magnifique Vibration ❤

@user-ck3uu8rj3x

5 ай бұрын

They are beautiful songs, using the only real instrument we have. Beautiful harmonies, even people who don't understand the language can't help but understand the hearts and souls.

You have to keep in mind that these are traditions that the Bulgarian people kept alive through 500 years of Otaman Slavery by handing them down verbally generation to generation

@mayalimayasizkarisik

Жыл бұрын

If you are able to distinguish a fact from a fairy tale I have a very good story about how to erase of whole continent of culture in 50 years (incas, aztecs, indian populations). well 500 years of bravery of a nation against a devil empire is a galactic story we only see in marvel movies. this is not true, Ottomans had no wipe-out plans against neither Bulgarian nor other cultures that's why we can still hear your beautifully performed songs in KEXP.

@sisig2419

11 ай бұрын

​@@mayalimayasizkarisikIm not defending european genocide ot the American natives, but i really dont think it was planned out either. They just saw there was a bunch of gold so they pillaged and raped, and the diseases they brought with them did the rest of the job

@franksinatra4436

11 ай бұрын

@@mayalimayasizkarisikyou are so wrong

@ibecamethewaterbottleialwa3855

10 ай бұрын

​@@mayalimayasizkarisik I can't believe I just read that... Speechless because of how wrong you are😐

@timn4257

10 ай бұрын

But...but it's user-lebj4tx5u. How could I question their expertise? Or, perhaps I should say Dr. user-le1bj4tx5u.

It is out of this world... Big thank you from Lebanon the land of faithful but tired souls 🌸

this music is extremely fascinating to me. i am a person who has sung a lot of the "western" choir canon, both ancient and modern (what is in it and not is very nebulous, so i dont think western is a very good word for it, but still) and i do not think i could sing this, at least not even a smidge close to as good as they do it. the approach to harmony and tone and the human voicebox is so different from a traditional "western" system that the sharpness of the notes would probably be impossible for me to replicate, the rythmic structure is hard for me to even conceptualize. i think this type of music being broadcast on a channel such as kexp is very refreshing, especially with a music world that is so adamant on lifting western classical composition systems up as the correct way to compose and play music

I can’t explain what I feel when I hear this music, it’s like a deep religious love for humanity, all of our past and all of our future. There is hardly anything that makes me cry, even if things make me feel sad, but this singing always brings me to tears within a minute of listening. Massive respect to these amazing vocalists and for Bulgarian culture from an American 🙏

@thesewmuchfunstudio

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I thought I am going nuts, because I am also crying from it! This is some kind of metaphysical medicine music.

@evelynbaron8357

2 жыл бұрын

I heard them 1st in Geneva then live in a Greek Church in Toronto Canada and was sitting improbably right behind Bette Midler. Imagine my confusion. It was a sublime experience and I walked out alone with lots to think about. my father was born in Serbia in 1908 and fought in the resistance in WW11: he bequeathed me his father's compass from WW1, so I think I as a Canadian can imagine your feelings, but with the profound respect and affection I had for my gallant parents who came to a new world (Tempest why not?) I love this music which melds the old and new. loved your comment.

@veselliq

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me , crying like a baby🙂 this voices just touch somewhere deep...

@winkmurder

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I thought I would be criticized for stating so in the comments but I commented anyway and then I read your comment. It's very cool to know it is not only just me.

@madmatt1414

Жыл бұрын

Same for me brother, this song are magic

Bulgarian choirs are the best in Balkans. Greets from Romania

@veselgana

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@umapuma

3 жыл бұрын

I agree as a croatian

@jimfonzie2887

3 жыл бұрын

Agree from France ! Fantastic voices.

@abdel-rahmansaid6094

3 жыл бұрын

Not just the Balkans.

@user-fv7hl7ru2q

3 жыл бұрын

respekt Romania

as a croatian with rich and diverse history of ethnic and choral music without instruments...this bulgarian one is my favorite one. pure perfection of harsh emotional sincerity with beautiful harmonies and highly technical !!!! I couldn't praise it enough

@sanches2

Жыл бұрын

I loved Croatia! Me and my wife visited in 2015 - great people, wonderful nature and sea! We did a Contiki sail on the coast and the yacht crew was Croatian - they were great and were kidding - watch out they can understand us ;) We had a storm one day and i could hear from the captain's deck a lot of words and especially something having to do with a mother everybody was worried but i giggled like crazy:) ..... would love to come again! Croatia is a gem!

