great hungarian and romanian gypsy cimbalom player

[carkner]

I just wanted to link to a couple of videos of great Hungarian and Romanian gypsy cimablom players, since there are some amazing ones keeping it alive today.


Ion Miu, playing a beautiful and complex piece
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNZbyX3YlrQ
and, playing a classical piece
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVpj_lXQ6HY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vRU49r9umI

Toni Iordache, cimbalom master
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-dQvuuvC2o
an older video of Toni Iordache & Fărâmiţă Lambru
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEutyJCM7Bw
Two nice pieces going with a montage of pictures
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWLJ6W84y3s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEOqWCSikh0

Kalman balogh--my personal favourite player-- playing Bela Bartok with another cimbalom player
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKh1cg5YsNk
Kalman balogh introducing his instrument and playing a gyspy jazz song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY8RoEC_w0E
Elemer Balogh shows that this maddening talent runs in the family
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5vy1R2Itaw

[carkner]

Here are a few cimbalom albums I have that I'd recommend trying to find online or in stores

-Kalman Balogh, art of the gipsy cimbalom-
This is probably one of my favourite "folkloric" albums of all time. it tops all of his other albums which try to mix in too many other elements.
www.amazon.com/Art-Gipsy-Cimbalom-Kalman-Balogh/dp/B000006182/ref=sr_1_3/002-0400044-1963257?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1194009998&sr=1-3

Art of the Cymbalom: Music of Joseph Moskowitz 1916-1953
Similar title! But this is a virtuosic Jewish player who lived in the USA during the mid-20th century and would play in his restaurant. He played more general east-european and european pieces instead of klezmer, though, so I put him in this list too.
www.amazon.com/Art-Cymbalom-Joseph-Moskowitz-1916-1953/dp/B0000002TY/ref=sr_1_1/002-0400044-1963257?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1194010046&sr=1-1

Muzsikas, Maramaros : The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania
This is one of the albums that introduced me to cimbaloms/tsimbls. It's a hungarian folk band playing the unique type of jewish music that once existed in Transylvania--somewhere between klezmer and hungarian music.
www.amazon.com/Maramaros-Lost-Jewish-Music-Transylvania/dp/B000000625


Also,check out this sity by ethnomusicologist Robert Garfias, he has a ton of mp3s available for download including a lot featuring Romanian cimbalom playing
eee.uci.edu/programs/rgarfias/sound-recordings.html

[Dick Glasgow]

Hey Carkner, two wonderful posts, well done.

Many thanks for those, I'm sure lots of members will thoroughly enjoy following those great links.

I hope you don't mind, but I posted this very useful info on two other related boards here.

Cimbalom (19)

Carkner: Recommended Cymbalom Albums (3)

Keep up the good work!

Cheers
Dick