The people from whom we learnt the music on this recording are not trained musicians. They are village people, shepherds and Gypsy musicians. In their musical world the production of every tone, colour and sound formation has as much value in the creation as the notes of the tune which can be written down. Their music is a true artistic tool with which they express the world of their emotions and feelings. It is impossible to learn these emotions. We have tried to discover them within ourselves, within our souls as we believe that this method will enable us to go technique towards culture. If you can hear this on our CD then we truly own thanks to those people with whom we met personally, who were not just the sources of the music but also master teachers and good friends who are now in our hearts.

 

 

 

All the good days and the nights

1. The pine wood of Kiskálosa 5'03"
- Alsókálosa (Gömör county, The Uplands)
2 a. They've taken little John's sheep 11'22"
- Málnapatak-Hidegkút (Pólyánhegyalja region, The Uplands)
b. Šuchom and hajduk
- Rimakokova ( Gömör county, The Uplands)
c. „Zicala după cimpoi”, Lunga, and mărunţaua
- Szabados, Elek ( Arad region, The Partium)
3. Lament, 'Slow and swift Hungarian' dance 5'40"
- Tarkó, Hidegség (The Gyimes valley, Transylvania)
4. Verbunk and Szapora 3'10"
- Gyerővásárhely (Kalotaszeg region, Transylvania)
5 a. They killed a lad 9'43"
b. 'Hungarian' and 'quick tempo' lads' dances
- Szék (Mezőség region, Transylvania)
6. Dance music from Nagysajó 4'57"
- Nagysajó, Paszmos (The Sajó valley, Transylvania)
7 a. My mother and her hair 7'56"
- Songs of the Bógajestye clan (Bars county, The Uplands)
b. Gypsy 'csapás'
- Bodrogmező (Bodrogköz, The Uplands)
8. There is a tree in baron Szendre's courtyard 4'58"
- Tereske (Nógrád county, Palóc region)
9. Shepherds' dance tunes 4'22"
- Alsókálosa (Gömör county, The Uplands)
10. All the good days and nights 1'47"
- Osgyán (Gömör county, The Uplands)

The Hegedős folk band:

Gergely Agócs- voice, flute, fuyara, tarogato
Tamás Gombai- fiddle (1-7, 9)
Gábor Szabó- fiddle (1-3, 6, 7, 9)
Sándor D.Tóth - 2nd fiddle, viola, gardon, drum
Zsolt Kürtösi- double bass, accordeon


Contributors:

Balázs Unger - dulcimer
Pál Dsupin- flute (3), bagpipes
Ágnes Herczku - voice
Tibor Rostás - snap

Musical director - László Rossa
Sound engineer - Csaba Sándor
Mastering - Tibor Rostás
Photo - László Dormán
Cover Design - Katalin Putz

Translation: Hungarian-English - James Kapáló
Gipsy-Hungarian - Katalin Kovalcsik
Slovakian-Hungarian -Gergely Agócs

Recorded at Yellow recording in February a. d. 1998

 

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