I`m Bulgarian , I`ve been listen this music all my life and still everytime I`m amazed with tears in my eyes

I don't know why but this touches me in such a profound way, I simply start to tear up hearing those harmonies.

This is the best i ever heard of slavic folk music.Pozdrav iz Hrvatske

@vasil.kamdzhalov

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, it means a lot.

@_-__-_7207

11 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

I cried a few times through this wonderful performance. I was deeply touched, when I heard "Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares" for the first time around 1985 and had the privilege to listen to one of their incarnations live around 1990. Now I understand more about how music works, but this profound, elementary effect on my soul remains a mystery to me.

The first two piano notes of “Sama li Si Den Zhanala” followed by the choir picking up the beautiful chord, brought a tear of joy to my eyes.

Pozdrav iz Beograda!

I dont understand how 16:57 is possible. That chord they're singing sounds microtonal in itself, but it also sounds like it has a microtonal relationship to the upper voices. How do they find that pitch? How do they maintain those microtonal pitch relationships? Not to mention the beautiful decrescendo from the upper voices. All of this is mindblowing. Help.

this is probably the most beautiful music i've heard in my life. i mean, here i am, crying in quarantine thinking "oh the humanity"

@user-zs3re6fh4n

4 жыл бұрын

Try. DJ89. ABAGAR QUARTET. TRIO BULGARKA. MARIA DIMITROVA. NUSHA CHOIR. Choir ANGELITE. NELI ANDREEVA. PHILIP KOUTEV CHOIR. ISIHIA. DIA

@TomDutch

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I wanted to watch the movie Genesis - Creation and the Flood and got caught by a piece of this music that is in the beginning of this movie. As I was taking a shower first it was repeating and repeating and the singing went so deep. It made me realise how this world is distress and it will become worse, much worse. I am a Christian and believe these are the Last Days. With this in mind this choir sounds like a cry out to our Creator. It goes so deep it brings me to tears.

@StasiSLG

3 жыл бұрын

We are here for you. Stay strong this too shall pass.

I am a musican and I love to watch this while high on acid. Different experiance, trust me.

As a professional musician and composer.. Gorgeously exquisite. Beyond words... universal..inspiration....

This culture should never disappear. Hail Bulgaria !

You know pure art when the blood in your vains changes its direction to follow the music. I'm a quarter Hungarian quarter Moroccan Jewish girl and I can truly feel that part of my history that I couldn't experience myself because I wasn't born yet. Thank you. And thank you Esti Haim for introducing me to this wonder.

I can't get enough of these beautiful voices. Leaning thr history too, truly amazing. Thank you for your strength and courage keeping this alive through being ruled by an empire you didn't choose

Oh my... this pretty much justifies the existence of the internet single-handedly. So beautiful.

Who needs cathedral reverberation when you can harmonize group of voices so perfectly

Bulgaria is one of the most beautiful and varied countries I have visited. The wine is exceptional too.

@StefanVeselinov

4 жыл бұрын

The rakia man, the rakia....

@nick-.t

3 жыл бұрын

bulgaria and ukraine

@pakoti96

2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Dionysus - the god of wine, was believed to be born in Thrace (Today Bulgaria). Thracians may also be among the first people to make wine, implied by the fact they drank it undiluted with water, as opposed to Greeks and other ancient peoples.

@vasil.kamdzhalov

2 жыл бұрын

@@pakoti96 Anceint greeks really loved their belief of power of mind etc. so they feared falling from that state to one disorderly while frinking alcohol so they watered it. This is more of a combining to your comment. We I learned of it I thought it as interesting.

Respect and honour go to the women who create and nourish this miracle of music, the men who support them and the culture that exalts them.

I have Werner Herzog to thank for introducing me to this magnificent music. I hear the songs of the mountains and tales of strife, life, death and love. I love it so much!

Wow! WHen you hear things like that, you undestand how little we know of each other. Simply astounding, thank you from the Gaspé mountains of Québec.

Everytime I hear this beautiful recording my I get really irritated by the terrible interview afterwards. Both men didn't listen to a word the conductor was saying and instead literally congratulated themselves on bringing them to Seattle. She was giving so much amazing cultural historical information and they basically ignored her. I wish they hadn't been so self absorbed and appreciating what a profound privilege it would be to speak to these musicians about their art.

