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Zurgo Ensemble

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

(ERCD076)

Musicians:
Lídia  Draskóczy - fiddle
Andrea Navratil - voice
Félix Benke Ágoston - drum, jew's harp, leaf whistle
László Demeter - koboz (lute)
Bercel Nagy - wooden whistles, tale-teller
Csaba Sófalvi Kiss - wooden whistles, kaval

Guests:
Mária Petrás - voice
Géza Fábri - koboz, voice

Label - Etnofon, Hungary
Released 2004

"On the present album we invoke Gregorian melodies, ballads, laments and love songs, dance melodies of medieval, renaissance and modern origin, recalling the festivities, joy and sorrow of generations that have passed. All this is music of the Hungarian speaking minority in Moldva (Moldavia), Romania, the Csángó people, that we have been collecting from their elders and their grandsons and granddaughters. The past has a message for the present in all these wonderful melodies, the heart of time is beating in them."
Zurgo Ensemble

The Zurgo Ensemble on this CD release present the music and traditions of the ‘Csango’ Hungarians living in Moldavia. Since 1992 they have collected dance music and songs from the Moldavian Csangos and play them on traditional instruments such as the violin, kaval, kobza, whistle and drum etc. In their native Hungary they are regular performers of their art and have appeared on many radio and television programmes.

East of the Carpathian mountains is the territory of Moldavia, now a part of Romania, and it is here in the 12th and 13th centuries that Hungarians settled. Whilst still preserving certain ancient Hungarian influences, the music of the Csangos has inevitably been touched by the music from their immediate neighbours. So within the music Zurgo play you can easily hear the Balkan music of the Turkish, Slavic, Romanian people.

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Zurgo Ensemble

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

(ERCD076)

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. Magyaros - Old Hungarian dances (4'52") 2. Antaloké - Two Antals' melodies (5'20") 3. Györgyi Ilonával - At the end of the garden... (2'40") 4. Nunta - wedding (5'48") 5. Vőlegénysirató - Mourning song (5'52") 6. "Fenn a csillag, fenn az ég..." - Stars and the sky above (3'44") 7. "Szeretőm e táncba..." - My lover in the dance... (4'14") 8. Márton víg Gergele - Gergely's song (4'09") 9. Juhajgatás - Shepherd's song (6'36") 10. "Ha folyóvíz volnék..." - If I were a river... (7'36") 11. Kyrie eleison (2'13") 12. Havajgatás - Consolation (6'29") 13. Szép asszonyok éneke - Song of the witches (7'11")

Duration (66'45")

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