World Beat > Romanian > Music CD details

Luca Novac
accompanied by the  Orchestras of
Radu Simon and Paraschiv Oprea

'A Virtuoso of the Taragot'

Taragot - a wood wind instrument, a cross between the clarinet and oboe, played in Banat county, Romania.

Extract from sleeve notes:
'Luca Novac, the soloist on this CD, is one of the numerous “taragot” virtuosi from Banat. Born in 1941 in Dalci, a village at about 8 km East From Caransebes, near the mountains. The place is renowned for its outstanding ‘fiddlers’ — the name the Romanian people give to the professional folklore musicians. In the past, they were playing different string instruments and especially the violin. Later, among these instruments, appeared the clarinet and later a number of brass instruments and, in the 1900s, the taragot. In the interwar period, there also appeared the accordion and the saxophone, this latter one played only in the taragot manner.

Born into a fiddlers family, Luca Novac, began by playing the shepherd’s whistle when he was 8 years old. Then, he learned the saxophone and after, the taragot. He plays also the clarinet, the ocarina, the bagpipe and others. Laureate of the instrumental music contests from 1957 and 1962, he played in a number of folklore music ensembles from Caransebes and Timisoara. Since 1976 he co-operates with Radu Simion’s renowned group. He toured all Romania and other countries: Yugoslavia, Hungary, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Holland, Germany, Israel, Mongolia, Korea, China... every time very successfully.

Luca Novac remains faithful for ever to the Banat style of music and cultivates it fervently and masterly. He has an amazing virtuosity for playing the dance tunes, having a prodigious staccato, and the “doina” (elegiac song typical of Romanian Lyrical folklore music), songs of large breathing, richly vested in these parts, with an extreme delicacy and sensitiveness. These are proved by the 31 tunes recorded on this CD.'

GBP 8.97

View Cart + Check Out

Luca Novac
accompanied by the  Orchestras of
Radu Simon and Paraschiv Oprea

'A Virtuoso of the Taragot'

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. Doiul de la Zervesti (1'22")

2. Cãt e Banatul de mare (2'13")

3. Brãul de pe Almaj (2'17")

4. A oilor (3'39")

5. Ardeleana lui Luca Novac (1'49")

6. Dedoi din Caransebes (1'52")

7. Hora lui Luca Bãtrãnul (1'14")

8. Brãul borlovenilor (1'42")

9. Doiul lui Luca (1'33")

10. Balada Gosnei (3'00")

11. Hora de la Petrosnita (2'07")

12. Ardeleana lui Geza Novac (1'40")

13. Doiul Furtuna’ (1'29")

14. Brâu din Banat (2'18")

15. Gugulan cu carcu mere (4'10")

16.Strugurel batut de brumâ (3'03")

17. Ardelene bãnãtene (2'11")

18. Brãul de la Poiana (1'47")

19. Doiul de la Ciclova (1'17")

20. Posovoaica (2'11")

21. Zace mierla-n cuib (3'28")

22. Joc de pe Valea Timisului (1'42")

23. De doi ca la Ciuta (1'19")

24. Jocul miresei (1'55")

25. Hora de la Oravita (1'56")

26. Joc din Câmpia Banatului (2'00")

27. Doina lui Luca Novac (2'44")

28. Hora lui Geza Novac (1'32")

29. De doi ca la Vârciorova (1'43")

30. Brãul de la Bozovici (1'45")

31. Doiul lui Scumpea (1'50")

Duration (64'48")

Our mp3 samples are approximately 30 seconds long and of low(ish) quality for a fast download (file size app 300KB).