@bagsbugs3024

4 жыл бұрын

YES! Idk they seemed like they didn't care, either they both were tired or something but they just didn't focus on the cultural lecture and information that is being given.

@67leighton

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah... at least they let her talk. I loved what she had to say. Their pronunciation of the group's name was a little off, too...

@Esstan1

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not surprised. It's very sad, KEXP always has great bands from different genres and cultures but I often feel like it's only for show and not for the love/passion for music. It's extra sad to see them bring the spotlight on music from smaller countries but not giving them the proper attention and respect that they deserve. I have learned to not expect too much from Americans on that front, to be honest.

@tearex-ee7fz

3 жыл бұрын

You're so right. The two men congratulating each other was quite pathetic and laughable, not to mention their lazy "ok, ok..." . They had the great chance of having such an amazing ensemble on their platform, and to be interviewing the conductor who is willing to educate the audience on the music and the history behind it, and they waste time talking about useless stuff... Could they take their jobs a bit more seriously, and learn to listen? Kudos to the conductor for sticking to her guns

@nanananana1572

3 жыл бұрын

my dear god these 2 are so full of themselves I cant handle it!!

My soul is crying from happiness. Greetings from Rila mountain. Thank you KEXP.

I don’t know what they are doing but it make me cry like a baby. I’m your Polish sister.

@user-zs3re6fh4n

3 жыл бұрын

Bulgarian folklore is most rich folklore on this planet. In national library is keeped more of 240000 folklore songs. Try. DJ89. ABAGAR QUARTET. TRIO BULGARKA. MARIA DIMITROVA. NUSHA CHOIR. Choir ANGELITE. NELI ANDREEVA. PHILIP KOUTEV CHOIR. ISIHIA. DIA. IRFAN. Bulgara. ORATNITZA. COSMIC VOICES FROM Bulgaria. KAYNO yesno solnce

My daughter was trained in western choral music. When I first played Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares for her, she said, "They do everything wrong, and it sounds wonderful!" It was wonderful for me to have introduced her to a different fine musical tradition.

@veselgana

3 жыл бұрын

Jim Fisher How it´s wrong, if it sounds beautifully? 😉

@fff5081

3 жыл бұрын

​@@veselgana It's only "wrong" by western choral music standards, that's what he means. Bulgarian folk music preserved an older style of singing. It goes against what his daughter was taught as a western choir singer.

@nijagm

Жыл бұрын

You were lied and you learned it wrong.

@bee4590

Жыл бұрын

@@nijagm no, its just different music theory styles lol

I'm Italian and these voices are sooo fascinating, such powerful faces, eyes, voices. Such powerful women

@user-zs3re6fh4n

3 жыл бұрын

Try. DJ89. ABAGAR QUARTET. TRIO BULGARKA. MARIA DIMITROVA. NUSHA CHOIR. Choir ANGELITE. NELI ANDREEVA. PHILIP KOUTEV CHOIR. ISIHIA. DIA. IRFAN. Bulgara. ORATNITZA. COSMIC VOICES FROM Bulgaria. KAYNO yesno solnce

@galaxychannel3343

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-zs3re6fh4n Thanks for the suggestion! Аз съм българка, но и аз не знаех за тези изпълнители!

@peterlakatos4029

3 жыл бұрын

And thanks to Italians as well - you also have gems to share with the world - such as Tenores do Bitti: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iad2m7JuqszHc7A.html&ab_channel=mialinumialinu

@3yoldbride

2 жыл бұрын

West tried so hard in killing that Spirit which is of God. Couldn't.

@az91500

2 күн бұрын

Толкова вярно 👍👍

Мистерията на БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ ГЛАСОВЕ деца на Орфей, както всички генетични българи! В тази магична музика е закодиран целият ни бит, култура, та дори и хилядолетна история, история от незапомнени времена. Пренесена в тези чудни ритми, шивици и обичай! Бог да пази България и българите!

I love that they don’t shy away from a very forward and nasal sound and instead lean into it. It makes it cut through so clearly.

me: what shall we listen to today? also me: bulgarian folk music? me again: yes

Wow...never heard something like this...voices full of space...the longer you hear the deeper it goes in places of your soul you never wanted to feel...where you are out of control...archaistically...like fire & wind, like the moon & the sun, like a bird in a tree and a bear, his mouth full of sweet honey, drops to the herbs in the wood. Strange & mystical.

