April 2012
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Vielle a roue - Matthias Loibner (RootsWorld)
RootsWorld have a nice review of Loibner’s album, vielle à roué online. They say:
In Vielle à roué Matthias Loibner’s versatile musicianship is highlighted in thirteen recordings of solo hurdy-gurdy. Ranging from traditional klezmer music to his own compositions, along with arrangements and improvisations, Loibner’s music is at times melancholic, sometimes ecstatic, often stark (for...
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Winterreise - Matthias Loibner (Classics Today)
Matthias Loibner and Natasa Mirkovic-De Ro have released a wonderful recording of Schubert’s Winterreise for voice and hurdy-gurdy. It’s one of my favourite hurdy-gurdy recordings - but don’t take my word for it. Classics Today have written a glowing review of it:
Okay. A new recording of Schubert’s Winterreise. Fine. And a rare venture by a soprano—a Bosnian singer I’ve never...
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Abel Garcia - flamenco hurdy-gurdy player
Christa Muths sent me this review of Spanish hurdy-gurdy player, Abel Garcia - probably the first hurdy-gurdy player to use it for playing flamenco!
The instrument and the music: the hurdy and flamenco have much in common, says Abel, who is the first hurdy gurdy player to play flamenco. Both, he says, the instrument and the music are of unknown origin and they share another characteristic:...
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Marc Egea - Catalan hurdy-gurdy player
Reader Christa Muths sent me a review of possibly the best hurdy-gurdy player in Spain, Marc Egea. All the text that follows is from Christa:
Marc Egea (Barcelona 1973) is the leading Catalan musician and composer playing the hurdy-gurdy.
Marc started playing the hurdy-gurdy when he was 22 and soon recognised its enormous possibilities and followed in the foot steps of the great French...
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An interview with Matthias Loibner
There’s a great video interview with hurdy-gurdy virtuoso, Matthias Loibner over at interMuse - see here. Interesting description of the instrument and some fantastic playing. Well worth a watch!
Whilst you’re thinking about Loibner, there are a couple of nice videos on Vimeo of his Winterreise recording. See here and here.
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British Pathé: hurdy-gurdy footage from the 1950’s
Charming 1953 news footage of the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales, featuring footage of a number of French hurdy-gurdy players accompanying dancers (about 1 minute into the clip). See here.
And more footage, this one from French Week in Jersey - the “hokey kokey of its period”. See here.
and footage from the Paris Exhibition of 1937, including hurdy-gurdy and dancers. See...
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Hurdy-gurdy forum - resources page
The UK hurdy-gurdy forum has recently added a terrific new Resources page, with links to other sites, makers, artists, music and more. Check it out here.
