Description
Fonó: Herczku Ágnes — Bandázom — Audio CD
Brand new! Factory packaged! As pictured! Buy with confidence!
Product Details:
- Product Type: Audio CD
- Brand / Label: Fonó (Fonó Budai Zeneház / Fonó Music Hall)
- Artist: Herczku Ágnes (vocals)
- Producer / Composer / Arranger: Nikola Parov
- Release Year: 2014
- Catalog Number: FA 356-2
- UPC: 5998048535620
- Genre: World / Folk
- Style: Hungarian Folk, Transylvanian, World Fusion
Product Features
- Format: CD (digipak with booklet)
- Discs: 1
- Tracks: 11
- Total runtime: 49:37
- Language sung: Hungarian
- Recording: Living Room studio, summer 2014
- Made in: Hungary
- Condition: Brand New, Factory Sealed
Overview
Bandázom is Hungarian folk singer Herczku Ágnes's 2014 solo album — the title roughly means "I'm playing with the band," and that camaraderie is the whole point. After years of touring together, she and a group of musicians had forged a real ensemble, and this record captures it.
The music draws on the rich folk song traditions of Transylvania, threaded with Romanian, Bulgarian and Oriental elements and some folk-inspired originals. Herczku's voice is the anchor — clear, expressive, equally at home in a mournful lament and a headlong dance tune.
The architect behind it is Nikola Parov, her long-time creative partner since 1999, who composed, arranged, produced and played a small arsenal of instruments (bouzouki, kaval, duduk, kanun and more). Alongside drummer-percussionist Sándor Födő and four younger folk players, the arrangements come out airy and light, placing old melodies in a fresh, mainstream-friendly setting. Guests Mihály Dresch (fuhun) and János Ávéd (tenor sax) add color.
This is the sealed Fonó edition — a handsome digipak with booklet, the way the album was issued.
Interesting Facts
- The album title "Bandázom" reflects the close-knit band Herczku formed after a year of touring together.
- Producer and multi-instrumentalist Nikola Parov has collaborated with Herczku since 1999, beginning with the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble's "Naplegenda" dance production.
- The repertoire blends authentic Transylvanian folk song with Romanian, Bulgarian and Oriental musical influences.
- Saxophonist János Ávéd and Mihály Dresch — on his signature fuhun flute — appear as guests.
- A poem by Hungarian writer János Lackfi opens the CD booklet, setting the tone for the music.
- The recordings and mastering were made at the Living Room studio in the summer of 2014.
Track Listing
- Megfújtak azok a szelek — 4:24
- De szeretnék — 4:00
- Gyimesi karszilamasz — 5:17
- Glava li ta — 6:32
- Ha szívemben szabad lennék — 3:58
- Ha te – másképp — 4:23
- A keserves… (Nikoláé) — 3:02
- "A Nikoláé" (csárdás és szökős) — 3:00
- Keress mást magadnak — 5:08
- Kapitan — 5:05
- Na chinger tut — 2:45
Publishers
Released by Fonó Budai Zeneház (Fonó Music Hall), Budapest, in 2014, catalog FA 356-2. Produced by Nikola Parov. Made in Hungary.
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