Music learnt from Roma (gypsy) musicians in Hungary and Romania
phone 0408336879 or email vardos@hotmail.com

 
WILD SIDE OF THE VILLAGE

Our new CD! recorded at Metropolis studios, Melbourne, 2006 by Siiri Metsar
Launched at the Famous Spiegeltent, Arts Centre Forecourt, St Kilda Rd,
20 October 2006.
This album is now available on i tunes!

Alana Hunt - Violin
Sofia Chapman - Piano Accordion
Indra Buraczewska - Double Bass

Guest Artist Tim Meyen - Cimbalom (hammered dulcimer)

To listen to some samples from
WILD SIDE OF THE VILLAGE
just click a highlighted track from the track listing below

1. Szatmar Friss
2. Fulgerica (Lightning)
3. Akacos Ut
4. Hora Lenta
5. Hora Ruski
6. Csipkebokor (Dog Rose Bush)
7. Bun e Vinul (The Wine is Good)
8. Liszt (Flour)part 1
Liszt part 2
9. Piatra Piatra (Rock is Rock)
 10. Breaza ca la Clejani
11. Doina- Don't Cry any more, Forest
12. Manea Turceasca
13. Cu Zurgalai (with Bells on)
14. Javából (From the Cellar)
15. Sîrbeasca
16. Szomorú Vasárnap (Gloomy Sunday)
17. Lume (world)
Total time: 61:15

ENTERTAINING COUNTESS DRACULA

Our second CD, recorded at Metropolis studios, Melbourne, 2002 by Siiri Metsar

Alana Hunt - Violin
Sofia Chapman - Piano Accordion

Guest Artists -
Kate Hosking - Double Bass
Antal Stopic, gut string double bass, Bracsa
Tim Meyen - Cimbalom (hammered dulcimer)

To listen to some samples from
ENTERTAINING COUNTESS DRACULA
just click a highlighted track from the track listing below
1.Hora Martisor
2. Edes Anyam
3. Hora Lautareasca lui Marius
4. Berzunti
5. Cine a Pus Circiuma In Drum
6. Szep Az Erdo/Brahms
7. Forgatos/Ritka Magyar
8. Legenyes
9. Feher Fuszulykavirag
 10. Manea
11. Sabre Dance
12. Rustem
13. Szep A Rozsam
14. Satra
15. Geamparale/Hora
16. Popular Csardas
17. Sirba Lui Lucian

VARDOS

Our first, self-titled CD was recorded at ZaKi studios, Budapest, 1999, with Hungarian guest artists and material learned from roma (gypsy) musicians in Moldavia, Transylvania and Wallachia - lively traditional dance tunes, Romanian horas and Hungarian and Romanian gypsy restuarant music.

VARDOS CD

Alana Hunt - Violin
Sofia Chapman - Piano Accordion

Guest Artists -
Brigitta Toth, gut string double bass
Victoria Toth - Cimbalom (hammered dulcimer)
Judit Romer - Bracsa (3 stringed viola)


To listen to some 1 minute samples from
VARDOS
just click a highlighted track from the track listing below
 

1.  Sirba de la Izvoare
2.  Katusha
3.  Hora Staccato
4.  Pakular
5.  Calusarii
6.  Invirtita
7.  Szapora

 8.   La Biserica de Lemn
9.   The Lark
10. Bonchidai
11. Hora miscata
12. Two Guitars
13. Birladeanca
14. Monti's Csardas		  
To order our CD's, please specify which and how many copies, and send a cheque or money order to VARDOS, PO Box 159, Coburg ,VIC 3058, Australia

$25 per CD; $3.00 postage for up to two CDs
and you will receive your order within 5 working days.

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Vardos have also appeared on several compilation albums including "This is the Place for a Song" on which Vardos recorded their Transylvanian version of Kylie Minogue's "I should be so lucky". This CD was a finalist for best world music album for the 2005 Aria awards! The track is also playing on Qantas.

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