The roots referred to in the title of this Warner Classics release are violinist Nemanja Radulovic's own, broadly speaking. This joyous album would have seemed familiar enough to a Viennese audience of a century and a quarter ago as violinists from points farther east plied their trade in cafés and concert halls. Radulovic adds a broader selection of music that would have been heard back then, of course, but his program flows naturally from his Serbian dances and songs, and the tango was far from unknown in central and ...
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The roots referred to in the title of this Warner Classics release are violinist Nemanja Radulovic's own, broadly speaking. This joyous album would have seemed familiar enough to a Viennese audience of a century and a quarter ago as violinists from points farther east plied their trade in cafés and concert halls. Radulovic adds a broader selection of music that would have been heard back then, of course, but his program flows naturally from his Serbian dances and songs, and the tango was far from unknown in central and Eastern Europe in the first years of the last century, as any 78rpm hound can attest. The tango provides a springboard for Radulovic to jump into Latin genres, including a mambo complete with shouted beats. He ventures further afield into tunes from Quebec, Ireland, and Scotland in the Hommage à Jean Carignan (a Quebec fiddler who knew 7,000 pieces), but even this does not seem out of place. Radulovic has a sense of joyous fun throughout; his Double Sens ensemble keeps up with him beautifully in this music, and the slashing tone of the vocal soloists is probably worth the price of admission in itself. Those selections might have been enhanced by text translations, but that is about the only complaint that can be applied to this gem of an album. ~ James Manheim, Rovi
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