Music from Montenegro

Various Artists

Montenegro is perhaps one of the least-known countries in Europe from a musical point of view. With the CD Music from Montenegro, the whole world can enjoy for the first time the traditional music from this “unknown” country, with its long and dramatic history. We get 76 minutes of samples of heroic songs, songs from mountain villages, shepherd songs and songs from cities that are more influenced by the Central European tradition.

One of the groups participating in this CD, Ansambl Podgorica, was undertaking an extensive tour throughout Sweden during September 2005. The group is one of Montenegro´s best-known and most-loved professional popular music orchestras, which plays both the “classical” entertainment music from Montenegro and the more traditional music from the countryside.

Montenegro, with a population of more than 650,000, is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe. It has a history that is as dramatic as its natural scenery. In just a couple of hours one can be transported from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea to an alpine landscape with snow-covered peaks.

The CD Music from Montenegro is No. 22 in a series produced jointly by Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and Caprice Records. The series started in the early 1990s and has resulted in many records with music from Africa, Asia, Latin America and other countries.

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    • 1.
      Oj, ðevojko, da sam te vidio
      1'13
    • 2.
      Da mi se stvoriti pticom lastavicom
      1'31
    • 3.
      Od kako je Kotor nastanuo
      6'42
    • 4.
      Tjo Rexho tjon dialo/Song about Reða
      2'12
    • 5.
      Domaæine, na tvoje postenje (iz glasa)
      0'13
    • 6.
      Pastirska svirka
      1'51
    • 7.
      Trkom trèi Malica
      4'16
    • 8.
      Danica bolest boluje
      2'11
    • 9.
      Dozivala vila s gore
      3'38
    • 10.
      A la turca
      2'26
    • 11.
      Sto ´no sinoæ vecerasmo
      2'33
    • 12.
      Èobanska svirka
      1'44
    • 13.
      Èobanine, lijepa ðevojko (song from Piva)
      1'44
    • 14.
      Bez muke se pjesma ne ispoja
      2'36
    • 15.
      'Oæu l'malo s tobom zborit'; brate, rode
      2'40
    • 16.
      Sjeðela je fina Mare (iz glasa)
      2'35
    • 17.
      Ðamadan
      2'24
    • 18.
      Svi mi kažu da moj dragi pije (song from Pljevjla)
      2'00
    • 19.
      Fyelli
      2'31
    • 20.
      Primorkinja konja jaše
      6'35
    • 21.
      Ustaæu rano ja
      1'03
    • 22.
      Pastirska improvizacija
      4'57
    • 23.
      Što èinimo, što mislimo (wedding song)
      1'29
    • 24.
      Valilja e sokoleshës/Koko sokolice
      2'08
    • 25.
      Poleæe soko iz sela (wedding song)
      2'08
    • 26.
      Sad poslušaj dobro, mladoženja Text: Ljubo Majiæ
      2'43
    • 27.
      Ruzmarin
      2'10
    • 28.
      Crna Gora kremen kamen/Poljem se vije/Ursuta
      3'55
  • Total playtime 76'50

Compact Disc // CAP 21741 // Music from … // Folk music // Releasedate: 18 August, 2005