| Ethio Blues Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead - Strut |
| Yetintu Tiz Alegn Addis Acoustic Project - Tewesta - World Village 
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| Selam Yihoun Lehoulachin Addis Acoustic Project - Tewesta - World Village
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| Nèy dènun tesèsh Mahmoud Ahmed - Ethiopiques vol. 19 Alemye - Buda |
| Maya Gasi Ka Bon Lobi Traoré - Bwati Kono - Kanaga System Krush |
| Annun Sira Hamza el Din - Al Oud - Vanguard |
| One Day We Blamed Each Other El Tanbura - Between the Desert and the Sea - World Village |
| Con la Espuela Sierra Maestra - Tibiri Tabara - World Circuit/Nonesuch |
| Bruca Manigua Sierra Maestra - Son: Soul of a Nation - World Music Network |
| New Goodbye Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs - Sonic Records 
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| Past the Danube Ukrainia - The Maiden - Ukrainia
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| Sierra Maestra, Hey Rosetta!, and Ukrainia are all appearing at the Ottawa Blues Fest. Ukrainia and Sierra Maestra 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. tonight. Hey Rosetta! 9 p.m. Friday night.
www.ottawabluesfest.ca for more information. |
| Banatsko Kolo/Oj Savice/Mimikino Kolo Vujicscis - Vujicsics - Rykodisc |
| Drago Szanasz Manghé Kek Lang - Winter Moons, Summer Moons - Long Distance |
| Magyar Rapszodiák no. 20 Franz Liszt/Leslie Howard - The Complete Music for Piano Solo vol. 29 - Hyperion |
| Magyar Rapszodiák no. 18 Franz Liszt/Leslie Howard - The Complete Music for Piano Solo vol. 29 - Hyperion |
| We end the set with two fantastic and fantastically rare pieces of Liszt, though they are earlier versions of what would become his most famous pieces, his Hungarian Rhapsodies. The earlier versions tend towards much more elaborate and extravagant writing. Both ones we hear today contain material that was reworked into one of his most well known rhapsody, no. 12. The earlier 20th rhapsody features themes used in the later 12th and 6th, but contains mostly other radical material that is unheard of in 1846 classical music. An absolutely glorious piece which should be given top billing in any recital featuring Hungarian Rhapsodies. Oh what I would give to hear many of the great virtuosi of the last century who recorded the more well known Rhapsodies to have played this one as well (Horowitz, Cziffra, Richter etc)! |
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