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Noah once said * Hungarian songs in celebration of wine

From a spiritual, cultural and philosophical point of view, wine has special significance in human history. We can list artists and philosophers from ancient times to the present who have been inspired by it and embarked upon its praise.

In his work entitled ‘The Philosophy of Wine’ [‘A bór filozofiája’] the Hungarian writer Béla Hamvas declares that wine is a spiritual essence, which embodies order and harmony. Its consumption raises a man to a state of consciousness above and beyond the everyday. According to him, wine people are different from people that drink pálinka (a strong fruit brandy) - in their thoughts, emotions, their whole life style and even in their movements. Wine people are like Muses for whom drinking is a spiritual act; a ritual. Hungarians are also a Muse-like people. For Hungarians and the other peoples that live amongst them, wine holds a place of honor.

 Last year the Hungarian Grape and Wine Culture Kht., Szentendre Village Museum and Etnofon Folk Music Publishers announced a wine song competition. The idea was to give more exposure to the traditional music and song culture connected to the celebration of viniculture and wine – hopefully reviving treasures forgotten or unknown and making them once again part of the celebration of wine. The songs heard on this recording are performed by the winners of the competition and some specially invited guests.

 Tracklist:

1. Bordalok Somogyból, Zalából

Fiastyúk Énekegyüttes

2. Lakodalmi borosnóták Gombosról és Doroszlóról

Csalóka Együttes (Topolya, Szerbia-Montenegro)

3. Balatonfelvidéki asszonyfarsang

Juhász Katalin, Szabó Zoltán

4. Diák bordalok és tusok a sárospataki és a debreceni kollégiumból, 1770­-1820.

Musica Historica

5. Lakodalmas borivó nóták Zoborvidékről és Szlavóniából

Guzsalyas Énekcsoport (Újvidék, Szerbia-Montenegro)

6. "Három hordó borom van..."

Gajdos Zenekar
  7. „Noé mondta…”

Ökrös Kamara

8. Asztalozó, kolomejka és máramarosi román tánc

Técsői Banda ­(Kárpátalja, Ukrajna)

9. Vasárnap bort inni...

Téka Együttes

10. Somogyi mulatódalok

Turai Énekmondók

11. Csíki nóták. Lassú és zsuka

Utra Mari Társaság

12. Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén: Sokféle részögösről (Krónika, XV.)

Tabulatúra régizene-együttes

13. Ady verbunkja

Etnofon Zenei Társulás