Introducing Alexander Eppler
Aleksandr Eppler - Kaval soloist and maker - Aleksandr Eppler's early days in Bulgaria, career as a kaval soloist and maker. Many fascinating archival photographs from Bulgaria, Russia and the rest of the world.
Eppler Flute Company - A. I. Eppler, world famous maker of musical instruments, many interesting photographs.
Over the past several years, Aleksandr Eppler has been rediscovered by a new generation of young people in Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia and Romania. They have gone out and sought old, archival recordings from their respective Radio-Television Centres and posted them on the worldwide web. The links are listed below:
Bulgarian Kaval 1 / Кавал - Aleksandr Eppler (concert)
Bulgarian Kaval 2 / Кавал - "Na Bulchavane" (Wedding music from Thrace).
Bulgarian Kaval 3 / Кавал - "Trite Puti" (Thracian Dance)
Bulgarian Kaval 4 / Кавал - "Turtsite dyalba delili" (Slow song from Thrace)
Bulgarian Kaval 5 / Кавал - "Dzhumbisheva Rutchenitsa"
Bulgarian Kaval 6 / Кавал - "Strandzhansko Horo"
Bulgarian Kaval 7 / Кавал: "Aftanska Rutchenitsa"
Bulgarian Kaval 8 / Кавал - Bavna Pesen - "Dimitur Rano Podrani"
Bulgarian Kaval 9 / Кавал - "Bavna Trakiiska Melodia"
Bulgarian Kaval 10 / Кавал - Group of 11 kavals "Rutchenitsa"
Russian Balalaika 2 / Балалайка - "Русские Народные Песни"
Bulgarian Tambura 3 / Тамбура - "Shopsko Horo"
Bulgarian Tambura 4 / Тамбура - "Vlashko Horo"
Russian Balalaika 1 / Балалайка - "Барыня"
Russian Balalaika 3 / Балалайка - "Коробейники"
Russian Balalaika 4 / Балалайка - "Русская Веселая"
Russian Balalaika 5 / Балалайка - "Выхожу один я на дорогу"
Russian Balalaika 6 / Балалайка - "Заиграй Моя Волынка"
Russian Balalaika 7 / Балалайка - "Светит Месяц"
Russian Balalaika 8 / Балалайка - "По всей деревне Катенька"
Russian Balalaika 9 / Балалайка - "Я на камушке сижу"
Russian Balalaika 10 / Балалайка - "Ах ты береза"
Russian Balalaika 11 / Балалайка - "Полянка"