Gypsy Music from Hungary & Romania

Artist: Zoltan & His Gypsy Ensemble
Label: Legacy
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 076637033025
EAN: 0076637033025
ASIN: B000002NQU

Release Date: 1994-07-18

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Tracks:

Dark Eyes
Gypsy Tango
Hungarian Song And Dance
Ziguener
Romanian Song And Dance
Moldavian Song And Dance
Hora Staccato
Gypsy Song And Dance
Two Guitars
Caucasian Song

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Customer Reviews:

Passionate!.......2005-02-26

This album is beautiful, I hope there is a new geneartion of musicians that can carry on the "FEELING" of gypsy music because that's exactly what it is. I don't only hear it I feel it, when I come across an album that reminds me of the music I heard in restaurants, or music halls in Hungary as a child I tear up. I dream of the day I can return to Europe and enjoy live music again. Until then, this is as close as it gets. Thank you for this album :-)

Disappointment Ensured.......2005-01-05

Altho the selections are fine and typical of the robust music associated with gypsy violins, the QUALITY of the recording is abysmal and sounds as if it were recorded by a hand-held tape recorder. Definitely NOT recommended.

Breathtaking.......2004-09-09

The tracks in this CD took my breath away, classical Hungarian music, my favourites are track 9 and track 1, could not stop dancing..awesome... I would buy more copies for friends.

a meditative spin on gypsy music.......2003-11-15

Gypsy purists won't like it.But if you enjoy classical music also, you may get something out of this.The violin sound does not screetch at you.It dawns on you.So its more a meditative listen.Theres upfront violin and orchestral, with light cimbalom to add to the flavour.
The title and cover are poor choices.Because, even though it contains gypsy elements, the music is not as traditional as that.
(If a 'hybrid' is what u seek, then u may find it's worth more stars than 'I' gave it).

What do we mean by "Gypsy Music"?: Excellent CD.......2003-10-15

Right off the bat, a distinction should be made between the music of the Gypsies (that is music played by Roma for Roma) and the music played by Gypsies (music played by Roma for others). This album is a fine example of the of the latter style as it was played 50 or so years ago.

The CD includes many standard songs that were played by Roma ensembles in the cities of Europe and North America and that were beloved by their audiences. To dismiss this music as so much "restaurant music" strikes me as racist, at best. This is music that has has great artistry and feeling and into which the performers invested great artistic effort. Much of repetoire represents a close colaboration between Roma and non-Roma. It also reflects the way in which popular songs of the day were ( and are) adapted by Gypsy musicians and given a distintive performance style. Furthermore, the performances maintain a certain "rawness" that I feel is lost in the virtuosity of recordings of "ciganyzene" from Hungary made in the 25 years.

The music represents the interaction of several cultures - music from Hungary, Russia, Romania, Moldavia and England(yes, Noel Coward's "Ziguener"!). To discount the value in this music is to relegate the Roma ONLY to those songs sung around the campfire and played by amateurs (a music that I also happen to like, by the way).

My major criticism of this CD is that it is entirely lacking in meaningful program notes. The names of the performers, date and name of the issue of these recordings would be helpful. Clearly these recordings were made before the advent of modern recording techniques, but that is about all we can tell.

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