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Agnes Herczku, Eva Korpas, Robert Lakatos, Balazs Vizeli, Mihaly Dresch, Kalman Balogh, ao

'Primas Parade'

Musicians:
Ágnes Herczku - voice (3, 6, 9, 10)
Éva Korpás - voice (4, 6, 9, 10)
Róbert Lakatos - viola (1, 9, 10), violin (5, 9, 10)
Balázs Vizeli - violin (1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
István Pál "Szalonna" - violin (1, 3, 5, 10), voice (3, 10)
Mihály Dresch "Dudás" - soprano sax (1), flute (2, 6, 9), alto sax (4), voice (10)
Miklós Both - guitar (1, 4, 8)
Kálmán Balogh - cimbalom (1, 3, 7, 8, 10), oral bass (10)
László Mester - viola (1-3, 7, 8, 10), hit cello (6)
Róbert Doór - double bass (1-3, 5, 7-10)

Label - Folk Europa, Hungary
Released 2009

From label:
"When we hear the word prímás, a picture of a violinist dressed in a blue or red waistcoat playing in the middle of a (Hungarian) restaurant usually forms in our mind's eye.
However, musical history informs us that it was also cimbalom players who very often took the leading role in a band as well. With regard to Prímás Parade - without dismissing the traditional view mentioned above, we are reaching back to the original meaning of the word, according to which 'primus' means "first", or "the one who is in the lead". Its derivative 'primarius' means "the one who is among the first ones" or "respected", and in musical terms it definitely refers "the first violinist of a string quartet".

It is thanks to Róbert Lakatos that this production could come into existence. He invited musicians to participate who have not only been band leaders for a long time, but who also found a common starting point in folk music, which each one of them arranges in their own particular style. So each of the soloists on this album, one way or the other, is a prímás."
András Lelkes, FolkEurópa

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Ágnes Herczku, Éva Korpás, Róbert Lakatos,
Balázs Vizeli, Mihály Dresch, Kálmán Balogh, ao

'Prímás Parade'

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1. Legényes variációk, Men's Dances

2. Bihari román dallamok, Romanian tunes from Bihar County

3. Mars, csárdás és bukós Galgamentéről, March, Csárdás and Skipping dance from Galgamente

4. Megy a nap lefelé..., Now the Sun starts to sink

5. Kolozs

6. Gyimesi táncdallamok, Dance tunes from Gyimes

7. Vajdaszentiványi cimbalmos muzsika, Cimbalom music from Vajdaszentivány

8. Kalotaszegi hajnali, csárdás és szapora, Dawn song, Csárdás and Fast from Kalotaszeg

9. Három széki dal, Three songs from Szék

10. Szatmári muzsika, Songs from Szatmá

Duration (66'42")

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