Bluesmen's World(Music)

"Winter Chasing draws from the music of the peoples of our country in the widest sense of the word: I could almost say, it embraces nearly all the peoples with a common fate during its thousand: year: old disastrous, bloody history who have influenced each other musically: Katalin Szvorák, who gives expression to this common tone, is a highly competent, artistic interpreter of the music of the Hungarians and all the peoples living with them.

May you regard the music you hear as a bunch of flowers made of the music of thousand years and love it both as a whole and each of its precious flowers separately.

And accept it with proper love from from Katalin Szvorák who has gathered the bunch and presents it to you now."

Sung in Hungarian, Slovak, German, Moravian, Armenian, Czech, Gypsy and Croatian.

01. Ma vagyon Farsang híres napja
02. Ez ki háza, ki háza
03. Za nuno baluśo
04. Hipp, hopp farsang
05. Kura Jóska, dudáljon kend
06. Pod šable
07. Elmúlott a hosszú farsang
08. Dúsgazdag siralma
09. Sokác kóló
10. Talalaj, talalaj
11. Haj ki kiszi, haj ki
12. Keď si videl, že nemožem
13. Jaj, de szennyes a kendője
14. Faschingmarsch
15. Huculka
16. A macskának kesely lába
17. Gakavik
18. Ezek a szép szász leányok
19. Illik a tánc a rongyosnak
20. Hopp csillárom

Musicians:
Kati Szvorák - voice
and The Monarchia Orchestra:

MULATSCHAG GRUPPE (Bécs, Vienna, Austria):
Evelyn FINK - violin, voice
Ernst FRITZ "Blizzfrizz" - violin, accordion
Andrea HOFFMANN - harp, voice
Rudolf PIETSCH - violin, voice
Margit WERNER-ANDERL - voice

PONITRAN (Nitra, Slovakia):
Bernard GARAJ - Slovak bagpipe, cimbalom, voice
Peter HUJER - violin, ozembuch, voice
Marián JÁREK - violin, voice
Ján VÁCLAVEK - viola, voice
Pavol VAKOŠ - double bass, voice

Béla ÁGOSTON - clarinet, bagpipe
Joszif Jurijevič ČERNAVEC (Técső, Ukraine) - Jew's harp
Tamás GOMBAI - violin
Mihály HUSZÁR - double bass, accordion, voice
Ferenc KISS - voice, kobsa, zither, Jew's harp, tambur, percussions, violin, hurdy-gurdy, water can
Zsolt KÜRTÖSI - double bass
Péter PÉTERDI - keyboards
Zoltán SZABÓ - Croatian bagpipe, tambur, ocarina
Sándor D. TÓTH - viola

Pupils of the folk-song class of Szentendre Vujicsics Tihamér Music School:
Flóra KISS, Berci SASVÁRI, Borcsa SASVÁRI, Marci SASVÁRI, Csenge SZEBENY, Rebeka TAMÁSI, Sára TÍMÁR, Réka ZETELAKI - voices

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pass: bluesmen-worldmusic.blogspot.com

This is something of a 'best of' compilation of Kati's work between the years 1986 and 1996, much of it taken from now deleted albums. As always accompanying Kati are some of the best musicians in Hungary. This release makes for a superb introduction to the wide variety of folk songs and styles that Kati has recorded.

"Kati Szvorak is another singer in the Marta Sebestyen class. But it is Kati’s voice that’s the best instrument here, whether singing sweetly on a tender ballad or using that hard Balkan edge….. Pretty wonderful stuff."

Kati Szvorak has long been a favorite amongst the Táncház audience in Hungary. She has won many awards for her singing and work for folk art in her native Hungary. She has given over two thousand concerts in 27 countries, and has been featured on many other projects including the internationally successful recording ‘Deep Forest’ (1995). In 1999 she appeared at the Edinburgh Festival with the Hungarian all-star group ‘Kőfaragók - The Stonemasons’ to great critical acclaim.


I. Tiszavirág = May - fly
1. Pünkösdi rózsa = Love songs from Moldavia
2. Tavaszvilág = Spring customs song from Moldavia
3. Erdőjárás = Children's game song from Trasylvania
4. Szentiván = Midsummer songs from Zobor region

II.Télizöld = Winter's green
5. Segélj el = Wedding songs from Zobor region
6. Az árgyílus kismadár = Candle dance from Csallóköz

III.Tavaszi szél = Spring wind
7. Román variáció = Rumanian version from Bihar
8. Kontyoló = Kontyoló from Mezőség (Transylvania)
9. Szépen szól egy harang = Sad song from Moldavia
10. Vízöntős = "Vízöntős variation" from Moldavia

IV.Fagyöngy = Mistletoe
11. Bagolyasszonyka = Ballad from Mezőség Transylvania
12. Jajj, Istenem = Love songs from Székely region (Transylvania)
13. Pakular = White sheperd ballad from Moldavia
14. Ahol én elmegyek = "Wherever I go" from Moldavia
15. Bujdosik az árva madár = Dance melody from Gymes (Transylvania)

V.Bűnösök vagyunk? = Are we guilty?
16. Víg juhászok = Christmas song from Palóc region
17. Gyönyörű szép leány = Maria song from Pest region
18. Siralmas ez világ = "This world is deplorable" from Moldavia
19. Óévbúcsúztató = Old year off song from Szatmár

Collaborated in the completion of the album:
Balogh Kálmán
BEKECS
CSÁMBORGÓ
Havasréti Pál
HEGEDŐS
Juhász Zoltán
Kiss Ferenc
Kozák József
Rostás Tibor
VíZÖNTŐ

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