May I Kiss Your Hand: Hungarian & Gypsy Fiddle Music & Songs

Csokolom | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 17, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arhoolie Records
• ASIN: B00000DBU0
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,262 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #38 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Hungary

Customer Reviews

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars is not enough! This album is mesmerizing!, June 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: May I Kiss Your Hand: Hungarian & Gypsy Fiddle Music & Songs (Audio CD)

My husband bought this album on a whim a few months ago. Since then, it's rarely been out of our CD player, except when one of us sneaks it to work. It's a wonderful fusion of modern fiddle playing and Gypsy tunes, a combination of virtuoso jazz violin and music ethnography. Anti von Klewitz delivers an astonishing performance, singing in three different languages while she bows and plucks complicated rhythms and melodies on her violin. I can only imagine what a live performance must be like! The liner notes provide translations of the songs as well as brief comments on their origins. I was left panting for more and have since purchased other gypsy and fiddle albums, but they pale in comparison. I eagerly await Csokolom's next release, or I will have to make the trip to Europe to hear them live.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Hungarian Gipsy Fiddle Music, March 25, 1999

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J. Grgurich (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: May I Kiss Your Hand: Hungarian & Gypsy Fiddle Music & Songs (Audio CD)

This trio of musicians produces the most hypnotic Gipsy fiddle music I've ever heard. The rhythms and language take you to an older time and an older place. The lead singer and lead violin player is a woman by the name of Anti von Klewitz. Her voice and melodic violin playing are standout and extraordinarily entrancing. She sings in Hungarian, Serbo-Croation and Rumanian. The trio is rounded out by a contra (chord) violin player, and a stand-up bass player. This is simply the best East-European style folk music I've ever heard.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hair-raising!, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: May I Kiss Your Hand: Hungarian & Gypsy Fiddle Music & Songs (Audio CD)

just saw them in concert, bought the cd and have been playing it just about nonstop ever since. terrific energy, terrific variety. bravo to arhoolie for bringing this one out.