Table Songs of Georgia

Tsinandali Choir

Released 25 January 1993

  1. Kakhuri Mravaljamieri
  2. Makruli
  3. Shashvi, Kakabi
  4. Orobela
  5. Turpani Skhedan
  6. Zamtari
  7. Diambego
  8. Shemodzakhili
  9. Berikatsi Var
  10. Chakrulo

Tsinandali Choir

Liner notes

Table songs are the musical expression of the Georgian cult of wine, and the Tsinandali Choir are famous for their stirring and powerful renditions of this music.

Different occasions and events bring Georgians together around their large wooden tables to drink, eat and sing – a birth, a death, a marriage or a holiday. Singing is as natural a part of everyday life as breathing!

The Tsinandali Choir is carrying on this ancient tradition in the deep, sonorous polyphonic style of Georgian music. An album recorded in Tbilisi and licensed from Melodia.

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Further Listening

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    Mara!

    Released 16 May 1999

    Sydney based choir Martenitsa perform Stefan Kozuharov’s groundbreaking 1993 work ‘Sezoni’. Modelled on the magnificent Bulgarian state choirs, Martenitsa has become one of the most highly regarded and innovative choirs in Australia, touring with the legendary Trio Bulgarka and Balkana.
  • The Wild Field

    Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble

    Released 27 May 1991

    This is an album of peasant songs from southern Russia, specific to an area known as ‘the wild field’ because it has no natural barriers and over the centuries has been ravaged by invaders and marauding Tartars. The songs all date from before the 1917 Revolution and are still sung by workers on collective farms.

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