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Ion Petre Stoican
12+ albums
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On the only long-playing record by the Romanian violinist Ion Petre Stoican the most important Gypsy musicians from the Bucharest Lautari scene were united in an All-star band and through a bizarre stroke of luck created one of the most atmospheric records of the time. This story took place before 1965. One day Stoican noticed a man who seemed to him to be behaving suspiciously. This stranger turned out to be a foreign spy. Stoican grabbed him and took him to the nearest police station. The secret police then asked what he would like as a reward. 'Should we give you a house?' - 'I don't need a house,' Stoican replied, 'I want o make a record.'" (Quote COSTEL VASILESCU, Bukarest 2005). Most of the pieces played came from Constanta and from Stoican's birthplace Oltenita, and are primarily fast rhythmic dances such as Hora, Briu, Sirba or Geamparale, which no wedding could do without. Recovered from the archives of Electrecord and out on CD now: Romanian traditional music in original analog sound recorded in the 1970s. Ion Petre Stoican sounds from a bygone age - vol. 1 "Our names were not mentioned, but Stoican still managed to get our photo on the album", recalls Costel Vasilescu, whose bright trumpet tone made him a legend throughout Romania. But the names of the musicians are only rarely to be found on the records released during the Ceausescu period - even Vasilescu is not mentioned on recordings made by Gabi Lunca or Romica Puceanu - Rumania's Gypsy Queens - who regula
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The Rough Guide To The Music Of Romanian Gypsies
Sounds from a Bygone Age, Vol. 1
Sounds From A Bygone Age, Vol.1
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Constelația Gypsy Music, Vol. 4
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Balkan Blues (disc 2)
Sounds From A Bygone Age Vol.1
Ion Petre Stoican (Vioară)
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Balkan Blues (Disc 1)
Balkan Blues
Sounds from a Bygone Age, Vol. 1 (Asphalt Tango)
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Balkan Blues [Disc 1]
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Ion Petre Stoican - vioară