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An ambient contemporary jazz variation of G.F.Handel's Aria "Lascia ch'io pianga..." 
...mia cruda sorte,
e che sospiri
la libertà.
Il duolo infranga
queste ritorte
de' miei martiri
sol per pietà...

Lascia Ch'io Pianga - Corps De Ballet

Unreleased remake of Foltin's track DVOJKA (original from the album ANTITELO) 

DVOJKA (by Foltin) Orchestrated by Kodjabashia

Chamber acoustic piece for Piano, Clarinet, English Horn, Viola and percussions feat. James Joyce's original voice recording and quoting J.S.Bach's second movement of his iconic piece Italian Concerto. A Haunting, atmospheric, melancholic homage to Samuel Beckett.

Reveries of the Solitary Walker

Searching for Young Godot

Violin and Piano piece written in 1996. Performed by Oleg Kondratenko (violin) and Nikola Kodjabashia (piano)

THE MOST OF NOW / Nikola Kodjabashia

Amaro ma non troppo

Remake of a macedonian late 60s etno-rock classic song "It's been and it's gone / било и поминало" originally written by Jane Kodjabashia for the band BIS BEZ. 

Performed by BBC Singers and Nikola Kodjabashia in Maida Vale studios London for the BBC radio drama "Masistonia by Colin Teevan, directed by Toby Swift. feat Nikola Kodjabashia as conductor and voice actor.

It's been and it's gone / било и поминало

ARTISTS:
NIKOLA KODJABASHIA & FOLTIN feat. Goce Stevkovski
background vocals Rebeka

ALBUM TITLE:
PENELOPE X

03. чија ли си сега? / whom do you belong now? 
composed and produced by Nikola Kodjabashia
lyrics by Nikola Kodjabashia

to whom do you belong now?

ARTISTS:
NIKOLA KODJABASHIA & FOLTIN feat. Rebeka

ALBUM TITLE:
PENELOPE X

04. na na 
Composed and Produced by Nikola Kodjabashia

pseudo-instrumental

na na

ARTISTS:
NIKOLA KODJABASHIA & FOLTIN feat. Goce Stevkovski

ALBUM TITLE:
PENELOPE X

05. cinderella man 
composed by Branislav Nikolov
arranged and produced by Nikola Kodjabashia
lyrics by Branislav Nikolov

cinderella man

ARTISTS:
NIKOLA KODJABASHIA & FOLTIN feat. Goce Stevkovski

ALBUM TITLE:
PENELOPE X

06. true blue eyes 
composed and produced by Nikola Kodjabashia
lyrics by Branislav Nikolov

true blue eyes

ARTISTS:
NIKOLA KODJABASHIA & FOLTIN feat. Goce Stevkovski
and special vocal appearance by Rose Betts and Angelina Kodjabashia

ALBUM TITLE:
PENELOPE X

07. dawn of the rose red fingers 
composed and produced by Nikola Kodjabashia
lyrics by Colin Teevan

dawn of the rose red fingers

ARTISTS:
NIKOLA KODJABASHIA & FOLTIN feat. Goce Stevkovski

ALBUM TITLE:
PENELOPE X

08. homecoming 
composed and produced by Nikola Kodjabashia
instrumental

the pillars of hercules-homecoming

“All composers want to sound unique – but few manage to be as distinctive as Nikola Kodjabashia ...” John. L. Walters, Guardian, July 2004.

Nikola Kodjabashia is considered to be one of the most eminent representatives of the Balkan and East European musical avant-guard and composer of 4 critically acclaimed albums: The Most of Now, 2008, Reveries of the Solitary Walker, 2004, Penelope X (with Foltin) described by Guardian, The Times, BBC Radio 3 JazzZeitung.de, Lira.se, Giornale della Musica, All About Jazz critics as....” Proba- bly the best record of the year”... “Magisch!”....”un ibrido perfetto”...”masterful”.. Kodjabashia morphs effortlessly from assured composer-conductor through laid- back facilitator to multi-tracking keyboard wizard”....”result, drawing on every mu- sical language from modernism to Shadowslike twang, is masterful.”..

He has scored music for numerous internationally acclaimed theatre productions, including Sir Peter Hallʼs BACCHAI at the National Theatre, Young Vicʼs international hit KAFKAʼS MONKEY feat. Katherine Hunter, C.A.T.S. Multi winner Dominic Hillʼs THE THREE MUSKETEERS AND THE PRINCESS OF SPAIN, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, HAMLET and CHRISTMAS CAROL all at The CITZ, Old Vicʼs production of Wajdi Mouawadʼs SCORCHED, then Music for Olivier award winning Jonathan Kentʼs production of HECUBA at DONMAR Warehouse The- atre, Covent Garden and many more. Other commissions include scores for La Bi- ennale di Venezia 2004, BBC Singers 2010, numerous scores fro BBC TV and Radio 2005/10 as well as The National Theatre 2002/3.

His music is released by ReR, described by the Guardian as “one of the most adventurous and coherent of avant-rock labels.”

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