Boris Kovac Discography of CDs

Boris Kovac CD discography  

Boris Kovac discography Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries was Yugoslavian saxophonist/composer Boris Kovac's first release out of Europe (on the Canadian label Disques Victo). It was also his first work recorded in Yugoslavia following the war that forced him to an Italian exile for a few years. Back in his native town Novi Sad, he reformed his Ritual Nova Ensemble (disbanded by the war) and composed this suite in four parts and three intermezzos. The music does not have the same power of impact and emotional strength as his next album (East-Off Europe: Closing the Circle). Here, Kovac remained more meditative, as to accommodate the spiritual plot underpinning the work (an attempt at the synthesis of Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Islam, the three major religions of his country). The all-acoustic group (voice, reeds, violin, cello, piano, percussion) was recorded in a church, adding to the solemnity of the music. The atmosphere lies somewhere between modern chamber music (Ligeti) and the early albums of Art Zoyd and Univers Zero, mostly because of the sparse and martial use of percussion, and recourse to wide volume dynamics. Traditional dances are woven into the musical fabric (especially in "The Singing") and the warm voice of soprano Jaroslava Benka breathes a majestic soul into the work. Very beautiful and recommended, although ...

Boris Kovac songs A composer and multi-instrumentalist from the ethnically and culturally diverse Pannonia region of the former Yugoslavia, Boris Kovac has an admirably wide-ranging musical aesthetic. Rather than attempting to re-create a particular musical style from the past, Kovac and his group take the basic common building blocks of ...

Boris Kovac albums Track Listing of songs: Last Balkan Tango; Begin-ing; Octoberburrekfest; Balkatino; Slow For Julia; Begin For Julia; Rumbatto; Last Waltz In Budapest; What Life Offers; Tango Apocalypso; Shadows Of Reminiscence; Ending; Orient Express;

Boris Kovac CD discography Boris Kovac's second album for the Canadian label Disques Victo, East Off Europe: Closing the Circle ranks among the best musical achievements of his career. This cycle is clearly related to his previous album Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries. One finds a similar instrumentation (violin, clarinet, saxophone, double bass, ...

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Boris Kovac albums Track Listing of songs: All Under the Celestial Cap; Noon at Ural; Sacred Millstone; Room Movement; Dance: Joy in Manchuria; Caravan Orient; Mandala; Three Metaphysical Folk Themes;

Recording information: Barbaro Studio, Bukovac, Pannonia, Yugoslavia (09/2000-11/2000). Personnel: Boris Kovac (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Nenad Vrbaski (violin); Bogdan Rankovic (clarinet, bass clarinet). Audio Mixer: Boris Kovac.

It's the morning after the apocalypse and (assuming you've survived) where are you? How are you feeling? That's the idea behind this disc. Boris Kovac is one of the most creative musicians to come out of Serbia, and his music breaks out of the gypsy/village ghetto to ...

Track Listing of songs: Intro; Ya Rayah; Csámborgó; Romanela; Kaprollja; Iag Bari; Arizona; Ajde, Ajde Fato; Bucovina; Makedo; Moi Dilbere Kud Se Seces; Ne Engedj El Sohasem; Sto Te Nema; Last Balkan Tango;