VA - Albanie: Polyphonies Vocales Et Instrumentales / Albania: Vocal And Instrumental Polyphony (1988)

Recorded by Bernard Lortat-Jacob during fieldwork research in the 1980's, Albanie: Polyphonies vocales et instrumentales is one of the very few serious collections of Albanian folk music dating from the Communist era to have been made available to the wider world. The performances are based on those given at the National Folklore Festival held at Gjirokastër in 1983. Limiting himself to a survey of vocal and instrumental polyphony from southern Albania, Lortat-Jacob succeeds in presenting a collection that is arguably unrivalled in terms of quality and scope to this day.

Tracklist:
1/12. Men's choir, singers from Vlorë - Qu'ont vu les yeux de lanina? (What have Ianina's Eyes seen?)
2/12. Men's choir, singers from Vlorë - La légende de la femme emmurée (Legend of the walled-in woman)
3/12. Men's choir, singers from Gjirokastër - Au col de Peshkëpi (At the Peshkepi Pass)
4/12. Men's choir, singers from Permet - Chanson pour Odriçan (Song For Odrican)
5/12. Men's choir, singers from Korçë - Pour la liberté et le drapeau (For freedom and the Flag)
6/12. Men's choir, singers from Korçë - Du côté de la rivière (By the Riverside)
7/12. Soloist: men and women, men's choir, singers from Tepelenë - Que tu vives aussi longtemps que cette (May you live as long as this Earth!)
8/12. Women's choir, singers from Kolonjë - La chanson de Konofat (Konofat's Song)
9/12. Women's choir, singers from Kolonjë - Chant d'émigration (Song of Emigration)
10/12. Musicians from Korçë - Kaba
11/12. Musicians from Korçë - Kaba précédant une danse (Kaba preceding a dance)
12/12. Singers and musicians from Permet - Charretier qui mènes la caravane (Carter leading the Caravan)