This is amazing... Made me cry. Watching it before going to sleep, I'll probably have great dreams. Must buy this!

The skill level is unreal, I had to remind myself to breathe while watching this

Thank you KZread random algorithm, this is just superb. The most haunting, serene, beautiful music I've ever heard. It's just so incredible, it sounds like the music you hear when you arrive in Heaven.

Bulgarian Choir is visceral and reaches the soul quickly. It's my favorite above all others.

Absolutely gorgeous, currently doing my assignments with this on! Happy enjoying!! Timestamps below, for convenience: 0:22 Homa Houbava 2:45 Sama Ii Si Den Zhanala 6:27 Horo 8:49 Shopski Napevi 11:01 Izlel E Delyo Haidutin 13:14 Mehmetyo 17:48 Dai Mi Bozhe 20:24 Yova 23:27 Vito Horo 26:29 Douda E Bolna 30:00 Dilmano Dilbero

@deepcvs

8 күн бұрын

missed the last one, Ergen Deda

So happy, Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares has always been extremely beautiful to my ears. These voices are so tough/strong, so beautiful, definitely in love with them 🎉

I’m ashamed to say that I’m from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 .. we just do not have the beautiful traditions of song and dance as the Mediterranean and east European countries have.. I just love this, thank you so much, from and Englishwoman in France….

@iamtedski

6 ай бұрын

You got other stuff :) and we all speak your language, so it's a big thing to be proud of.

@clementbonnefoy7070

4 ай бұрын

I don't know that but British popular music scene has always been brilliant. And maybe it is not england but next to you Irish have quite a great celtic song and dance tradition that inspired many other popular 20th century musics in the US. with regard from france

Can’t believe no one mentioned that insane section of the four singers from 22:03 to 23:06. Absolutely incredible!

@enkiitu

Жыл бұрын

need to see the score for that piece ASAP!!!!

@Sad_King_Billy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I keep rewinding this part

@harrisonsnatt901

Жыл бұрын

i keep coming back to this video for this specific part thank you x

Thank you, as a Bulgarian I appreciate all the positive comments. My country has a lot of traditions and beauty, especially in Nature and in its customs; unfortunately I, as having grown abroad, don't know many of them.

This is the first time in 28 years on earth i listen to bulgarian music. So glad i found this. Beauty beyond words. Love from France

@user-zs3re6fh4n

2 жыл бұрын

Try. DJ89. ABAGAR QUARTET. TRIO BULGARKA. MARIA DIMITROVA. NUSHA CHOIR. Choir ANGELITE. NELI ANDREEVA. PHILIP KOUTEV CHOIR. ISIHIA. DIA. IRFAN. Bulgara. ORATNITZA. COSMIC VOICES FROM Bulgaria. KAYNO yesno solnce. Avigeya. Teodosi Spasov. Ivo papazov. Avigeya. Smallman. AEGONIA

@lavertu5711

2 жыл бұрын

Mieux vaut tard que jamais ✌🏽

@ivayloyotov3993

2 жыл бұрын

God Bless you! Sending love from Bulgaria.

@chrisd5964

Жыл бұрын

It was a French music producer who made this group popular, he discovered their music on a trip to Bulgaria in the 1980’s and remastered an album by them and sold it on to first a french label and then 4AD in England. They appeared on TV shows in the UK in the 80’s. He produced subsequent albums by them, don’t have his name or further details but Google’s your friend. They of course of have a different line up now, but the music is as beautiful as ever.

@tacostacos4981

Жыл бұрын

As a french, i had the chance to see this band in the late 80s thanks to a school program. It blew my young mind back then. A game changer in my musical approach.

i lost my hearing on my left ear during my military service, i've always been a musician ever since i was a child, i get goosebumps easily when listening to good music, my musical prowess is even close category to being perfect pitch, i never get the formal education that's why i enlisted in the military to save up enough money to study music later. I never get the chance to study because of my health, now i'm 25, i still have good hearing on my right ear, but God i wish i had my full hearing to fully enjoy this wonderful performance. It made me tear up, it's just so beautiful, almost like it's from somewhere inside my heart.. It's hard to explain.

