The Guzuls have created a very poetic legend about their trio-ensemble music. Three musicians - a violinist, cimbalomist and sopilka-player - fell in love with one maiden. In order to choose her bride-groom the maiden suggested that they take part in a contest and the player whose music-making the people would judge to be the best she would marry.
Each musician in turn played his favourite melody, but as the three musicians equally well none of them could win the contest. Then the maiden asked them to play the same song but again nobody scored a victory... There was only one thing left to do - to play a tune together. But their joint performance yielded such enchanting music that the people decided that it would be a sin to part them and so they continued to play together.
In this way this music came to be called "troista muzyka" (trio-ensemble music). The emergence of music of this kind, that laid the foundation for the further development of folk instrumental music, was a great achievement in the cultural life of the people.
1 The departure, the journey and arrival from the pastures in the mountains. Carols 
2 Verkhovina
3 Old Guzul melodies
4 Wedding melodies
5 Verkhovina song
6 Dovbush's song
7 Wreath
8 Wedding song
9 Polka
10 Guzulka
11 The cuckoo cried
12 Guzul melodies
13 Oh, i walked from Debrechin
14 Haymaker's song and Arkan
15 Guzul Girl
16 Mishinsk wedding melodies
Total time : 42:30
2004 WORLD MUSIC
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