{"id":275,"date":"2007-07-30T23:49:34","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T20:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.veni.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2007-07-30T23:49:34","modified_gmt":"2007-07-30T20:49:34","slug":"goran-bregovic-released-a-new-album-karmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.veni.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"Goran Bregovic released a new album &#8211; Karmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, finally!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Karmen-Happy-End-Georges-Bizet\/dp\/B000PIU1JM\/ref=sr_1_1\/105-8882520-6778069?ie=UTF8&#038;s=music&#038;qid=1185827443&#038;sr=8-1\" target=_blank>Karmen (With A Happy End)<\/a>, and it can make you really happy.<\/p>\n<p>Goran is at his usual great level, of which <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.veni.com\/?p=82\">I wrote<\/a> last year! To large extent the album is so good because of the (of course) beautiful voices of the Bulgarian singers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/veni\/190748159\/in\/set-72157594202042807\/\">Daniela and Ludmila Radkovi<\/a>, who are performing with the excellence which they are showing in the last 14 years with Goran Bregovic world-wide.*<\/p>\n<p>Songs included are (the asterisks * show my preferences):<br \/>\n1. Uvertira<br \/>\n2. Gas Gas ****<br \/>\n3. Savatone ****<br \/>\n4. Mashala Mashala ****<br \/>\n5. Dikh Mo Vast ****<br \/>\n6. Pampur Galbeno ****<br \/>\n7. Stop<br \/>\n8. Ne Siam Kurve Tuke Sijam Prostitutke *****<br \/>\n9. Lumia Sitoj I Gurumni<br \/>\n10. Soske Murseske Manglape Kurva<br \/>\n11. Focu Di Raggia \u2013 with Carmen Consoli<br \/>\n12. Me Sam Devla Romani ****<br \/>\n13. Koferi<br \/>\n14. Bijav ***<br \/>\n15. Lamour ***<\/p>\n<p>Since the music is based on Georges Bizet original, don&#8217;t be surprised that it will sound quite familiar, however its Balkanization has made it, I think, also quite easy to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s list of some of the people who made this album possible:<br \/>\nGeorges Bizet (Composer), Goran Bregovic (Composer), Goran Bregovic (Conductor), and the performers: Aleksandar Rajkovic, Alen Ademovic (lead vocal, drums), Carmen Consoli (vocals), Daniela Radkova-Aleksandrova (vocals), Dejan Manigodic, Draganco Ristevski, Ekrem Demirovic, Ivan Jovanovic, Ludmila Radkova-Trajkova (vocals), Milos Mihajlovic, Stojan Dimov (clarinet), Vaska Jankovska (vocals)<\/p>\n<p>More pictures of Goran and his orchestra at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/veni\/sets\/72157594202042807\/\">my flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n* &#8211; Their voices are not only back-vocals in all songs, but they also have their own solos, where you can distinguish their rich, full and complete voice &#8211; unmistakable. The two sisters&#8217; voices are what make this album unique. I still remember them singing in &#8220;War&#8221; (from the movie &#8220;Underground&#8221;), where their voices are so strong, that I cry every time I hear them. Thank you, Daniela and Ludmila! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, finally! It&#8217;s Karmen (With A Happy End), and it can make you really happy. Goran is at his usual great level, of which I wrote last year! 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