@vasil.kamdzhalov

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for your story. Hope there is a next life that you could to what you wanted but even if there is hope you could still do it. Im not sure if you have to stop yourself.

This has to be the most incredible and miraculous musical phenomenon in the History of the world. This is folk music of such sophistication and originality, it´s unbelievable.

This is wonderful. Thank you Bulgaria, love and peace from Texas.

@user-zs3re6fh4n

3 жыл бұрын

Try. DJ89. ABAGAR QUARTET. TRIO BULGARKA. MARIA DIMITROVA. NUSHA CHOIR. Choir ANGELITE. NELI ANDREEVA. PHILIP KOUTEV CHOIR. ISIHIA. DIA. COSMIC VOICES FROM Bulgaria

@veselinmilkov3529

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Texas. ❤❤ Greetings from Bulgaria 👋👋👋👋👋👋

I've heard music like this in video games sometime and now I know what it was inspired from. Absolutely amazing.

now this is CULTURE!

Thanks, Adam Neely for reminding me that this exists! My first encounter with this music was when I watched the original 1995 Anime "Ghost In The Shell" a few years back. I was so impressed by the choirs used by composer Kenji Kawai that I looked up what this was, thinking it was some kind of traditional Japanese choir or so. Turns out he was heavily influenced by Bulgarian choral music and even used some traditional songs for this soundtrack. If I remember correctly, the choir in the intro theme "Making of Cyborg" is from a Bulgarian wedding song with the lyrics rewritten in Japanese. I love this choral music as it has a very miraculous and divine feel to it. Truly amazing!

@nycReaching

3 жыл бұрын

100%

@burpie3258

2 жыл бұрын

I'm here because of Adam as well!

@christopherszuba1555

2 жыл бұрын

@burpie Meeeee too :-)

@ArelyZamoraRuiz

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the choir used in "Making of cyborg" is from a song called "Kaval Sviri", both wonderful musical pieces :)

@burkhardstackelberg1203

2 жыл бұрын

This music is far from typical Japanese, but it is absolutely Japanese to adapt culture from all over the world

I'm a french native living in Varna, even if I can't understand a word, your chants tell the story of humanity's heritage since creation, you are the divine givers🙏 which are beyond rewritten books of human history...YOU ARE THE LIVE VOICES THAT SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT HUMAN HISTORY

@riyabcn

Жыл бұрын

An amazing comment! Respect!

@dollynina8992

Жыл бұрын

How come you don't understand but live in Bulgaria?

@veselliq

4 ай бұрын

​@dollynina8992 😅 it is simple, you dont have to understand everything to live...

@ladydje906

4 ай бұрын

@@dollynina8992 Because my Bulgarian is basic and the languish is very hard to learn

@ladydje906

4 ай бұрын

@@veselliq Yep, and I also draw on paper or use my hands to make myself understood when I run out of words

Man... I find it extremely difficult to express feelings lately but life somehow bought me to this music and I'm sitting just in awe and have tears coming... This is amazing

@reneharde3459

6 ай бұрын

You are speaking my language - Peace my friend

Geez, my eyes started watering at this song. 26:22 My family is Bulgarian and I was first born in Australia, it made me think of all of my family back in Bulgaria, I love them all so much.

@Tomogeny

3 жыл бұрын

Oof, I'm born and raised Dutch but the second that melody started the tears started rolling down my cheeks. This music is something else

@denisdenchev413

2 жыл бұрын

Much love from Bulgaria!

@dinkopavlov1826

Жыл бұрын

we also love you man !! we wait you

When the Aliens come, I want them to be greeted by a Bulgarian folk choir. This is the best humanity has to offer.

@justka4444

Жыл бұрын

😁👍

@ayo826

11 ай бұрын

The Bulgarian folk song "Izlel e Delyo Haidutin" has been flying in the Space aboard of Voyager. One single song, selected from all over the world.

When l was a kid every Sundays folklore music from all over Yugoslavia emission was broadcasted, l was primary school kid impatiently waiting for choir similar to the le mystere des voix Bulgare to perform. It was and still is my favorite music. Now l am old and grateful to watch this beautiful performance on KZread. In this video one of the ladies looks like my mother and others look like my aunts and relatives. It’s like l am watching my family. Thank you very much beautiful ladies and KEXP.

