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Vujicsics with Marta Sebestyen - Podravina, Croatian Dance Melodies (ReDisc004) CD

(ReDisc004)

GBP 10.79


Vujicsics
with Marta Sebestyen
'Podravina - Croatian Dance Melodies'

Great new release from this distinguished ensemble playing Croatian dance tunes. Traditional tunes based on the collections of Tihamer Vujicsics and Gyorgy Martin. Tambur, bagpipe etc.
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Szilvia Bognar, Agnes Herczku, Agi Szaloki - From Mouth To Mouth (FECD035) CD

(FECD035)

GBP 10.79


Szilvia Bognar, Agnes Herczku, Agi Szaloki
'From Mouth To Mouth'

Three outstanding female vocalists working together giving voice to some of eastern Europe's treasure of folk songs...
" Our folk songs are transmitted from mouth to mouth, and while each follows its own course they change shape, become clearer and grow more beautiful on the lips of generations of singers..."
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Vujicsics Ensemble - Serb And Croat Folk Music (HCD18104) CD
(HCD18104)

GBP 10.79


Vujicsics
'Serb And Croat Folk Music'

Classic Vujicsics originally released in 1988. Sung in Serb and Croat. Pronounced "Voy-chich" after the late Hungarian composer, collector and musicologist, Tihamer Vujicsics, the group plays the traditional music of Serbia and Croatia.
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Beata Palya - Agrol-agra, Tradition in Motion (ORP003BEA1) CD

(ORP03BEA1)

GBP 10.79


Beáta Palya
'Ágról-ágra, Tradition in Motion'

Solo CD release from the singer from Karpatia band. Heartfelt folk songs that are Gypsy, Persian, Bulgarian, Hungarian etc.
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Vujicsics with Marta Sebestyen - 25 Live at the Academy of Music (ReDisc005) CD

(ReDisc005)

GBP 10.79


Vujicsics
'25 - Live at the Academy of Music'

The Vujicsics ensemble celebrates 25 years work with a special concert given at the Academy of Music, Budapest Hungary. Features Marta Sebestyen and others.
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Vujicsics with Marta Sebestyen - Southern Slav Folk Music (HCD18057) CD
(HCD18057)

GBP 10.79


Vujicsics
with Marta Sebestyen

'Délszláv Népzene - Southern Slav Folk Music'

Pronounced "Voy-chich" after the late Hungarian composer, collector and musicologist, Tihamer Vujicsics, the group plays the traditional music of Serbia and Croatia.
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Tunde Ivanovics and Geza Fabri - Mentes Maskent..., Save as... (INCD001) CD

(INCD001)

GBP 10.79


Tunde Ivanovics and Geza Fabri

'Mentes Maskent..., Save as...'

Both performers were born in Vojvodina (part of Northern Serbia with large Hungarian population). This CD contains Moldavian csango songs accompanied mainly on koboz (folk lute).
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Vujicsics with Marta Sebestyen - Samo Viraj, Just Make Music (ReDisc003) CD
(ReDisc003)

GBP 10.79


Vujicsics
'Samo Viraj - Just Make Music'.

Jointly presenting the musical heritage of the Serbs and Croats of Hungary. Features Marta Sebesteyn.
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Paniks - Ethnotica (XP022) CD

(XP022)

GBP 10.79


Paniks
'Ethnotica'

In the past decade at the music school in Subotica, Yugoslavia, such gifted talents as violinists Félix Lajkó and Szilárd Mezei, have completed their studies. In this same environment the band Paniks have evolved. Their energy and facility to improvise grabs your attention, they are part of a new breed of Balkan folk musicians. Nothing is sacred and their influences are many.
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Besh o droM - Can't Make Me! Nekemtenemmutogatol (ATR0102) CD

(CDBOD003)

GBP 10.79


Besh o droM
'Gyi!'

Besh o droM's serves up that mix of differing styles and genres so loved by the fans of East European music: hot Balkan rhythms and gypsy tunes spiced with a sense of humour and modernity. On the release Besh o droM are joined by two popular female singers: Ági Szaloki and Mónika Mitsoura.

