Music from the Hills (Music)
With John Uhlemann
Sun Oct 30th 2011 4.00pm–6.00pm
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
4:00pm | Zsarátnok “Vámpírok bálja / Vampire's Ball” from Holdudvar (Hungaroton (cassette) 1989)Buy it! |
4:05pm | Kiss Ferenc “Dance Of Death” from Vízöntõ Kor (Gong 2004)Buy it! |
4:13pm | Kanalas Eva & Fabri Geza “Kilenc Szekér” from Énekes Füner ((self-produced cassette) 1993) —This remains my favorite recording of songs from the Moldvai Csángó, a Hungarian minority group living on the Eastern Slopes of the Carpthian mountains in Romania.Buy it! |
4:19pm | Kárpátia “Keserves és kezesek” from Kárpátia (Etnofon 1998) —It is no mistake this sounds like Klezmer music - many Jews ived in the area and a lot of common characteristics can be heard in the music.Buy it! |
4:25pm | Kanalas Eva & Fabri Geza “Tegnap voltam zab aratni...Fut a bácsi...” from Énekes Füner ((self-produced cassette) 1993)Buy it! |
4:28pm | Csürrentő “Stica” from Moldvai Csángó Tánczene (Kiadja & Fakutya 2009) —ths was recorded live at a dance in Budapest, but is typical Moldvai Csángó musicBuy it! |
4:38pm | Ciprian Porumbescu ens. Suceava “Păhărel cu Floricele” from Bucovina II (Electrecord (LP)) —literally, "the flowered glass" which was offered to the bride and groom for fertility. This begins our survey of music from Bucovina, a mountain area in northern Romania.Buy it! |
4:40pm | Ciprian Porumbescu ens. Suceava “Hora din Voinitel” from Bucovina I (Electrecord (LP))Buy it! |
4:41pm | Alexandru Bidirel “Foaie Verde Nucă Seacă” from Alexandru Bidirel (Electrecord (LP))Buy it! |
4:44pm | Alexandru Bidirel “De Trei Ori pe Lîngă Masă” from Alexandru Bidirel (Electrecord (LP)) —this finishes our set of music from BucovinaBuy it! |
4:49pm | Sofia Vicoveanca “Of, urât și iar urât” from Sofia - Bukovina songs (Oriente Music 2001) —this singer records with both Moldavian Romanian and republic of Moldova orchestrasBuy it! |
4:52pm | Sofia Vicoveanca “Scripcaraș cu struna veche” from Sofia - Bukovina songs (Oriente Music 2001)Buy it! |
4:54pm | Ion Drăgoi “Doină Moldovenească” from Ion Drăgoi (Electrecord) —a beautiful example of the "slow tune, fast accompaniment" style seen throughout the northern BalkansBuy it! |
4:57pm | Mihai Botofei “Joc de doi de la Botești” from Mihai Botofei (Electrecord (LP))Buy it! |
4:59pm | Mihai Botofei “Sîrba de la Vădurele” from Mihai Botofei (Electrecord (LP))Buy it! |
5:04pm | Adam Stînga - trompetă “Doina Balvașniței” from Mărgăritare Lăutărești (Eurostar 2004)Buy it! |
5:09pm | Adam Stînga - trompetă “Sîrba lui Toader” from Mărgăritare Lăutărești (Eurostar 2004)Buy it! |
5:14pm | Itzhak Perlman with Brave Old World “Trad: Doina Naftule” from Live In The Fiddler's House (Angel 1996) —a tune by the great Klezmer clarinet player Naftule BrandweinBuy it! |
5:17pm | Brave Old World “Basarabye” from In The Fiddler's House (Angel 1995)Buy it! |
5:24pm | Odessa Klezmer band “Hora” from Isaac's Dry Tree (Etnofon 2000)Buy it! |
5:28pm | Odessa Klezmer band “Fiancé From The Carpathians” from Isaac's Dry Tree (Etnofon 2000) —and thus ends our sampling of Jewish music from Moldova, or thereaboutsBuy it! |
5:35pm | Téka “Vajdaszentiványi Sebesforduló” from Erdélyország Sok Szép Vize (Duo Sound 1993) —This Transylvanian village borders on the Szekely lands against the western slopes of the Carpathian mountians in Romania. The population is largely Hungarian-speaking.Buy it! |
5:39pm | Magos Zenekar “Forduló És Cigánycsárdás (Magyarpéterlaka)” from Táncház-Népzene 2009 (Hagyományok Háza 2009) —a group of dances from the Szekély landsBuy it! |
5:47pm | Alexandru Țitruș “Suită de doine și jocuri de pe Mureș (Doină / Haidăul / Hațegana / Joc de Nuntă / Hațegana) )” from Alexandru Țitruș - Doine și jocuri de pe Mureș și Someș (Electrecord (LP))Buy it! |
5:59pm | Fishtank Ensemble “Epagnolette” from Woman In Sin (self-released 2010)Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.