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'Peasant Brass Bands from Moldavia: Vorona'

Label - Ethnophonie, Romania
Released 2007

A collection of recordings of East European Brass bands from Moldavia. Instruments include Trombone, Trumpet, Clarinet, Flugelhorn etc.

With 24 page booklet in Romanian and English, including photos and information on the music and musicians.

Extract from notes:
"PEASANT BRASS BANDS FROM MOLDAVIA: VORONA
Vorona is a commune in Botosani county (in north-east of the province of Moldavia) inhabited by 8500 people grouped in six villages: Vorona, Vorona Mare, Vorona Teodoru, Jolde~ti, Icuseni and Poiana. With its unpretentious, yet well-groomed aspect, the commune seems to be heading for some well being.

Its present-day upturn was preceded by a long period of unemployment, extreme poverty, corruption, tension, frustration and despair: the 1990s. After 2002, when Romanians became freer to move around the world, the 
young horoneni (inhabitants of Uorona) took heart and went looking for jobs in Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, Canada, Australia... Their estrangement didn't bring them happiness, but they are content to support their families and build houses in which they will dwell only when they find work in their native region.

The Tloroneni are industrious, determined, calm, and not very talkative. The young who work in the West save a11 the money they can, while the adults and the elderly who stayed behind build or consolidate their houses, raise their children, and are engaged in centuries-old occupations - farming, cattle raising and forestry. Many still practice traditional crafts - pottery, wood carving, fabric manufacturing, and mask making for the New Year rituals.

People toil all day long, but reserve Sundays and Orthodox Christian holy days for rest and partying. The occasions for partying are countless: the patron festivals of the 12 churches and two monasteries of the commune (in particular the festival of Uorona monastery - an architectural gem and a hub of civilization which the villagers hold in very high esteem), the fairs, the Village Sons' Day, festivities in honor of the twin communes (one in France, the other one in the Republic of Moldova), weddings, betrothals..."

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'Peasant Brass Bands from Moldavia: Vorona'

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1. Suite of dance tunes with extempore couplets: Itele, Ciobanasul Two clarinets, four trumpets, trombone, two bass Fugelhorns, big drum (doba), couplets.

2. Suite of dance tunes: Hora-song: Ma dusei in camp sa ar (I went plowing  to the fields), Batuta, Sarba de la Ro,siori, Sarba Two clarinets, four trumpets, trombone, two bass flugelhorns, doba.

3. Suite of dance tunes with extempore couplets: Hora-song: Hora de la  Bosanci, Polcuta de la Chiscovata, Batuta de la Tlorona, Sarba Two clarinets, four trumpets, trombone, two bass flugelhorns, doba, couplets.

4. Suite of dance tunes: Hora lui mos Pintilie, Polcuta de la .Ioldesti, Jidaucuta, Sarba varaticenilor Sarba iacobenilor Two clarinets, four trumpets, trombone, two bass flugelhorns, doba.

5. Suite of dance tunes: Artagul, Caraselul, Batuta de la Chiscovata, Sarba barbateasca Three clarinets, three trumpets, baritone flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, doba.

6. Suite of dance tunes: Hora de la Tlorona, Batuta, Rusasca, Taraneasca  Three clarinets, three trumpets, baritone flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, doba.

7. Suite of dance tunes: Batuta (I, II) Clarinet, trumpet, baritone flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, doba.

8. Suite of dance tunes: Sarba, Rata de la Tudora Clarinet, trumpet, baritone flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, doba.

9. Suite of two dance tunes: Hora-song: Ne despartim fi tare-as vrea (We're breaking up and I wish), Batuta lui Ghita Stefanescu Clarinet, two trumpets, baritone Fugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, doba.

10. Suite of dance tunes: Batuta (I, II, III), Sarba-song: Suntem doua surioare  (We're two little sisters), Rusasca Two clarinets, trumpet, baritone flugelhorn, bass Fugelhorn, doba.

11. Ritual wedding song: La mireasa (At the Bride's) (instrumental version)  Three clarinets, three trumpets, baritone flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, doba.

12. Dance tune: Sarba in, sase parti Three clarinets, three trumpets, baritone flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, doba.

13. Hora-song (turning into a) Sarba-song: De la primarie-n sus (From the mayor 's up the road) Three clarinets, three trumpets, baritone flugelhorn, bass flugelhorn, doba.

Duration (61'03")

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