Podil‘s‘kyy al‘bom. (Podillya Album)

As everything becomes clear about geographical location of the songs recorded here already from the title of this disc, we only have to specify a couple of details. Thematically, the album can be divided into two parts. The second part consists of lyrical songs. The first one – calendar ceremonial songs, among which there are Christmas carols, schedrivky, Easter songs, petrivchany. Plus – a few songs of the wedding ceremony. Podillya is famous for melodiousness rather than great complication of its songs – therefore, it is possible to hear here not only the space, but also to feel the opportunity of reproducing what has been heard (in contrast, for example, to a lot of Polissya songs). However, there are exceptions here as well. Moreover, pay attention that the collection represents authentic collectives of five villages of Vynnytsya region. Consequently, it is really possible to draw a more or less clear picture of the specificity of Podillya singing – and at that there is no confusion resulting from a plenty of ensembles. And, finally, far not all field records made during folklore expeditions can boast such high quality as is represented here – this it also noteworthy.