4:00pm

Harmonia “Romanian Ritual Dances” from Hidden Legacy (Folk Sounds Records www.folksoundsrecords.com 2012) N  —this is the Calusari tradition - one of those pagan fertility rites that persisted into the 20th century. The dances are VERY athletic...Buy it!

4:12pm

Florea Cioacă & orch. Gheorghe Zamfir “Brîul de la Ișalnița” from Rencontre avec la Roumani - Instruments Folkloriques (Electrecord) —This old LP was one of the first exported from Romania in the late 1960's and early 1970s and featured many traditional players brought into the studio and backed up by professional studio orchestras such as the one led by the panpipe player Gheorghe ZamfBuy it!

4:20pm

Ion Albesteanu “Cântec De Dragoste” from Ion Albesteanu (Electrecord) —the title means "love song" , but it is also the name of a genre of slow song for instrumentalistsBuy it!

4:26pm

Toni Iordache “Cântec De Dragoste” from Tresors Folkorique Roumains Vol 2 (Electrecord) —this slow piece (with fast accompaniment) from probably the greatest cimbalom player that ever livedBuy it!

4:35pm

Ilie Udilă “Cântec de dragoste din Teleorman” from Comori ale muzicii lautaresti - Ilie Udilă - vol. 1 (Electrecord)Buy it!

4:40pm

Gheorghe Zamfir “Hora Lăutărească” from Les Flûtes Roumaines (Arion)Buy it!

4:47pm

Nicolae Pîrvu “Alunelul Așezat” from Tresors Folkorique Roumains - Nicolae Pîrvu (Electrecord (LP)) —another panpipe player with impeccable technique, known for his legato playingBuy it!

4:51pm

Vasile Pandelescu “Supărat am fost de mic” from Vasile Pandelescu (Electrecord (LP)) —another much-recorded accordion player; his son took up the cimbalom, thoughBuy it!

4:56pm

Ștefan Miriuță “Cîntec de dragoste” from Ștefan Miriuță (Electrecord (LP))Buy it!

5:05pm

Ion Lăceanu “Cînd și-a pierdut Ciobanul Oile” from Ion Lăceanu (vol 1, 1973) (Electrecord (LP) 1973) —The title translates into "when the shepherd lost his sheep" - a "program piece". These are done by instrumentalists all over Romania, and always start with a lament for the lost sheep. Most, unlike this one, then go on to a dance tune to celebrate theBuy it!

5:12pm

Ion Lăceanu “Brîu pe Opt” from Ion Lăceanu (vol 1, 1973) (Electrecord (LP) 1973) —The instrument for all 3 tracks is the caval, a 5-holed fluteBuy it!

5:18pm

Dumitru Zamfira “După Bîtă” from Dumitru Zamfira (Electrecord (LP)) —the dance name is "on the stick"Buy it!

5:23pm

Marin Chisar “Cîntec” from (7-inch 33rpm disc) (Electrecord) —the name means "song" - here just an instrumentalBuy it!

5:30pm

Harmonia “Forgive Me, Mother” from Hidden Legacy (Folk Sounds Records www.folksoundsrecords.com 2012) N  —here sung by Beata Begeniova with her (now) husband accompanying her on the cimbalom. The song, like the singer, is Lemko/Carpatho-Rusin.Buy it!

5:37pm

Orkiestra Św. Mikołaja “Bude Jarmark” from Jeden Koncert ((self) 2002) —this ground-breaking group consists of both Polish and Lemko members, and have developed a modern and more "hybrid" sound to express what they consider the "transcarpathian" culture their music comes from. The verses here are in Lemko Ukrainian dialect;Buy it!

5:47pm

Orkiestra Św. Mikołaja “Oj Moroz Moroz” from Lem-Agination (Open Sources 2008) —in pursuit of their desire to present "Carpathian" music, not "Polish" or "Ukrainian" music, this well-known is turned out in Tatra mountain style, Slovak, style, and Polish style.Buy it!

5:53pm

Orkiestra Św. Mikołaja “Ne Lubył Jem Tja” from Lem-Agination (Open Sources 2008) —in Oberek rhythmBuy it!