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Besh o droM - Can't Make Me! Nekemtenemmutogatol (ATR0102) CD

(FA-082-2)

GBP 10.79


Besh o droM
'Macho Embroidery, Macso himzes'

Besh o droM was founded in 1999. The band plays Balkan and Romanian gypsy and Middle Eastern traditional music in their unique interpretation, mixing various styles and musical background.  Most of the tunes they play are traditional ones and they take the liberty to use any tunes they really like and enjoy.
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Besh o droM - Once I Catch the Devil (BOD0404) CD

(BOD0404)

GBP 10.79


Besh o droM
'Once I Catch the Devil'

NEW RELEASE
Traditional melodies, given the Besh o droM treatment, from Serbian, Moldavian, Romanian, Gypsy folk songs, Macedonian, Jewish folk song from Yemen etc. Besh o droM are joined by two popular female singers: Ági Szaloki and Mónika Mitsoura.

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Besh o droM - Can't Make Me! Nekemtenemmutogatol (ATR0102) CD

(ATR0102)

GBP 11.69


Besh o droM
'Can't Make Me! -
Nekem-
tenemmutogatol'

Great release from one of Hungary's top bands! A heady mix of Gypsy, Moldavian and Hungarian beats.
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Zurgo Ensemble - You can hear the heartbeat of time (ERCD076) CD

(ERCD076)

GBP 10.79


Zurgo Ensemble

'Szíve járását hallod az időnek - You can hear the heartbeat of time'

'The past has a message for the present in all these wonderful melodies, the heart of time is beating in them...'
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BalkanBeats Volume 2 - Various Artists (EBM007) CD

(EBM007)

GBP 8.97


'BalkanBeats Vol 2'
Various Artists

Hot of the press is Balkan Beats Volume 2, once again offering up a great mix of new and old, modern and traditional, hot Balkan tunes!
Includes a video track to play on your computer.
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BalkanBeats - Various Artists (EBM003) CD

(EBM003)

GBP 8.97


'BalkanBeats'
Various Artists

Hailed a the ultimate Balkans Compilation! With Fanfare Ciocarlia, Boban Markovic, Goran Bregovic and featuring several unpublished tracks. With wild energy, multicolored, fresh tone qualities, the inexhaustible variety of eastern European Roma and Jewish music traditions is plundered.
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Srbija: Sounds Global 3 - Various Artists (B92CD209) CD

(B92CD209)

GBP 10.79


Srbija: Sounds Global 3
Various Artists

More folk music from the cutting edge scene in Serbia. Together with volumes 1 and 2 these compilations make for a great snapshot of what is happening in the folk music scene in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Hangveto 2006 - 2007 - Various Artists (HV03) CD

(HV03)

GBP 8.97


'Hangveto 2005 - 2006'
Various Artists

Diverse cocktails from the Hangveto catalogue, the best of Magyar music-making! Transylvanian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Moldavian, traditional and modern gypsy tunes, world music with a jazz and contemporary flair.
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Srbija: Sounds Global 1 - Various Artists (B92CD008) CD

(B92CD008)

GBP 10.79


Srbija: Sounds Global 1
Various Artists

Presents the music scene in Serbia from the past few years. Featuring the best brass orchestras and winners of Guca Festival (Boban Markovic's and Mica Petrovic's), multi-talented composer and violinist Lajko Felix and respected vocalists, such as Pavle Aksentijevic and Svetlana Spajic - to mention just a few - an amazing journey through the living musical tradition of Serbia and the Balkans.
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Srbija: Sounds Global 2 - Various Artists (B92CD202) CD

(B92CD202)

GBP 10.79


Srbija: Sounds Global 2
Various Artists

Once again ringring at B92 serve up a healthy dose of music representing the scene in Belgrade. From the wild brass of the Brotherhood of Brass (which consists of the Boban Markovic Orchestra and Frank London's Klezmer All stars Band) to the 'avant folk' of Zar and all points in between.
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Nikola Parov - Naplegenda, Sunlegend (TTCD06) CD

(TTCD 06)

GBP 10.79


Nikola Parov
'Naplegenda - Sunlegend'

Nikola Parov is a featured artist in the Riverdance Orchestra, playing a wide variety of instruments: kaval, gadulka, bouzuki and gaida. He has recorded with Bill Whelan, Andy Irvine, Zsaratnok, and Marta Sebestyen and others.
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Nikola Parov - Kilim (HNCD1408) CD

(HNCD1408)

