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Albanian Folkmusic on Compact Discs (CDs)
Date posted: Thursday, August 5, 2004
Author: Thomas Weden

Albanian music is available on several Compact Discs (CDs) that can be ordered by any good music store such as Tower Records, Borders, etc:
Albania: Vocal and Instrumental Polyphony Le Chant du Monde LDX 274897 Famille Lela de Permet / Polyphonies Vocales et...* Label Bleu LBLC 2503 Folk Music of Albania Topic TSCD 904 V.1 Music of the Balkans: Albania and the Central Balkans FM Allegro 706 Silvana Licussi: Far From the Land of the Eagles Lyrichord LYRCD 7413 Albanie: Polyphonies Vocales du Pays Lab/ Ensemble vocal de Gjirokastėr INEDIT 260065 Laver Bariu: Songs from the City of Roses * GlobeStyle CD ORBD 091 Vocal Traditions of Albania* Saydisc CD-SDL 421 Thanassis Moraitis: Arvanitic Songs ** FM Allegro 652 Music From Albania: Anthology of World Music * (NEW) Rounder CD 5151 Kenge Nga Shqiperia dhe Austria: Songs from Albania and Austria Kultur CD 51095-1 (hard to find).
Worth Noting: Engendering Song: Singing & Subjectivity at Prespa Albanian Weddings by Jane C. Sugarman 395pp, Published by University of Chicago Press "Combining photographs, song texts, and vibrant recordings of the music, this book is an innovative work, with a scholarly importance extending far beyond southeast European studies." Includes a Compact Disc (CD) containing 24 musical selections.
* Highly Recommended ** "Arvaniti" is the Greek word for "Albanian" Frosina thanks Thomas Weden of Tower Records, Boston, for helping to compile this list.   Frosina Information Network/162 Boylston St/Boston, MA 02116/Tel: 617/482-2002/Fax: 617/482-0014Web Site: www.frosina.org                Email: Email: VanChristo@frosina.org