Unga Dalaspelmän

 

Folkmusik i Sverige

UNGA DALASPELMÄN

Traditionsinspelningar 5 från Svenskt visarkiv/Dalarnas muséum

Folk music of Sweden

YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM DALARNA

Traditional recordings 5 from the Swedish archiv/Dalarna museum

Caprice Records, 1974, CAP 1096

 Sweden is known for its rich fiddling tradition. This tradition has been handed down over the seventies and the eighties to the younger generation. This is the point of this LP which focuses on 18 young fiddlers all from the region called Dalarna one of the strongholds of Swedish musical tradition.
These fiddlers play mostly in duets, trios and quartets without any backing; so they might be qualified as revivalists but they are as close as possible to the original versions. They were born between 1942 and 1956. Among the names mentionned in tune titles we find great fiddlers like B. Anders or L.Åhs.  Since the eighties this repertoire found its way to folk bands with swedish and european instruments.
Notes in Swedish and English.

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L'alouette/Zamfir

 GHEORGHE ZAMFIR ''L'ALOUETTE''

''THE LARK''

Philips, 1974, 6329 143

This is another very good album by G. Zamfir and a small band. Are playing along : the great fiddler Efta Botocă, Pantelimon Stîngă on cymbalum, Petru Vidrean on double bass for the rhythmic-harmonic section. Other soloists are Dorin Cuibariu on taragot, Ion Mihaescu on clarinet and Marin Chişăr with his great style on fluier. All the tracks have been given French names but the original Rumanian names are mentionned too.  We can listen to Chişăr 's unmistakable way of playing on the last track (B5) with one hora followed by a brîul. There is a good version of ''the Lark'' on B1 between Zamfir and Botocă.

 

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