GBP 10.79


Nikola Parov
'Kilim'

Nikola Parov has recorded with Bill Whelan, Andy Irvine, Zsaratnok, and Marta Sebestyen and others.
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Balkan Playboys feat. Nikola Parov - Balkaninis (FY8064) CD

(FY8064)

GBP 10.79


Balkan Playboys feat. Nikola Parov
'Balkaninis

This is the music of their everyday life, that serves to mark all the rites of passage (from weddings to funerals)... The BALKAN PLAYBOYS re-workings of this repertoire are remarkably fresh and intriguing, while the quality of the musicianship melds with the beauty of the melodies to create a work of an extremely high standard...
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Jony Iliev and band - Ma maren ma (CDATR0102) CD

(CDATR0102)

GBP 11.69


Jony Iliev and band
'Ma maren ma'

When Jony sings and his voice moves between four octaves heart and head are torn. When Boril closes his eyes and pushes his clarinet into the air, its sound cuts like a knife right through the soul. And when Martin Lubenov´s fingers fly over the accordion, he lets everybody lose their minds.
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Karpatia Ensemble - Vasar The Fair, Music from the Peoples of Moldva (ERCD060)

(ERCD060)

GBP 10.79


Kárpátia Ensemble
'Vásár - The Fair
Music from the Peoples of Moldva'

Karpatia arrangements are based on the traditional music of many ethnicities that have lived in Moldva.
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Karpatia Ensemble - Zene Moldvabol, Music from Moldavia (ERCD025) CD


(ERCD025)

GBP 10.79


Karpatia Ensemble

'Zene Moldvabol - Music from Moldavia'

"We learn the tunes and also how to play the instruments from archival recordings and from village musicians who are still alive".
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Bastya - De sok ido, Whole lot of time (BGCD102) CD


(BGCD102)

GBP 10.79


Bástya

'De sok ido - Whole lot of time'

Bástya are from Slovakia and Hungary, and it is their mission to popularise the zither and its folk music. They model themselves on traditional zither ensembles.
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Bastya Citerazenekar - Amit tudtak.. What They knew (BGCD136) CD

(BGCD136)

GBP 10.79


Bastya Citerazenekar
'Amit tudtak.. What They knew'

The Bastya Zither band is the pioneer of the new style zither-music, as they use leader-, tenor- and bass- zithers, which are equivalent of the violin, viola and double-bass in folk ensembles. Due to this line-up their sound is not like a zither band’s sound, but reminds us of a string ensemble. Besides the zithers they use other instruments like Moldavian drum, beating-wood, accordion and violin.
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Ivan Lantos - Holnapig (ERCD068) CD

(ERCD068)

GBP 10.79


Ivan Lantos
'Holnapig'

'This is a selection of Ivan Lantos' recordings from 1992-2003.... After the release of Kolinda's record titled '1514', Lantos stayed In France, playing his bagpipe wherever they invited him. In the 1980's he brought together a formation called Transylvanian Kaposzta (Transylvanian cabbage), but he also turned up in Celtic (Gabriel Yacoub) and Gabon (Piere Akendegue) circles as well...'
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Hangveto 2005 - 2006 - Various Artists (HV02) CD

(HV02)

was
GBP 8.97
now
GBP 4.99


'Hangveto 2005 - 2006'
Various Artists

Transylvanian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Moldavian, traditional and modern gypsy tunes, world music with a jazz and contemporary flair.
Among well-known names like Mitsoura, Felix Lajko, and Makam there are some new and exciting bands on this compilation.
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Zurgo Ensemble - Hungarian folk music from Moldavia (ERCD014) CD


(ERCD014)

GBP 10.79

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stock


Zurgo Ensemble

'Hungarian folk music from Moldavia'

The Zurgo Ensemble present the music and traditions of the ‘Csango’ Hungarians living in Moldavia. 
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(OWCD006)

GBP 10.79


Kapela Ze Wsi Warszawa - Warsaw Village Band
'Wiosna Ludu'

Poland's Warsaw Village Band mix trance, minimal and roots music to create their own strong and distinctive sound. Their unique sound is achieved by using a characteristic manner of singing: so called 'white voices' and archaic traditional instruments.... performing rediscovered tunes with long forgotten or ignored elements of trance in traditional Polish music.
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