The shepherd walks over the hill...

  

Górale

Mountain Dwellers

Melodies and Songs from 

the Polish Beskid Mountains

2007

Tracks:

01. Wjym jo to dobrze (I know I’m not doing right) - Zwyrtni - 1:47
02. Ej hoja hoja swoboda moja (Ej hoja hoja my freedom) - Zwyrtni - 1:40
03. Kosie Kosie / Pod Leśzcynóm (Under a hazel tree) - Zwyrtni - 3:32
04. Dwa Gronie (Two mountains) / Jak Jo Umvym w Mieście (When I die in the city) - Zwyrtni - 2:30
05. Kóniokowski Pole (The field of Koniakow) - Zwyrtni - 4:44
06. A Mom Se Jo W Masztali (In the horse’s stable) / Wsecki Zynićki (All the women) - Zwyrtni - 3:13
07. Hanka Czorne Uoczka (Hanka’s black eyes) - Zwyrtni - 2:10
08. A Jak Jo Pojadym (When I rode out) / Śtyry Kónie (Four horses) - Zwyrtni - 4:19

  

 
09. Hej Jak Ta Sarna (Like that hind) - Grojcowianie - 3:51
10. Polano Polano (Fields, fields) - Grojcowianie - 3:45
11. Ho Ho Ho Piyknie Gro (Ho ho ho he plays beautifully) - Grojcowianie - 2:49
12. Obyrtka - Grojcowianie - 3:27
13. Usnyla Dziewcyna (A girl fell asleep) - Grojcowianie - 2:54
14. Jak Jo Se Zaśpiywom (If I sing by myself) - Grojcowianie - 2:12
15. Hajdukujmy Jaz Pod Powale (Let’s dance up the ceiling) - Grojcowianie - 1:40
16. Jechol Se Chlop Z Wieprza (A farmer came riding from Wieprz) - Grojcowianie - 3:47

  

   
17. Zagrejcie Gajdzićki (Play bagpipe) / Kulalo Sie Kulalo (The red apple) - Walasi - 3:56
18. Idie Lowciorz Gróniym (The shepherd walks over the hill) - Walasi - 2:47
19. Powiydz Mi Ma Mila (Tell me my loved one) - Walasi - 3:36
20. Poslochejcie Kamaradzi (Listen comrades) - Walasi - 3:17
21. Szla Dziywećka Na Wodym (When the girl fetched water) / A Wysie Dziwciynta Niewydocie (You girls will have no husband) / Siostro Moja Siostro (Sister my sister) - Walasi - 3:52
22. Szumi Dolina (The valley rustles) - Walasi - 2:44
23. Doliny Doliny (Valleys, valleys) - Walasi - 2:31
24. Janiciek Trowym Sieczie (Janek is reaping) - Walasi - 3:11

Musicians:

Zwyrtni:

Stanislaw SUSZKA (Voix, Violon)
Jerzy KUKUCZKA (Voix, Violon)
Elzbieta CZAJKA (Violon)
Robert KUBICA (Contrebasse, Voix)

Grojcowian:

Brygida MURANSKA (Voix, Violon)
Anna WRZESZCS (Voix, Violon)
Wociech WRZESZCZ (Voix, Violon)
Rafal WRZESZCZ (Voix, Violoncelle)
Franciszka BURCZAK (Voix, Violon)
Lukasz KLUSAK (Voix, Violoncelle)
Karolina KUPCZAK (Voix)
Anna KUPCZAK (Voix)
Sylwia BIEGUN (Voix)
Jadwiga JURASZ (Direction)

Wałasi:

Zbigniew WALACH (Voix, Violon)
Jan KACZMARZYK (Gadjy, Voix, Violon)
Krzysztof LASON (Violon)
Stanislaw LASON (Fujara, Violoncelle)
Jan STAP (Collecteur de musique de tradition)

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The Górale

  

 Language and music of the inhabitants of the far-away mountain villages in the Polish Beskidy Mountains are quite special. The górale (mountain dwellers) migrated from Rumania into Poland at the end of the Middle Ages and have since lived in isolation, keeping their traditions.

This CD contains music of these górale, performed by two ensembles from the Silesian Beskids and an ensemble from the Zywiec Beskids. Hardly any recordings exist of this music, which is undeserved as the language, the peculiar scales, and the powerful style of singing and playing, make the górale music very much worth listening to.

The three ensembles on this CD have stayed close to their roots. Although now and then their ensemble playing sounds archaic, the songs are melodious and accessible. 

 

...one day I would like to be there : )

  
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