Tsinandali Choir: Table Songs of Georgia CD Track Listing
Tsinandali Choir
Table Songs of Georgia
The Tsinandali Choir, Table Songs of Georgia\n\nAll songs are traditional, arranged by Levan Abashidze\nRecorded at Melodiya-Tbilisi Studios, Georgia, 1988\nRecorded and mixed by Mikhail Kilosanidze\nExecutive producer: Anzor Erkomaishvili\nArtistic director: Levan Abashidze\nEditor / Prodncer: Nargila Chelidze\nRecording licensed from Melodiya Records of Georgia\n\nPublished by WOMAD Music Ltd\nDesign and Art Direction by Malcolm Garrett & Sy-Jenq Cheng @ Assorted Images\nSeries identity by Garry Mouat\n\nFront cover: carving in caucasian boxwood (Buxus colchica) by Arren PuchLua, with shavings of caucasian oat (Quercus macrenthra), photographed by Peter Anderson Special thanks to Richard Crow for loaning material from his collection of wood samples from around the world.\n\nBack cover: Georgian envelopes.\nInside photography from 'Georgian Wine'\nThanks to Ted Levin whose efforts made this licence possible and to Abigail Adams.\n\nWith thanks to Nonesuch Records for use of direct quotes from the liner notes of Georgin Voices by the Rustavi Choir.\nNotes: Ted Levin, with help from Anzor Erkomishvili\n\n1988 Melodiya Records of Georgia, 1993 Real World Records Ltd / Caroline Records Inc.\n\nThe copyright in this recording is owned by Melodiya Records of Georgia and licensed exclusively to Real World Records Ltd / Caroline Records Inc. All rights of the producer and owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorised copying, public performance. broadcasting, hiring or rental of this recorded work prohibited.\n
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- Tsinandali Choir - Kakhuri Mravaljamieri (05:11)
Sung at the very beginning of a feast, this is a hymn to eternal life that wishes long life to all present at the feast.\n - Tsinandali Choir - Makruli (02:48)
Makruli is sung by friends of the bridegroom when the bride is led into the courtyard of her new husband's home. At traditional church weddings (which were not practiced during the years of Communist rule in Georgia), Makruli was rung after the bridal par - Tsinandali Choir - Shashvi Kakabi (04:39)
A typical table song: the story of a ringing competition between a thrush and a partridge. The contest goes on for several days, and in the end, the thrush wins. Thrush and partridge are nicknames commonly given to a pair of good singers who sing the solo - Tsinandali Choir - Orovela (04:59)
Orovela is a work song sung by a plowman who guides the bull that pulls his plow. It used to be sung as a solo, but as Georgian folk song has gradually adapted to urban concert performance, a bass drone was added.\n - Tsinandali Choir - Turpani Skhedan (04:02)
This table song celebrates a beautiful girl who is seated at the table covered by a blue chardakhi (a lattice or cover that protects the table from strong sunlight). There is wine on the table. From this basic scenario, the ringers improvise developing th - Tsinandali Choir - Zamtari (03:58)
Zamtari means "winter". The text is drawn from a heroic poem by the great 12th century Georgian poet Shota Rustavelli. It offers a particularly beautiful description of nature in the winter.\n - Tsinandali Choir - Diambego (03:51)
The diambego was the traditional headman of the Georgian village until, at the end of the 1920s, the collectivization of Soviet agriculture ineluctably altered village cultures throughout the USSR. The song speaks about the beauty of the diambego's daught - Tsinandali Choir - Shemodzakhili (04:11)
A table song whose title translates roughly as "Come on lads, let's sing. Take it away!" And suddenly, unexpectedly, with great force, a group of men would break into song.\n - Tsinandali Choir - Berikatsi Var (03:37)
The title of this table song means literally, "I've grown old." The rext speaks about the fact that old people must be treated with respect. An old man recounts that if people treat him with respect, he'll always be grateful to them.\n - Tsinandali Choir - Chakrulo (06:18)
One of the masterpieces of Georgian folk music. The song has an elevated character and pathos. The text changes, according to the spirit of the singers, but usually concerns a patriotic theme. The title comes from a word which meant "to embrace," or "to s
