Slovenska Rapsodie

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Years ago, I found this in a flea market in country Victoria, Australia. A whole record of “Gypsy Orchestra” music. As Chzech/Slovakia was at one point called part of Bohemia, this is an authentic original bohemian rhapsodie.

Artist

Chorus and Gypsy Orchestra of the Czech National State Ensemble

Album

On the Banks of the Moldau: Songs and Dances from Czechoslovakia

Comments

A cadenza-like introduction, in which solo violin as well as cimbalom are prominant, leads to alternating slow and majestic and fast and furious sections in true rhapsodic style. A testing piece for both cimbalom soloist and accompanying orchestra.