그리스, 불가리아, 루마니아, 알바니아, 유고슬라비아. 비록 나라는 나누어져 있지만 ‘발칸반도’라는 땅에서 함께 살아가는 그들에게 음악적 정서와 표현의 동질성은 아마도 당연한 것이리라. 클라리넷, 타로가토, 나이, 백파이프, 카발 등 그들만의 민속 악기소리가 그대로 투영되어 있다. 세계 대전을 거쳐 현재에 이르기까지 녹음 환경과 시대상을 고스란히 반영하는 25곡의 트랙과 충실한 라이너 노트가 실린 역사적 가치를 지닌 앨범이다.
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1. Chindia - Dusk (Romanian style music) Orchestra Romaneasca 3:35
2. Stalingrad (Romanian style music) Orchestra P. Mamakou 3:40
3. Invertita dela Chicago (Romanian style music) Orchestra Lui Hartegan 3:01
4. Hategana (Romanian style music) Orchestra Lui Hartegan 3:10
5. Invartita din Indiana Harbor (Romanian style music) Orchestra Lui Hartegan 3:11
6. Dura, dura - Glide along (Romanian style music) Orchestra Alex Mata 2:38
7. Cavalul (Romanian style music) Paun Muscalagiu 3:05
8. Sarba lui Fanica Luca (Romanian style music) Fanica Luca And Orchestra 3:03
9. Invartita cu strigari - invirtita with shouts (Romanian style music) Orchestra Monea Gheorghe Cu Lutalovita 3:04
10. Snoshti minaha prez selo turtsi - drugovertsi - Last night the infidel Turks passed through the village Atenas Georgi Gergov 3:11
11. Panayot Vonka dumashe - Panayot advises Vonka (Peasant music) Georgi Atanasov Kehaiov 3:15
12. Valle - kapisseshte - Dance (Peasant music) P. Opingari 2:54
13. Pare me kai mena barba - Take me with you, uncle (Greek clarinet music) Georgia Mittaki And Folk Orchestra 3:16
14. Syrtos mesogeitikos - Mesogeian syrtos (Greek clarinet music) Nikos Karakostas And Folk Orchestra 3:22
15. Dyosmos ki' vasilikos - Mint and basil (Greek clarinet music) Georgos Anestopoulos With Folk Orchestra 3:20
16. Kritiko syrto - Cretan syrtos (Greek clarinet music) Orchestra Kosta Gadini 2:36
17. Mana mou stelleis mia grafi - Mother, you send me a letter (Greek clarinet music) Kostas Gadinis 2:49
18. Palii kleftes - Old klephts (Greek clarinet music) Ipeirotiki Laiki Orhistra 3:06
19. Trygona - Turtle dove (Greek clarinet music) Hristos Kryiakis 3:04
20. O Zaharias - Zacharias (Greek clarinet music) Adonis Sakellariou And Orchestra 3:08
21. Vohaitissa - Girl from Voha (Ottoman-Greek cafe music) Kostas Karras 3:25
22. I nosokoma - The Nurse (Ottoman-Greek cafe music) Orhistra P. Mamakou 3:39
23. Zeibekiko (Ottoman-Greek cafe music) Evangelakis Vlahos 3:04
24. Tsirigotiko einai to nero - The Water is Tsirgiotic (Ottoman-Greek cafe music) Kyria Koula 3:05
25. Barba-Giannis - Uncle Yiannis (Ottoman-Greek cafe music) Orhistra Kosta Gadini 2:29