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Arshile Gorky
Working in conjunction with the Arshile Gorky Foundation and curators of the Gorky Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tate Gallery and the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art, Traditional Crossroads has produced a CD companion presenting music from Gorky’s Armenian homeland. This historic region, especially Gorky’s birth village of Khorkum, near the great Lake Van, was often colorfully described by Gorky as rich in agriculture, much of which he depicted in images of the Armenian plow, orchards, gardens and wheat fields. The same symbols were frequently reflected in folk songs of the region. Hear these songs, including one often danced by Gorky himself, played on authentic period instruments dating back to the 16th century, masterfully performed by the most renowned Armenian musicians including duduk virtuoso Djivan Gasparyan, udist, Richard A. Hagopian, The Shoghaken Ensemble and others. The 12-page booklet includes extensive notes about the music with English translations of the songs, Gorky’s biography and photos of Gorky at work. |
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Second Avenue Square Dance! Margot Leverett, (bandleader, clarinet) is one of the foremost of the new generation of klezmer clarinetists. Classically trained at Indiana University School of Music, she was involved in avant-garde music when she first heard klezmer, the dynamic East European music traditionally played at Jewish weddings. Leverett was a founding member of the Klezmatics in 1985 before moving on to launch a solo career. |
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Music of Armenia “There isn’t a better introduction to traditional Armenian music.” The Chicago Reader
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Kálmán Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band |
The infectious music of Kálmán Balogh and the Gypsy Cimbalom Band has never been more energetic than on this recording which captures the true excitement of their live concerts. Kálmán Balogh, considered one of the greatest virtuosos of the Cimbalom (a 36-stringed, 16th. Century European version of the hammered dulcimer) collaborates here with classical, jazz and folk musicians in this program of traditional tunes, transformed into artful, exciting renditions of modern dance music which he calls Gypsy Jazz.
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Joel Rubin Ensemble Rubin has long been considered by many to be one of the leading performers of Jewish instrumental klezmer music in the world today, earning accolades from sources as diverse as klezmer giants Dave Tarras and Max Epstein, international clarinet soloist Richard Stoltzman, avant garde composer John Zorn, and Nobel Prize Laureate and poet Roald Hoffmann.
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Mustafa Kandirali “It is only a matter of time before his status as one of the 20th century’s essential musical geniuses is universally acknowledged.”
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