Lituanie

Lithuania, the country of songs, appears to be a most appropriate expression to describe how Lithuanian express themselves through music. Most villages and cities have known singers and choirs, and many different styles of singing have been develop. Lithuania is well known for its singing festivals where more than 10,000 thousands singers participate sometimes. This CD is a rare opportunity. We hear extremely high quality recordings from the beginning of the 20th century that survived the passage of time. We hear singers, choirs, and musicians, now deceased, that offer us a marvelous historical view of the music of a people whose history had joys, but also losses, wars, and displacements, and for whom singing appears to have played a vital role in their survival as a people. -Bruno Deschênes, AMG Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.