Mind bogglingly beautiful, Hypnotic, and somehow so familiar, literally like ancient voices calling out to you. UNREAL.

@jobracci4583

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

@Sonybo100

2 жыл бұрын

because they are ancient voices ❤️ (bulgarian here)

I love Bulgarian women’s choirs. It heals something deep inside my soul.

@graemeatkinson8411

6 ай бұрын

Crying with Joy, thank you for your touring your amazing talent

@adrianalvarez8119

6 ай бұрын

IT IS ANTISEMITIC

@graemeatkinson8411

6 ай бұрын

Source?

@adrianalvarez8119

6 ай бұрын

@@graemeatkinson8411 YOU ARE A COMMUNIST NAZI

Honestly, I never experienced music or movies making me cry, in 40 years. It just happened.

@user-zs3re6fh4n

3 жыл бұрын

Try. DJ89. ABAGAR QUARTET. TRIO BULGARKA. MARIA DIMITROVA. NUSHA CHOIR. Choir ANGELITE. NELI ANDREEVA. PHILIP KOUTEV CHOIR. ISIHIA. DIA. IRFAN. Bulgara. ORATNITZA. COSMIC VOICES FROM Bulgaria. KAYNO yesno solnce

@jji3507

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so proud of my country just for that

@veselliq

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me , crying like a baby🙂

This music sounds like someone made a stew of 2000 years of history and trans-continental cultures and then turned it into sheet music. It sounds like the search for life's meaning. It's just so out of this world brilliant.

@nenogenov3826

2 жыл бұрын

Xaxa look our bulgarian history from old great bulgaria

@alex0589

2 жыл бұрын

Bulgaria being where it is and with its complex history, youre not that far off. Well said. There are so many colors in there that it's hard not to see so much

@Sonybo100

2 жыл бұрын

well we have officially formed as a country in 681 A.D And as much as we have christian influence we were at first a pagan society.

@ubiozmiec

Жыл бұрын

It's actually waaaaay out of this world right now... "Izlel e Delyu Haydutin" is travelling on the Voyagers 1 and 2. Deemed worthy space music. Thank you and you're welcome.

@bellapayne

Жыл бұрын

Pin this comment. You nailed it!

now this is something I've never heard before. sounds like voices from another world

@user-zs3re6fh4n

3 жыл бұрын

Try. DJ89. ABAGAR QUARTET. TRIO BULGARKA. MARIA DIMITROVA. NUSHA CHOIR. Choir ANGELITE. NELI ANDREEVA. PHILIP KOUTEV CHOIR. ISIHIA. DIA. IRFAN. Bulgara. ORATNITZA. COSMIC VOICES FROM Bulgaria. KAYNO yesno solnce

@nenogenov3826

2 жыл бұрын

They are from another world

8:49 These dudes blew me away, control was so impressive.

This is the best thing I've heard in a very very long time

@jobracci4583

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🥲🥲🥲 it's true

I LOVE the way Bulgarian musicians perform. Such passion, energy and utter beauty.

@chequeplease

2 жыл бұрын

I love when they look at each other and give a smile. And always smiling with their eyes too.

Mehmetyo is the best choral music ever written or performed in the history of music!!!!! Please God let me get through this minutes without bursting into tears!!!!!!!! I have to listen to this live once in my life!!!!!!! PLEASE COME TO ARGENTINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@GlarusGaming

4 жыл бұрын

Here are the lyrics for you. Very dark, but times were dark in Bulgaria at the time: Delyo has become hayduk, the hayduk, the rebel with the Dumbovi and the Karadjovi clans. Delyo gave the following orders to the ayans (local notables) of Zlatograd, to the brazen-faced governors: - There are two aunts of mine in the village. Do not make them Turks (= convert them to Islam), do not besmirch them, because when I come back a lot of mothers will cry, a lot of young brides. Gyulsume told Delyo: - Beware, Delyo, beware, you are being threatened, Delyo the Zlatograd rulers, the brazen-faced governors, they cast a silver bullet for you, Delyo, to kill you. - Gyulsume, my love Gyulsume, not yet is born a man who could kill me.

@StasiSLG

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you get a chance to listen to them live, I'm happy that people are enjoying Bulgarian culture.

WOW! Just wow. The song "Mehmetyo" is as avant-garde as Balkan folk gets. Simply staggering. Yova is incredible too. Thank you.