An evening at the Chardas / Bela Babai and his fiery Gypsies.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Babai, Béla.

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Smithsonian global sound for libraries

Subjects (All):

Romanies--Music.

Romanies.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York : Folkways Records : Monitor Records, [1969?]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

Boka kesergö = Boka's lament (5:33)

Hungarian medley no. 1: Sárga rigó fészek = Yello robin's nest ; Buza földön dütö uton = Wheat fields and side roads ; Fast chardas & variations (3:27)

Slovak medley: Nic to nic = I have nothing ; Japa robok zkapusian = I am a village bachelor ; Tancuy, tancuy = Dance, dance (2:53)

Hungarian medley no. 2: Szép az erdö Öszel is szép = The forest is beautiful even in the fall ; Jaj de két szép van magának = What a pair of beautiful eyes ; Istenes chardas = Heavenly chardas (4:32)

Hatzigana = The Gypsy (3:40)

Israeli medley: Be'arvot ha-negev = In the Negev ; Kabbalat ha-torah = Receiving the Torah (3:21)

Russian medley: Kirpichki = Red bricks ; Kalinka = Snow-ball tree (3:35)

Serbian medley: Da smo se ranije sreli = If we had met sooner ; Kmam jednu Želju = I have a desire ; Pašina emina = The pasha's ermine (4:13)

Ciocarlia = The singing bird (2:57).

Participant:

Bela Babai, solo violin, and his fiery Gypsies (Jozsef Axin, 2nd violin ; Gyorgy Havas, accordion ; Karoly Szoradi, cymbalum ; Geza Lakatos, bass ; Zoltan Zorandy, piano).

Notes:

Gypsy folk music.

Originally issued as analog disc.

Program notes inserted in original outer container.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

MFS 700

OCLC:

698169597

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.