Playlist

Romani (Gypsy) Voices

TIME

TITLE OF SELECTION
COMPOSER
PERFORMERS
ALBUM TITLE / INFO

00:15-00:27*

Horse Steps
(actual sounds)
Recorded by Alain Weber
THE MUSICIANS OF THE NILE: LUXOR TO ISNA
- Realworld 62307

00:25-02:50

Ussa Sà
Trad./arr. Bern & Alpert
Acquaragia Drom
MUSIC OF THE GYPSIES - THE ROUGH GUIDE
- Rough Guide 1034

04:28-08:25

Run Jun Yale
Traditional
Musafir
MUSAFIR - GYPSIES OF RAJASTHAN
- Blue Flame Records 398 50062

08:32-09:30

Kanun taqsim
Improvisation of
the kanun in
maqam Ussak
Mehmet Kurt et al
GYPSY MUSIC OF CONSTANTINOPLE
- FM Records 1035

09:31-12:00

Bu yil bekar kalalim
["Winding, winding, let me be your road"]
Kemanî Cemal
Kemanî Cemal Çinarli et al
SULUKULE - ROM MUSIC OF ISTANBUL
- Traditional Crossroads 80702

13:57-15:58

Cock o'the North/Garryowen/ Flowers of Edinburgh/Step It Away...
Traditional
Jasper & Levi Smith
MUSIC OF THE GYPSIES - THE ROUGH GUIDE
- Rough Guide 1034

15:59-19:54

Turceasca
["Turkish Song"]
Traditional
Taraf de Haïdouks
TARAF DE HAÏDOUKS
- Nonesuch 79554

20:07-23:04

Ustili Caj Fano Sabaijle
["The Young Bride"]
Traditional
Esma Redzepova and
The Nasko Dzorlev Ensemble
SONGS OF A MACEDONIAN GYPSY
- Monitor 71496

24:19-24:49*

Fast Csárdas
Traditional
The Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra of Jozsef Lacatos
MUSIC OF THE GYPSIES - THE ROUGH GUIDE

25:16-27:11

Tiganeasca
Traditional
Fanfare Ciocärlia
FANFARE CIOCÄRLIA - BARO BIAO
- Piranha Records 1364

28:33-30:29

Born in the middle of the afternoon...
Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
with Peggy Seeger et al
THE TRAVELLING PEOPLE
- Topic Records 808

30:38-32:34

Auschwitz
Marichka
Marichka
LATCHO DROM (film music)
- Caroline 1776

33:00-37:05

Csilávtu
Traditional
Kályi Jag ["Black Fire"]
ROAD OF THE GYPSIES
- Network 24.756

37:05-41:12

Szelem Szelem
Traditional
Esma Redzepova & Ensemble Theodosievsky
ROAD OF THE GYPSIES
- Network 24.756

42:13-44:01

Resteul & Murgultul
Traditional
Musicians of village of Clejani, Romania
TARAF: ROMANIAN GYPSY MUSIC
- Music of the World 137

45:12-48:25

Minor Swing
Django Reinhardt - Stefan Grapelli
Stefan Grapelli,
Django Reinhardt et al
DJANGO REINHARDT: NUAGES
- Arkadia Jazz 71431

48:42-51:59

Calsul Dance
Traditional
Kálmán Balogh & the Gypsy Cimbalom Band
KÁLMÁN BALOGH & THE GYPSY CIMBALOM BAND - GYPSY JAZZ
- Rounder 5159

53:46-57:52

Pundela
Traditional
Thierry Robin
THE GYPSY ROAD - Alula Records 1013

Excerpts from The Gypsies, by Jan Yoors ((c)1967 by Jan Yoors, published by Simon and Schuster, Inc.) read by permission of Marianne Yoors.

Excerpts from The Roads of the Roma - A PEN anthology of Gypsy writers, edited by Ian Hancock, Siobahn Dowd & Rajko Djuric ((c)1998 by PEN American Center, published by University of Hertfordshire Press) are read by permission of the University of Hertfordshire Press.

* - An asterisk indicates that only a brief portion of the piece or track is heard, or it is used as background music.

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