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GEORGIAN CALENDAR 2010

This is now available and contains 13 stunning pictures of Georgia taken by Peter Nasmyth, plus a map of Georgia showing where each photograph was taken. Price £7-50 including postage and packing (2 sent together: £14-00, 3 sent together £20-50 thereafter add £6-50 per extra calendar).

£4-00 per calendar will go to Peter Nasmyth's charity "Children of the Caucasus" helping children in Svaneti and other parts of Georgia.
Please order by cheque as for CDs below.

CDs AVAILABLE

I have the following Georgian CDs/Books for sale :-

MTIEBI. This is the Male Voice Choir founded by Edisher Garakanidze in 1980 in order to sing the songs that he collected on his field excursions. Following Edisher's tragic death in 1998, the first 2 of these are the only commercially-available recordings that include his voice. The choir is now led by Edisher's son Gigi :-

MTIEBI: TRADITIONAL SONGS FROM GEORGIA (1996). A variety of songs, sacred and secular, from various parts of Georgia. Notes in German with accompanying English translation booklet : £11

MTIEBI: GEORGIAN ETHNOMUSIC THEATRE 2006. This new CD, the first produced under Gigi's direction, realises Edisher's dream of a folk theatre production rather than a concert performance and includes many new songs. The choir now includes about 20 former members of Edisher's youth choir "Amer-Imeri": £13

CDs by Michael Church. These 2 CDs are the result of extensive fieldwork undertaken by Michael, a journalist and ethnomusicologist :-

SONGS OF SURVIVAL. A double CD (2 for the price of 1!) pack including a wide variety of Georgian songs, both sacred and secular, sung by choirs from all over the country. Includes both men's and women's voices. An excellent introduction to Georgian singing : £13

SONGS OF DEFIANCE. This stunning CD includes little-known songs and instrumental items from Chechnya and the North Caucasus countries. Some similarities with Georgian music but the Middle-Eastern influence is also noticeable. An essential addition to any World Music collection : £13

ALL PRICES INCLUDE P&P WITHIN THE UK. Multiple orders are discounted as follows :-

For 3 items (same or different) ordered together DEDUCT £1 from total cost
For 4-5 items DEDUCT £2 from total cost

FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS please contact me at the email address below.

Please make cheques payable to "Michael Bloom" and send orders to :-

Michael Bloom
36, Withington Court
ABINGDON
Oxon.
OX14 3QB

Tel.: 01235 536563

Email : info<at>georgianharmony.org.uk (for "<at>" read "@")

Helen Chadwick has produced a new CD "SONGS FROM THE BLACK SEA" :-

This is a live album of concerts given by two Georgians, three French and one English singer after their field trip to Achara in the south West of Georgia.
The programme include songs they recorded by the Black Sea, in the mountain villages of Achara, and songs by Helen Chadwick, as well as other Georgian songs.

The songs are : a version of Maqruli, Gogo, Pearl, Heart, Shen Khar Venakhi (two versions), Cum Scientia Caritas, Resurrection, a version of Kriste Aghdga, Chemo Natalidedao, Il Pleure, E Asie, Khintskala, Gandagana and Walking North.

The singers are Nato Zumbadze, Nana Kalandadze, Brigitte Cirla, Catherine Delolme, Sabine Boukobza and Helen Chadwick. The project was produced by Voix Polyphoniques in Marseille.

Cost £10 plus £2 postage (high postage cost because of getting them from France). If you would like a copy please send a cheque made payable to Helen Chadwick to 11 John Campbell Road, London N16 8JY. You can email her on : romaine<at>helenchadwick.com

On the web site www.voixpolyphoniques.org there are a couple of tracks from the album and a description of the album.

ENSEMBLE MZETAMZE. Mzetamze is the Women's Choir founded by Edisher Garakanidze. It is the sister choir to MTIEBI. They have produced 2 CDs of Georgian women's traditional music -the latest one, Vol. II, was released by Face Music Switzerland in October 2003. Further information on their website : http://www.music.ch/face