Taraf de Haïdouks

Taraf de Haïdouks

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 9, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B00000I6FD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41,718 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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  #5 in	Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Romania
  #48 in	Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Gypsy

Track Listings

1. Spune, Spune, Mos Batrîn

2. Rustem

3. Balada Conducatorolui

4. Dragoste de la Clejani

5. Brîu

6. Hora Ca la Ursari

7. Hora Din Caval

8. Dumbala Dumba

9. Sabarelu

10. Sîrba Lui Cacurica

11. Indiaca

12. Turceasca

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

They are the consummate show band, highly skilled musicians with a flair for the theatric and a circuslike sense of timing. Romania's Taraf de Haïdouks have been one of the few Gypsy ensembles to represent their culture's folk music on the world stage, and with three albums to their credit, they have made a remarkable showing. This is a compilation of the three recordings they made in the '90s for the German Crammed Disc label. They are now on Nonesuch due to the personal fascination with the music shown by Kronos Quartet member David Harrington, who chose the songs for this self-titled release. Taraf de Haïdouks are a wondrous band, with a crew of brilliant violinists, singers, and cimbalom, flute, and accordion players who could break your heart one moment and leave you in laughter the next. The songs run the gamut: sweet love songs and paeans to broken hearts, subtle politics and social comments, and plenty of warp-speed dance tunes played with a ferocity that leaves their live audiences breathless. This is a great introduction to a band any fan of great musicianship on acoustic instruments should know. --Louis Gibson

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What a wild ride!, October 5, 1999

By A Customer

This exceptional recording is as far as you can get from commercial world music. Although impeccably recorded, there are no hip-hop overlays or added studio gloss. Turn it on and you're transported to a backstreet in Romania where a bunch of guys (three generations of master musicians to be precise) are singing and playing their hearts out.

The music on the CD is sad and happy, silly and poignant, but always performed with great virtuosity.

If you love the blues, bluegrass, soul, or klezmer you'll find much to love on this CD.

PS: These are the guys featured in Latcho Drom.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YEHAAAAAAA, May 14, 2001

By	"euge_edm_ab" (The Great White North, CANADA) - See all my reviews

I am 21 years old, was born in Romania and moved to Canada 12 years ago. I remember this music from wedding, parties and even in the car. If you want to know the true spirit of a Romanian party then get this CD, if you do not want to move to it then check your pulse. I love this music as it is so full of life, without the need for a polished glossy studio make over. I remember get toghethers at my Grandmas farm when the neighbors would break out the acordion and fiddle and play this type of music. It was a wonderful flashback to a wonderful country

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars music from the heart!, September 4, 2002

By A Customer

old music gypsy music,the thing is that these people don't sing for the fans,for money,fame but because they feel like singing.they can make you cry or laugh.. .taraf de haiduci(original name)..taraf means band ,de means of and haiduci(like robin hood ..the outlaws who robbed the rich to help the poor)..some of the songs are sang in old romanian language...if you want to see something similar or almost similar..try fanfare ciocarlia(gypsy band for moldavia region) ,gheorghe zamfir(panflute ),goran bregovic(very popular),zdob and zdub(rock with gypsy influence from moldavia),maria tanase(hard to find)...esma redzepova(gypsie from macedonia),george dalaras etc!