Pavlina Gorcheva, Graovo

Tsûrnilchitse, devoykyo (Dark maiden)
Poyde moma (A maiden has set off)
Eleno, chedo (Elena, my child)
Shetala e momata (The maiden has been cleaning and dusting)
Kray goritsa (By the forest)

Stoyne mome (Young Stoina)
Snoshti doyde Yanko (Yanko came last night)
Bayraktare (Standard bearers)
Svatba (Wedding)
Ey, Doychine (Hey, Doychin)
Oy, yabuko (Hey, you beautiful apple)

The new release of Pavlina Gorcheva, a singer of the Graovo region, asserts her qualities once again; these are her beautiful voice developed in all registers, her style, taste, and a solid feeling of measure. Some of the songs included herewith have been featured for the first time, others are versions of songs that are already known, yet all of them bear the mark of her aspiration to go deep in the atmosphere of the Graovo villages, a wish to touch and move the hearts of those who love the songs. The audience responds to Pavlina Gorcheva's magic voice, to her immediacy and warmth, no matter whether it is a song reminding of the "horo with walking a stick" as in Tsurnilchitse, devoykyo (Dark maiden), or of the maiden's sallies, Shetala e momata (The maiden has been cleaning and dusting), Snoshti doyde Yanko (Yanko came last night), Stoyne mome (Young Stoyna), or of the ballad-like character of the epic songs, as in Eleno, chedo (Elena, my child), Kray goritsa (By the forest), and especially Bayraktare (Standard bearers) whose form is three-part. What impresses most in the singer's performance is her broad masculine shaking which makes her style unique.

The present release assets have been the result also of the delicate and stylish arrangements of Emil Kolev, of the precise instrumental characteristic, and the accurate playing and solo parts of the orchestra.

I hope all folk music fans will enjoy Pavlina Gorcheva's new release! – Stefka Kaleva

Recorded at the National Palace of Culture in March, 1989.