Title: Road Of The Gypsies - L'Epopee Tzigane - 2 cd Type: CD Label: Network Code: 233941 Release date: - Road of the Gypsies is an indispensable first stop on any excursion into the world of Gypsy music. The two CDs contain 32 tracks from many of the greatest names in Gypsy music and cover the whole spectrum, from the Middle East through Romania, Hungary, and France and down to Spain. Eloquent liner notes detail the history, migration and cultural impact of this "invisible nation" and its music. The impeccable music selections echo this theme, kicking off with the late Cameron, flamenco's greatest voice, singing the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca, but accompanied by sitar. Elsewhere Taraf de Haidouks (Romania), Charcoal Gypsies (Egypt), and Bratsch (France) illustrate the enormous variety in the genre, with its many subdivisions such as the rom, manouche, and flamenco styles, all very distinct. Echoes of Django Reinhardt, himself a Gypsy, can also be heard in the French jazz guitar styles of Titi Winterstein. Gypsy music inspired Cervantes, Bartok, and even Beethoven and serves as an invisible thread in the quilt of European and Middle Eastern musical traditions. This is an astonishing glimpse of a culture carried in the musical brilliance of a forgotten people Titles   CD1 1. Camaron – Nana Del Caballo Grande 2. Goran Bregovic – Ederlezi 2. Goran Bregovic – Ederlezi Dream, and Underground). 3. Ando Drom – Lindraji Szi 4. Esma Redzepova & Ensemble Theodosievski 5. Taraf de Haidouks – Sus La Paru Dintre Vii 6. Romica Puceanu & Orchestra Florea Cioaca – Erau Zarzarii-Nfloriti 7. Mustafa Kandirali – Kandira Karsilamasi 8. Rromano Dives – Besena Rovena 9. Kocani Orkestar – Romski Cocek th a sprinkle of Latin flavour. 10. Taraf Mociu – Horea Oilor 11. Abdullah & Gholam Sakhi – Lovesong From Herat 12. Bratsch – Le Rindovani 13. Angelo Debarre, Serge Camps, Frank Anastasio – Folklore Roumain 14. Titi Winterstein Quintett – Milko 15. Jelem – Nevechernyaya 16. Loyko – Gulya CD2 1. Yiorgos Mangas – Gia Tous Anthropous Pou 2. Goran Bregovic – Mesecina 3. Blehorkestar Bakija Bakic – Pobjednicki Cocek 4. Gabi Lunca & Ensemble Ion Onoriu – Vai, Ce Rau Ma Sint Acuma 5. Kalyi Jag – Csilavtu 6. Valerie Buchacova & Ensemble Horvathovci – Soven Tschawe Soven 7. Pedro Bacan – Por El Camino D'Egipto 8. Lida Goulesco & Schnuckenack Reinhardt Quintett – Moskovskija Okna 9. Loyko – Road Of The Gypsies 10. Rromano Dives – Gelem, Gelem 11. Vanessa & Sorba with Titi Winterstein Quintett – Swiodeschka 12. Matelo Ferret – Mademoiselle De Bucarest 13. Istanbul Oriental Ensemble – Roman Oyun Havasi 14. Musicians Of The Nile – Bitnadini Tani Lih 15. Suwa Devi Kalbelya – Kaman Song 16. Bratsch – Nane Tsora