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Kálmán Balogh ‎– Master Of The Gypsy Cimbalom / ARC Music ‎Audio CD 2008 / EUCD 2172

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Kálmán Balogh ‎– Master Of The Gypsy Cimbalom / ARC Music ‎Audio CD 2008 / EUCD 2172

UPC 5019396217225

 

Product Details: 

Label: ARC Music ‎– EUCD 2172
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2008
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Népzene, Romani
 
 
 
Description:
From cimbalom player (and former Muszikás member) Kálmán Balogh, this aptly named album shows off an instrument popular in Hungarian Gypsy music but little heard otherwise. Balogh takes on Hungarian, Romanian, and Moldavian Gypsy music (both modern and traditional); sad ballads; and uptempo dances. The range is remarkable, matched only by the stunning speed of Balogh's mallets on his dulcimer. For listeners coming to Balogh by way of his work with larger ensembles, the excitement may be somewhat muted, with less accompaniment and fewer full band numbers heard here. The cimbalom certainly doesn't have a sparse sound, but may seem sparse in relation to the well-known Eastern European Gypsy ensembles. The album opens with a slightly Turkish-sounding number before moving into a trio of more traditional stylings. A short Gypsy jazz interlude provides inflections of American swing, and a short bit of solfège in combination with Balogh's cimbalom hints at the musical connections with India's santoor. After a piece originally written for violin, the music takes a turn into Romanian pieces for the rest of the main album's course. Tacked onto the end, however, are two items from Kálmán Balogh "and friends," larger ensemble pieces that make use of the full ARC Records stable -- Hossam Ramzy on percussion, Pablo Carcamo on bass, and Enrique Ugarte on accordion, among others. The sound is less coherent but more groove-centric, and reignites what had become a slower spell of the album. Give the ensembles (Muszikás, Taraf de Haïdouks, etc.) a shot first, but then come back to Balogh as an excellent example of a solo player.
 
 

Tracklist:

1 Bulgar Cigany Horo 3:19
2 In Memory Of Balogh Elemér 3:18
3 Bonchidai Ritka Magyar 2:15
4 Magyar Verbunk 3:42
5 Vajdaszentivanyi Forgatos 3:25
6 Kalotaszegi Cigany Csardasok 5:46
7 Mezösegi Ciganytanc Es Lassu Csardas 4:16
8 Cintec de Dragoste & Hora de la Bolintin     
4:48
9 Sirba, Tropca & Hora Drom Dobrogea 4:44
10 Doina, Hora & Batuta From Moldavia 5:53
11 Roman Cigany Hallgato 3:23
12 Romanian Suite 5:50
13   
Bulgarian Gipsy Hora 5:45

 

About the Artist:

Kálmán Balogh is a Hungarian cimbalom player with a Hungarian Gypsy musicians lineage. A graduate of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, he completed his studies in 1980 under the supervision of Ferenc Gerencsér and has since studied Gypsy music in Europe and Asia. He has completed many tours throughout the world including North America where he has performed with renowned orchestras and ensembles and has performed with many folk bands as well as recording dozens of albums.

In 1985 he was awarded the Hungarian distinction of Young Master of Folk Arts, and two years later he won second prize in the Aladár Rácz cimbalom competition. As an artist he has performed with Hungarian bands such as Jánosi, Ökrös, Téka, Méta, Muzsikás, Zsarátnok, Vízöntő, Vasmalom, the Swedish Orient-Express, the Dutch Sultan and Ot Azoj, the English Transglobal Underground, the American Peter Ogi, the Joel Rubin Jewish Ensemble and was musical director of the Magneten Gypsy Show.

 

Balogh Kálmán:

Balogh Kálmán művésztanár tevékenységének két fontos területe van, a koncertezés és tanítás.

Briliáns technikai tudással, kifinomult ízléssel, magas fokú improvizációs készséggel, a különböző zenei irányzatok iránti olthatatlan kíváncsisággal és nyitottsággal Balogh Kálmán sokoldalú előadóművész.  Ennek a sokoldalúságnak következtében rendszeresen más-más formációkban muzsikál. Repertoárja  magyar- és más népek zenéjétől, autentikus cigány-klezmer zenén és mindezek feldolgozásán át, a világzenén keresztül a jazz és klasszikus zenéig terjed. A különböző formációkkal szerte a világon muzsikál, táncházakban, népzenei-világzenei fesztiválokon, Müpa, Zeneakadémia, Vigadó, BMC, London Queen Elisabeth Hall, Párizs Theátre de la Ville, Amszterdam Concertgebouw, New York Carnegie Hall, Hollandia Bimhuis, csak kiragadott helyszínek. A koncertezés mellett saját lemezeken és vendégművészként  több mint 100 cd-n hallani játékát. A Kossuth, Bartók és Dankó rádió gyakran játsza felvételeit. Visszatérő fellépője a Womexnek, a legnagyobb világzenei fesztiválnak. Több díj birtokosa, A Népművészet ifjú mestere, Fonogram díj, eMerTon díj, Artisjus, Kodály díj, Az év zenésze, Bezerédj díj, Magyar Örökség díj 2015., Martin György díj 2019., Prima Primissima díj 2019.

 

More Details: 

  • Accordion – Enrique Ugarte (tracks: 12, 13)
  • Bass, Flute – Pablo Cárcamo (tracks: 12, 13)
  • Cimbalom – Kálmán Balogh
  • Clarinet, Flute – István Berán
  • Composed By – Kálmán Balogh (tracks: 2)
  • Double Bass – Albert Mohácsy
  • Flute – Margie Butler (tracks: 12, 13)
  • Guitar – Flavio Cucchi (tracks: 12, 13)
  • Guitar, Accordion – Paul Espinoza (tracks: 12, 13)
  • Tabla, Percussion [Egiptian Percussion] – Hossam Ramzy (tracks: 12, 13)
  • Viola – Zsolt Nagy
  • Violin – Florie Brown (tracks: 12, 13), Salamon Beáta, Sándor Barbócz (tracks: 7, 8, 9, 10)

 

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