It's beautifully simple, and only just over a minute long, but it's one of the most charming pieces I've heard in a while. However it's not the vocal music which is the real glory of the disc, but the instrumental tracks. The Valle e gajdes or bagpipe dance is in fact played on clarinet, with some wonderfully scooped-out melodic lines that would probably be impossible on the pipe. From the notes, the pipezat appears to be the authentic 'oaten straw' simply made out of a straw or reed for immediate use, rather than a hornpipe-style instrument. The disc opens with a four and a half minute 'heavy' kaba for clarinet that uses the full expressive potential of the instrument.
Notes are 'bent', and broken up into staccato by tonguing and breath.
It's a pity there's not more personal detail in the notes. Given that one of the singers in the women's group is named as Luljeta Johnston, there must be a story there somewhere - and the relationship of 'recorder' and 'recorded' is a datum of some interest to the listener. A pity also that we don't have the kind of information on the exact recording circumstances of each track that made the Rounder compilation so interesting. Congratulations to Saydisc not only for their charitable act, but also for producing an interesting and highly enjoyable addition to the Albanian discography.