Balkan Bachelors and Rachmaninov's Third

<p><strong>Episode #66: Balkan Bachelors and Rachmaninov’s Third</strong></p> <p><strong>Uploaded: May 28, 2022</strong></p> <p><strong>Jules Massenet: Suite No. 4 for orchestra, "Scènes pittoresques"</strong></p> <p>I. &nbsp;Marche</p> <p>II. &nbsp;Air de ballet</p> <p>III. &nbsp;Angelus</p> <p>IV. &nbsp;Fête bohème</p> <p>City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra</p> <p>Louis Frémaux, conductor</p> <p>KLAVIER KCD-11007</p> <p><strong>Village Music of Yugoslavia. Songs &amp; Dances from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia &amp; Macedonia</strong></p> <p>Tkanje (Weaving) (singers from the village of Debeljaci, Bosnia)</p> <p>Oj meni, meni, meni (Oh my, my, my) (singers and tamburica band from the villages of Prkovici and Šiškovici, Croatia)</p> <p>Kad su stari svinje žirovali (When they fed the old pigs acorns) (male singers from the village of Prkovici, Croatia)</p> <p>Sinoć mi je lane moje dolazio Mile (Mile came to me last night) (Anka Došen, lead singer, with singers and tamburica band from the village of Bizovac, Croatia)</p> <p>Hajd na levo (Let’s go to the left) singers and tamburica band from the villages of Prkovici and Šiškovici, Croatia)</p> <p>Pjevati ću neću stat u muku (I will sing and not think of troubles) (Marija Djurović, singer, village of Babino Polje, Croatia)</p> <p>Tarabana/Geganje (idiomatic title) (singers, and Ivica Kurtovič, šargija, from the village of Debeljaci, Bosnia)</p> <p>Bécarac (Bachelor’s song) (Ivica Došen, lead singer, with singers and tamburica band from the village of Bizovac, Croatia)</p> <p>Poskočica (a Kolo, or Lindjo, dance) (Vicko Lazo, caller; Franjo Klobasa, lijera; village of Bizovac, Croatia)</p> <p>Gojila se gizdava mladica (I loved a lass for a short time) (Marija Marković, singer, village of Babino Polje, Croatia)</p> <p>Otrgnem rožicu ruman Cvet – Potancu (I pick a rose, a red flower, followed by a dance) (Josip Cubranović &amp; Ivan Dijanić, singers &amp; sopele, from the village of Vrbnik, Croatia)</p> <p>Gigetanje (a responsory song style given the name Gigetanje when