| Violin |
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IOAN HAREA |
| Conducter |
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Richard Stout |
| Concertmaster |
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Brian Boychuk |
| Violins |
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Allyson Lyne, Solange Tremblay, Richard Green, Sylvie Rocheleau, Nick Ross |
| Viola |
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Nancy Eadie |
| Cello |
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Pawel S. Marjanovic |
| Bass |
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Ed Hounsell |
| Flutes |
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Lise Germain, Jeffrey Miller |
| Oboes |
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Angela Casagrande, Frédéric hodgson |
| Clarinets |
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Joy Skrapek, Yves Leveillé |
| Bassoon |
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Gerald Corey |
| Horns |
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Martin Bender, Denise Monast |
| Trumpet |
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Alan Ridgeway |
| Percussion |
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Brian Barker, Eli Bellama |
| Harp |
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Caroline Léonardelli |
| Guitar |
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Roddy Ellias |
| Accordion |
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Marcello De Luca |
| Piano |
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Richard Stout |
| Recorded in: |
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The Chapel of Tabaret Hall, University of Ottawa in August 2001. |
| Produced by: |
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Virtuosi Productions "The Music Makers". |
| Recorded by: |
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John Dooher and Tracy Holmes. |
| Mixed at: |
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Sound of One Hand Studios by John Dooher. |
| Editing: |
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Charles Fairfield, N-Code Studios. |
| Assistant Engineers: |
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Beth Henderson, Michel Legault and Shawna Caspi. |
| Mastered at: |
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Lacquer Channel by Phillip Demetro. |
| Graphic Design and Layout: |
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John James, Ably Productions. |
| The barriers of our world are coming down. Cultures, which once knew nothing of each other's existence, now live side by side. Food, drink, clothing, language and music are all being transformed influenced by the international community living on our doorstep. Pitas, croissants, shawarmas, espresso coffee, burritos, stir-fries, curries have all become part of our regular diet, symbolic of the shrinking of our borders and the opening of our minds. Our bodies move to the rhythm of salsa, reggae, merengue and tangos. Our hearts beat to the rhythms of the world. |
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| We crave the exotic. We have the ability to communicate instantaneously with new worlds and to travel to far away lands. We know that life can be different. While we lead our ordered lives we dream of the exotic, the spontaneous, the unpredetermined. It is human nature. We need it both ways. We want security. We want to be able to say that tomorrow will be just like today, yet at the same time we want adventure. |
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| The blending of folk and art music, the contrast between the improvisatory and the ordered, has fascinated all of the great musicians. Brahms played with a gypsy from Romany. The works of Bartok are based in folklore. Mozart had his "Alla Turca". Yehudi Menuhin dabbled in jazz with Stephane Grapelli. Itzak Perlman finds release in Klezmer. |
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| With "CLASSIC GYPSY" Ioan Harea transforms the folk music of Europe and South America into a new genre of virtuoso violin playing, elevating music of the campfire and dance hall to the symphonic stage. |
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| Ioan Harea will guide you into a world of fantasy - a world of dancing skirts swirling around a campfire, a world of dark eyes staring intensely, drawing you into dreams of a nomadic life, free of responsibilities, full of passion and adventure. In the words of the immortal gypsy in Verdi's opera Il Trovatore "the sky is our roof and our country, the world". |
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| Ioan Harea "CLASSIC GYPSY": Release the gypsy in your soul! |
