Following the success of Spirit of Armenia, Balkan Spirit enables us to discover another area of great musical tradition and intercultural dialogue: the Balkans. Alongside musicians from Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Turkey, Jordi Savall conducts his ensemble, Hespèrion XXI, and unveils the original lyricism of an instrumental and vocal repertoire that covers the entire spectrum of human emotions.

1 Traditional Dance 3’50

2 Hungarian Air 5’33

3 Chichovata (Bulgaria) 3’32

4 Soufi Dance 3’07

5 Traditional (Serbia) 5’27

6 Dramatic Song(Serbia) 5’21

7 Sborenka (Bulgaria) 2’28

8 Biljana (Macedonia) 4’38

9 Sousta (Greece and Turkey) 3’21

10 Gulubovska Ruchenitsa (Bulgaria) 5’48

11 Suite 7’12

12 King Nimrod 6’01

13 TaXyla (Greece) 2’59

14 Sitno Vlashko (Bulgaria) 3’39

15 Ciocarla (Croatia) 2’17

16 Doine, pourtala & horacaval (Roumania) 7’49

17 Lyric Piece (Serbia) 3’37

18 Traditional Dance (Croatia) 2’37

19 Piece for cymbalum and ensemble 2’06