JOZEF PEŠKO

 

JOZEF PEŠKO – FUJARÔČKA MOJA

JOZEF PESHKO - MY FUJARA

Opus, 1978, 9117 0635

This is a typical album issued in the seventies from a country part of the Eastern bloc. Czekoslovakia like Romania or Hungary during the Communist period followed the USSR in their cultural policy and issued tons of LPs about national or regional folk orchestras.
Traditional peasant music and dances had already become folklore  before World War II but it was the rule after 1945 to offer the public a new kind of folklore based on traditional material but re-elaborated by composers from the classical music circle.  However under the classical varnish it is possible sometimes to hear something more authentic. Here Peshko plays several types of flutes including the emblematic fujara seen on the cover. He met traditional musicians and instrument makers  everywhere in Slovakia in order to learn how to play these flutes and respect local ways of playing.
Peshko is accompanied by the Folk Orchestra of the Czekoslovak Radio in Bratislava.
Playback was used on some tracks where he plays several flutes (track A1 with three fujaras for example).
Text in Slovak, German and English about Peshko's full career.

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