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Release Date: 13-08-12
Label: Rough Guides
Catalog Number: RG1283-2
Barcode: 605633128321
Musical Style: World
Hungarian music, which bears the influence of folk, gypsy and Jewish tunes, is a living and breathing European tradition with its own unique instruments. Listen out for cimbalom master Kálmán Balogh, dazzling fiddler Róbert Lakatos, and traditional gypsy party band Parno Graszt.
The twenty-first century has brought exciting and inspiring times for Hungarian music. Masters and students alike experiment freely and confidently with tradition. This Rough Guide traces out a journey via the sounds of Hungarian, Gypsy and Jewish tunes from the Carpathian Basin.
Folk music has long been a common inspiration, a practice inherited from the nation's great composers, such as Franz Liszt and Zoltán Kodály, who weaved traditional music into their grand symphonies and sonatas. Fittingly the album opens with a track by dazzling fiddler and violist Róbert Lakatos. Here he plays folk songs from Transylvania, originally collected and used in other pieces by Béla Bartók a hundred years ago. Other appearances include those by the exquisite vocalist Beáta Palya, who expanded her knowledge of Eastern European folklore by studying Indian and Persian traditions in France.
Another young singer Ági Szalóki explores the live aspect of folk tradition with one of her wonderfully creative arrangements, 'Elementem A Piacara'. The cimbalom, a traditional hammered dulcimer, has achieved international recognition thanks to players such as Kálmán Balogh, heard here on the track, 'Keserédes Kávé' ('Bittersweet Coffee').
A fantastic bonus album is provided by up and coming band, Tárkány-Müvek who fuse together the raw energy of traditional Hungarian folk, the intellectual rigour of classical music, and the spiritual depth of avant gade jazz and poety together into one fabulous mix.
| 1 | Erdélyes (Transylvanian); Lakatos Róbert & A Rév | 05:01 |
| 2 | Ágról-Ágra (From Branch To Branch); Beáta Palya | 03:38 |
| 3 | Csángó Boogie; Kerekes Band | 05:33 |
| 4 | Keserédes Kávé (Bittersweet Coffee); Kálmán Balogh & Gipsy Cimbalom Band | 05:32 |
| 5 | Kisacko Kolo; Söndörgö & Ferus Mustafov | 06:24 |
| 6 | Puter Mama (Mother Open); Béla Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project | 04:26 |
| 7 | Baj Van Medley; Di Naye Kapelye & The Técsoi Banda | 04:06 |
| 8 | Süss Fel Nap (Come Out, Sun!); Csürrentö | 06:48 |
| 9 | Elmentem A Piacra; Ági Szalóki | 04:27 |
| 10 | Mikor Kend Es Pista Batyam; Hungarian Hurdy-Gurdy Orchestra | 04:10 |
| 11 | Hegedut A Kezibe (The Fiddle In His Hand); Szalonna and his Band & Ágnes Herczku | 03:43 |
| 12 | A Szeretet Próbája (A Test Of True Love); Szilvia Bognár | 05:14 |
| 13 | Rávágok A Zongorára (Hit The Piano); Parno Graszt | 03:57 |
| 14 | Kurucz Mahala; Buda Folk Band | 04:33 |
| 15 | Csillag Vagy Fecske (Star Or Swallow); Csík Band & András Lovasi | 05:42 |
| 16 | Megy A Nap Lefelé (Now The Sun Starts To Sink); Prímás Parade | 04:44 |
| 17 | Kelushka; Mitsoura | 04:28 |
| 1 | Csípd + (Bite It); Tárkány-Müvek | 05:28 |
| 2 | A Pünkösdi Rózsa (The Pentecostal Rose); Tárkány-Müvek | 04:59 |
| 3 | Hess Páva (Hush Peacock); Tárkány-Müvek | 07:12 |
| 4 | Semmi Sem Hasonlít Hozzád (Nothing Compares To You); Tárkány-Müvek | 07:06 |
| 5 | Még A Fák Is Sírnak (The Trees Still Cry); Tárkány-Müvek | 06:43 |
| 6 | Öszi Vázlat (Autumn Sketch); Tárkány-Müvek | 04:46 |
| 7 | Úgy Szeretlek (So Much I Love You); Tárkány-Müvek | 05:21 |
| 8 | Csiririp (Chee-ree-reep); Tárkány-Müvek | 06:44 |
| 9 | Csak Egyszer Voltam Boldog (Once In My Life I Was Happy); Tárkány-Müvek | 14:09 |
| 10 | Nyisd Ki Babám (Open Up Baby); Tárkány-Müvek | 07:19 |
| 11 | Nehéz Nap Véget Ér; Tárkány-Müvek | 08:43 |
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