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International
Records Ltd distributor of
'World Music' music
CDs.
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Details of
Ethnophonie music CD releases.
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Ethnophonie
Romania based folk and gypsy music
label.
Artists include:
Musicians From Naipu, Nicolae Neascu
'Culai', Ioan 'Popicu' Pop, Constantin Lupu and Constantin
Negel, Ardealul Ensemble, Emil
Mihaiu, Urszui Kálmán, and Pusztai
Aladár, and others.
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Selected CD releases from the
Ethnophonie catalogue:
CD cover
artwork
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Description of CD releases from
Ethnophonie
Where available mp3 sound samples
are included, click on links for
approx 30 second sample.
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Fiddler music from Chioar and Codru - Various Artists
(CD011)
24 page booklet in Romanian and
English giving details on the music
and musicians.
'Chioar and Codru are two small
regions by the north-western border
of Romania, between Hungary (to the
west), Ukraine (to the north),
Maramures and Transylvania (to the
east and south respectively)...
... their peasant music is rather
closer to that of central
Transylvania....'
Suite of dance tunes from Stana de
Codru (mp3
sample)
Suite of dance tunes: Ardeleana (cu
strigaturi), Dant din capat (mp3
sample)
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The Late Glory of the Musicians from Naipu
(CD010)
20 page booklet in Romanian and
English giving details on the music
and musicians. 'About 40 km south of
the capital, on a by-way easy to
overlook, lies the village of Naipu.
At the small tavern with four tables
in the Gypsy quarter – the abode
of about one third of the population
–, a few old men hang around,
spinning the yarn of memories. The
octogenarian dulcimer player Dulă
tells his fellow musicians about his
"diary", where he wrote
that in the past, when their music
was still in demand...'
Love song: Little Cuckoo (mp3
sample)
Old song: Iancu Jianu (mp3
sample)
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Constantin Lupu and Constantin Negel - Old Music from North Moldavia
(CD009)
The wild sounds of folk music from
that far corner of Europe known as
Moldavia. Music led by the violin
and the ancient cobza (lute type
instrument). Collected, recorded and
documented by Speranta Radulescu of
Ethnophonie maintaining all its
originality and fiery passion.
Joc Dance: Hora lui Nemteanu de la
Saveni (mp3
sample)
Joc Dances: Margineanca de la
Flamanzl, Batuta (mp3
sample)
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Roma and Gypsies from the Village of
Gratia, Teleorman - Various Artists
(CD008)
'Two categories of Gypsies live in
the village of Gratia in the Danube
Plains: bear leaders/ursari, and
musicians. The former settled here
after the war; they live on the
outskirts, speak Romanesh, call
themselves Roma, and sing vocal
music in the family, accompanied by
spoons, pebbles and makeshift drums.
Their dominant musical genres are
the manea and turceasca - i.e.
"the Turkish"...
Suite of 'goldsmiths', 'tinsmiths
and bear leaders' dances (mp3
sample)
Love song: Da-mi Doamne si nu-mi da
mult (mp3
sample)
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Ardealul Ensemble - Gypsy Music From Transylvania
(CD007)
'All the pieces on this recording
are instrumental: some in the
serious, classical Transylvanian
formula of a string trio (ceteră–contră–gordon,
i.e. violin–adjusted
viola–double bass); others in the
more modern formula in which the
accordion and the cymbalum, with
their specific exuberance, join the
strings...'
Suite of two slow de cingherit
dances:
Kalo hin moro ogi - My Heart Is
Black (the second with unidentified
title) and a quick de cingherit
dance from Bonţida (mp3
sample)
Slow de cingherit
dance: Mîri sucarni - My Beautiful
Lady (mp3
sample)
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Ioan Pop Ensemble
- Romanian, Ukrainian and Jewish Music from Maramures
(CD006)
The categories of Maramures party
music are few, but each of them is
rich in distinct songs. The hori are
occasional, widely accessible
lyrical songs sung individually or
in groups, with or without
instrument accompaniment, at almost
any age and on any occasion. The
zicali (instrumental pieces) are
performed by ceterasi on fiddles,
guitars and drums.
Dance Suite: De invartita (I-III) (mp3
sample)
Hore de ficiori (mp3
sample)
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Emil Mihaiu Ensemble - Romanian and Hungarian Music from Transylvania
(CD005)
In three distinct parts the
musicians show examples of
Transylvanian folk music. First from
a Romanian viewpoint, then
Hungarian, and then aspects common
to both.
28 page booklet in English and
French with extensive note on the
music and musicians.
De Inceput, Batuta - Dance Suite (mp3
sample)
Friss Csardas - Dance Suite (mp3
sample)
Pe Doua Laturi - Romanian Dance (mp3
sample)
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Outlaws of Yore, Les Haidouks d'autrefois (II)
- Various Artists (CD004)
The lăutari of Clejani are perhaps
the most inspired and fervent of all
folk musicians in Romania. The
exuberant, musical style of their
native southern region has certainly
stimulated them in this respect.
Cantarea Revolutiei - Epic Song.
Dance Suite (mp3
sample)
Murguletul - Dance (mp3
sample)
Hora si Braul ca la Clejani - Dance
Suite (mp3
sample)
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Outlaws of Yore, Les Haidouks d'autrefois (I)
- Various Artists (CD003)
Epic songs, love songs and long
songs, the Haidouks have them all,
and have been playing them for
centuries. With 34 page booklet with
notes in English and French.
Featuring some familiar Taraf De
Haidouks tunes.
Love song; Ieu az' noapte ce-am
patit (What Befell Me Last Night)
and Dance Tune: Sarba (mp3
sample)
Lyric Song: Azi e nor maine-i senin
(Cloudy Today, Sunny Tomorrow) (mp3
sample)
Epic Song: Toma Dalimos (mp3
sample)
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Zece Prajini Peasant Brass Bands from Moldavia - Various Artists
(CD002)
With 40 pages booklet in English and
French, giving a brief history of
the Romanian Peasant Brass Band,
notes on the performances,
repertoire, and traditions of the
musicians of Zece Prăjini.
Hora de Strigaturi - Dance (mp3
sample)
Hora 'de la do' - Dance (mp3
sample)
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The End of the Millennium in the Romanian Village - Various Artists
(CD001)
Songs and dances from different
villages charting the year and the
various celebrations that life
revolves around. Musicians from
various villages, all masters of
their art and expertly recorded,
making for a splendid all round
representation of living Romanian
folk music as it is today.
Love song from Vlasca: "Come
on, sweet heart, to the
doorway", performed by a folk
band from Clejani - Giurgiu (voice:
Ilie Iorga) (mp3
sample)
Ritual Wedding Music: "The song
of the firetree", performed
(vocal and instrumental) by a folk
band from Mârsa - Giurgiu (mp3
sample)
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