This album presents the great variety of Eastern European music and instruments, from Latvian sealskin bagpipes, to Belarusian tsimbali, to Moldavian Gypsy brass music and to the intricate, Balkan-influenced rhythms of southern Romania and Hungary. A musical journey from the Baltic Sea states through Poland and Ukraine to southern Hungary. This compilation also includes typical East European Klezmer.
Track Listing:
1. LITHUANIA: Dainava - Pasokek (Jump a Bit) (J. Gaizauskas) / Abruselis (Towel Dance) (J. Svedas) - 3:57
2. LATVIA: Valdis & Maris Muktupavels - Pimin, brol (Bear in Mind, Brother) (V. Muktupavels / M. Muktupavels) - 2:46
3. BELARUS: Nataliya Romanskaya & Kirmash - Kaljá maigó zérama (Near My House) (trad., arr. N. Romanskaya) - 4:17
4. EAST EUROPEAN KLEZMER: Frejlechs - Doyne / Kiever Freylekhs (trad.) - 3:14
5. UKRAINE: Folk Song & Dance Ensemble 'Suzirya' - Wedding Polka / Ancient Ukrainian Cossachocks (trad.) - 3:05
6. KLEZMER: Gregori Schechter's Klezmer Festival Band - Skotchne no. 2 (Polish dance) (trad.) - 4:00
7. POLAND: Karolinka - Karolinka (trad.) - 2:36
8. MOLDOVA: Fanfara din Cozmesti - Cantecul miresei (Bride's song) / La gatitul miresei (Bride Preparation) (trad.) - 4:27
9. ROMANIA / TRANSYLVANIA: Ana Hossu & Friends - Badita negricios (My Dark-Haired Lover) (trad., arr. Francis Balogh) - 2:48
10. ROMANIA / WALLACHIA: Maria Buza & Taraful Ciuleandra - Blestemul (The Curse) (trad.) - 5:11
11. ROMANIA / BANAT: Doina Timi?ului - Frica mi-i ca mor, ca mâine (Doina) / Brâu (trad.) - 4:23
12. SLOVAKIA: Folklórny Súbor Lipa - Konopa, konopa (song medley) (trad.) - 3:12
13. HUNGARY: Méta - Párhuzam (Comparison) (trad.) - 3:45
14. HUNGARY / CIMBALOM: Kálmán Balogh - Sirba, Tropca and Hora from Dobrogea (trad., arr. K. Balogh) - 4:51
Total playing time: 53:05 min.
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