Sounds From a Bygone Age 3 [Import]

Dona Dimitru Siminica | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Asphalt Tango Ger.
• ASIN: B000I8OMT4
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #399,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #55 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Romania

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, January 6, 2007

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P. Vastl (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sounds From a Bygone Age 3 (Audio CD)

Lovingly produced record as are all in this series (I bought 3 so far), with very good and interesting liner notes. Music is surprizing and unusual even if you are familiar with Rumanian gypsy idiom.I bought it to hear a "male version of Romica Puceanu" and you know what? Dona Dimitru Siminica sings in the same register and style as Romica, using a high falsetto voice, in a countertenor register with unbelievable control and unearthy beauty.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's high time such treasure was revealed to the music lover, October 31, 2007

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fCh "fCh" (GMT-5, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sounds From a Bygone Age 3 (Audio CD)

Take the melodic richness of Romanian folk music, graft onto it the boundless emotional range of the Gypsy soul, and the result is personified by the likes of Romica Puceanu or Dona Dumitru Siminica.

Since references have been made here about the unusual voice of the late Siminica, I will say that he comes across as if were a combination between Nina Simone (voice) and Billie Holiday (pathos).

The CD presentation attempts to be rigorous and inclusive, but due to a rather limited space the reader is left wanting more about undeveloped bits and pieces of information. All in all, it's a good place to start learning more about Siminica's environment--musical and otherwise. The sound quality is decent, especially considering the time and conditions of the original recording.

I wish I were able to say/write more about this CD, but risk doing the reader injustice by saying more than HAPPY LISTENING!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic and passionate, May 13, 2007

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Daniel M. Guggenheim (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sounds From a Bygone Age 3 (Audio CD)

Dona has a romantic and passionate voice I have never heard before. He is outstanding. What a pity that I cannot hear him singing a life. I am so sorry for his early death. I want to find out whether there are musical festivals in Romania.