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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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Visit the Bastya web site at:
www.bastyazenekar.hu
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Bastya Citerazenekar
'Amit tudtak.. What They knew'
(BGCD136)
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