Thursday, July 1, 2010

Toni Iordache ~ Sounds of a Bygone Age vol. 4 [Asphalt Tango]



01. Variatiuni pe tema "Foaie verde si-o craita"
02. Grea mi-e doamne, inima [Gabi Lunca vox]
03. Sirba de la medgidia
04. Cantec de ascultare si breaza
05. Intr-o joi de dimineata [Romica Puceano vox]
06. Balada haiduceasca
07. Ca la breaza
08. Omul bun n-are noroc [Gabi Lunca vox]
09. Cantec de masa
10. As munci la plug si la coasa [Romica Puceanu vox]
11. Cantec de ascultare al lui stoican batrinul
12. Geamparale de la babadag
13. Tinerete,tinerete [Romica Puceanu vox]
14. Doina transilvania



Toni Iordache [December 17, 1942 – February 1988] was a Romani-Romanian lăutar and one of the most famous cimbalom [Romanian: ţambal] players in the world & was nicknamed the Paganini of the cimbalom.

Toni was born in the Bâldana village, near Bucharest, and began learning the instrument when he was four from his father. Some years later his family would move to Bucharest in the Herăstrău neighborhood, where many famous lăutari lived. There, Toni continued to learn from Mitică Ciuciu, who was a famous cimbalom player in his days.

At 12, he was employed at the National Radio Orchestra of Popular Music, through contest. Later, he would become a member of the Ciocârlia National Ensemble, the primary popular ensemble in the country. With the Ciocârlia Ensemble, Toni Iordache would tour the world: many European countries, the USA and also Asian countries. In between tours, he would play at weddings, being the most sought after lăutar of his days. Often, after landing at the airport he would drove directly to a wedding where the other musicians were waiting for him.

Among others, he played with Ion Petre Stoican, Romica Puceanu, Gabi Luncă, Ion Onoriu, Ionică Minune and also with the well-known pan flute (nai) player Gheorghe Zamfir.

Toni Iordache remained known among aficionados especially for his work as a lăutar. His solos were very complex, but also clear and beautiful and his improvisations were full of imagination. He was not only a very virtuoso player [he was measured in Paris to be able to play 25 notes per second], but also a very sophisticated one, with a high emphasis on touché, playing the slow pieces with great sensibility. He was able to play two melodic lines simultaneous at high tempos and knew how to use the full capacities of the cimbal. r.i.p. Toni Iordache 1942-1988



a wicked ţambal collection featuring several vocal cameos from Romica Puceanu & Gabi Luncă. 256 tanx to the og uploada

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