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Argint Ensemble 'Peasant Taraf Music from Gorj' This music is played by the members of the family Argint (Silver) from the village of Pârâu de Pripor, in the ancient district of Gorj, Romania. It contains dance music (sârba, hora de mână) and lyric songs (doine and topical songs), sung and played on violin, viola, guitar and double bass with a special sweetness, distinct to style of the region. More |
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Brass Band from Lapusnicu Mare 'Songs and Dances with the Brass Band from Lapusnicu Mare — Banat' This CD attests the music of the Banatian grandfathers and great-grandfathers, but also the music of a more distant Romanian past which is slowly sinking into darkness. Its protagonist is Ilie Chera “Iucu” who at 78, when the recordings were made, was in pretty good shape and boasted unrivaled tone, instrumentalist’s technique and phrasing... More |
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Andrei Mihalache and his Ensemble 'The Songs of Andrei Mihalache' This release is the first in a series from the Etrhophonie label presenting a traditional urban music: Muzica Lautareasca. It is considered by some Roma as having a unique and authentic Gypsy identity. Andrei Mihalache, who is featured on these recordings, is one of its last and best representatives. Together with his ensemble they play and sing the music preferred by the lautari and their wives: lyric songs, prisoner’ songs, wedding music and dance music. More |
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Vasile Soporan and Ardealul Ensemble 'The Songs of Vasile Soporan from the Village of Frata' With 32 page booklet in Romanian and English, including photos etc. ...the CD as a whole captures Vasile Soporan in various, but equally characteristic, guises: as a musician plowman and lyricist, as a dancer, as a village wedding master of ceremonies, and as a folk music soloist." More |
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Sherban Lupu 'Sherban Lupu and the peasant Virtuosos of Romania' 'This CD contains the testimony of a touching experience: a very talented violinist, the product of elite classical education, generates an encounter – and a contest, if you wish – with various bands of Romanian folk instrument players...' More |
 (ISBN 973 596 204-7)
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'Chats about Gypsy Music - Taifasuri despre muzica ţigănească' by Speranta Radulescu Softback book. 250 pages plus 7 pages of colour photographs as well as numerous black and white photos thoughout the text. Romanian language, with English version of the Introductory study, English synopsis of the “chats”.. The core of the book is made up of a set of conversations on “Gypsy” matters held with people from various regions of the country, most of them Roma, professional musicians, or just people conversant with the music performed by Gypsies. More |
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Festive Music of the Jews from the Botosani Region Various Artists "This CD reconstructs and restitutes a segment of the music that used to be performed at Jewish parties in the region of Botosani (northern Moldavia, Romania) around the mid-20th century... the tunes are the result of "musical archeology" that rules out major errors, therefore they may be considered, without risk, as genuine. More |
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Ethnophonie is a small folk label from Romania run by Speranta Radulescu. They were these first to record the now famous ensemble the Taraf De Haidouks, and these recordings feature members of this band. Read an interview with Speranta Radulescu. |
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The Aromanians of Andon Poci: Songs and Stories, Albania Various Artists CD size book accompanying an audio CD. Book is 140 pages with texts in Romanian, English, Albanian, Aromanian and Greek. It contains numerous photos and extensive analysis on the music and singers. Academic in nature this book and CD release is a fascinating study into an ancient culture in a little known village in South Albania. More |
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Peasant Brass Bands from Moldavia: Vorona Various Artists 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. Vorona is a commune in Botosani county (in north-east of the province of Moldavia) inhabited by 8500 people grouped in six villages... More |
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'The Late Glory Of The Musicians From Naipu - Gloria Tarzie A Lautarilor Din Naipu' 20 page booklet in Romanian and English giving details on the music and musicians. 'About 40 km south of the capital, on a by-way easy to overlook, lies the village of Naipu. At the small tavern with four tables in the Gypsy quarter – the abode of about one third of the population –, a few old men hang around, spinning the yarn of memories. The octogenarian dulcimer player Dulă tells his fellow musicians about his "diary", where he wrote that in the past, when their music was still in demand...' More |
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'Fiddler music from Chioar and Codru' Various Artists 24 page booklet in Romanian and English giving details on the music and musicians. 'Chioar and Codru are two small regions by the north-western border of Romania, between Hungary (to the west), Ukraine (to the north), Maramures and Transylvania (to the east and south respectively)... ... their peasant music is rather closer to that of central Transylvania....' More |
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Constantin Lupu and Constantin Negel 'Old Music from North Moldavia' The wild sounds of folk music from that far corner of Europe known as Moldavia. Music led by the violin and the ancient cobza (lute type instrument). Collected, recorded and documented by Speranta Radulescu of Ethnophonie maintaining all its originality and fiery passion. More |
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'Roma and Gypsies from the Village of Gratia, Teleorman' Various Artists 'Two categories of Gypsies live in the village of Gratia in the Danube Plains: bear leaders/ursari, and musicians. The former settled here after the war; they live on the outskirts, speak Romanesh, call themselves Roma, and sing vocal music in the family, accompanied by spoons, pebbles and makeshift drums. Their dominant musical genres are the manea and turceasca - i.e. "the Turkish"... More |
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Ardealul Ensemble 'Gypsy Music From Transylvania' 'All the pieces on this recording are instrumental: some in the serious, classical Transylvanian formula of a string trio (ceteră–contră–gordon, i.e. violin–adjusted viola–double bass); others in the more modern formula in which the accordion and the cymbalum, with their specific exuberance, join the strings...' More |
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Ioan 'Popicu' Pop and Ensemble Romanian, Ukrainian and Jewish Music from Maramures The categories of Maramures party music are few, but each of them is rich in distinct songs. The hori are occasional, widely accessible lyrical songs sung individually or in groups, with or without instrument accompaniment, at almost any age and on any occasion. The zicali (instrumental pieces) are performed by ceterasi on fiddles, guitars and drums. More |
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Emil Mihaiu, Urszui Kálmán, and Pusztai Aladár Romanian and Hungarian Music from Central Transylvania - Musique roumaine et magyare de Transylvanie centrale Transylvanian folk music in 3 parts: first from a Romanian viewpoint, then Hungarian, and then aspects common to both. More |
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Outlaws of Yore - Les Haidouks d'autrefois (II) Various Artists The lăutari of Clejani are perhaps the most inspired and fervent of all folk musicians in Romania. The exuberant, musical style of their native southern region has certainly stimulated them in this respect. More |
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Outlaws of Yore - Les Haidouks d'autrefois (I) Various Artists Epic songs, love songs and long songs, the Haidouks have them all, and have been playing them for centuries. With 34 page booklet with notes in English and French. Featuring some familiar Taraf De Haidouks tunes. More |
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Zece Prăjini - Peasant Brass Bands from Moldavia Various Artists With 40 pages booklet in English and French, giving a brief history of the Romanian Peasant Brass Band, notes on the performances, repertoire, and traditions of the musicians of Zece Prăjini. More |
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Sfârsit de mileniu în satul românesc - The End of the Millennium in the Romanian Village Various Artists Songs and dances from different villages charting the year and the various celebrations that life revolves around. Musicians from various villages, all masters of their art and expertly recorded, making for a splendid all round representation of living Romanian folk music as it is today. More |
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