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Bástya Citerazenekar

'Amit tudtak.. What They knew'

(BGCD136)

Musicians:
Laszlo Bata - zither, voice
Levente Cservenka - zither, voice
Zsolt Geringer - zither, voice
Eszter Gubucz - zither, voice
Peter Gubucz - zither, voice
Istvan Paszicsnyuk - zither, voice
Peter Paszicsnyuk - zither, voice
Eva Toth - zither, voice
Piroska Toth - zither, voice

The members of zither band Bástya are from Slovakia and Hungary, and it is their mission to popularise the zither and the folk music of these countries.

The Bástya 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.

This is the third album of Bástya Citerband. They play authentic Hungarian folk music from almost every region of the Carpathians: Szatmár, Moldva, Szilágyság, Jászság, Palócföld, the Galga basin, Mátyusföld, Drávaszög, Kalotaszeg and Eastern Slovakia. Many of these songs are the band’s own collection.

Their special moments on this album are the well-known tune of Kodály’s ’Kállai kettos’ at the end of the folksong from Szatmár, or the famous Gypsy song ’Csingerálás’ in the medley titled ’Elindultak a cigányok’. The arrangement from Drávaszög is recorded in it’s original Croatian language, and the song titled ’Ének az aradi vértanúkról’ is sang by the villagers themselves.

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Bastya Citerazenekar

'Amit tudtak.. What They knew'

(BGCD136)

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks

1. Szatmári népzene (5'41") 2. Moldvai énekek (3'05") 3. Elindultak a cigányok... (Szilágyság) (7'48") 4. Magyarbődi csárdások (Kelet-Szlovákia) (6'15") 5. Kalotaszegi legényes, csárdás és szapora (6'09") 6. Új stílus (Jászság) (8'28") 7. Miskolc felől... (Palócföld) (7'00") 8. Délszláv népzene (Drávaszög) (4'45") 9. Kedvenc (Galga mente) (7'02") 10. Ének az aradi vértanúkról (Mátyusföld) (4'15")

Duration (60'26")

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