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(BCD1101) GBP 14.49
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Hungarian folk music CD and 70 page book of late 19th-early 20th century
photographs. Book main text is in Hungarian but with an English introduction.
"The CD is based on materials collected by Bartók, Kodály
and Antal Molnár in Gyergyó between 1907 and 1911. The Gyergyó Basin
is in East Transylvania (today Harghita county, Romania), with Gyergyószentmiklós
as its centre..."
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(FA-251-2) GBP 11.69
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Fono Zenekar
'Hateha! Hungarian Dance House Music'
Evergreen Melodies from the Tanchaz Era. A unique project from Fono
Records in Hungary featuring Ágnes Herczku, members of Vandor
Vokal and others.
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(ERCD048) GBP 10.79
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Egyszolam
and Kalamajka
Megutik a Dobot, When drums are beaten, Vocal and
instrumental folk music from Hungary 1848-49'
This release has both ensembles playing
traditional folk instruments such as bagpipe, flute, violin, cimbalom, clarinet etc..
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(FESZCD010) GBP 10.79
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In 2008 the Gazsa Band completed a short tour of the US. This
released captures the best of these shows. István Papp, or Gázsa
as he is known as is, one of the finest violinists in Eastern Europe. He
has a sharp clean yet vigorous style with plenty of energy.
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(FA-227-2) GBP 10.79
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Hiros Band
'Don't Be Afraid, My Darling'
"...folk music played with warm heart and expertise of instrument,
which is always welcome. This album is delightful, vivid, evokes
emotions and thoughts, entertains people."
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(SZ003) GBP 10.79
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Morotva
'The Bartered Bride'
"The second part of this CD is a Ballad, created by several
different folk tunes. The ballad in the Hungarian traditional folk art
is a genre, of tragic or comic stories. It's typically brief. The events
of the story are by the introduction. The ballad of the bartered bride -
who loses her love and gets extremely desperate - ends tragically, the
maid looses her sanity..."
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(BGCD084) GBP 10.79
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Duvo Ensemble
'4 - Hungarian Village Music'
Probably Duvo's finest album to date. Authentic and spirited folk
music from Transylvania, Moldavia and beyond. Strong arrangements and,
as always, excellent playing on traditional instruments.
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(FA-226-2) GBP 10.79
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Morotva
'Szerelem, Love'
"The ensemble Morotva has a 15-year-old history. During this
time we kept ourselves busy with the authentic way: gather, teach folk
music, accompany folk dancers, and with thematic interpretation and
performance of folk music. Our arrangements are based on folk songs, are
combined with interludes and added improvised inner voices..."
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(BGCD040) GBP 10.79
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Duvo play some interesting and rare musical instruments including the
bagpipe,
the 'cling flute. the dulcimer, the pastoral flute,
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(FA-241-2) GBP 10.79
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Traditional and contemporary bagpipe music from Hungary. Istvan
Balazs belongs to the new generation of Hungarian bagpipers. He
taught bag pipe playing at the Hungarian Folk Music School in Obuda, and
also makes them. He is a member of the Kalamona Band and often joins the
Hungarian Bagpipe Orchestra in concert as well as playing solo.
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(FA-228-2) GBP 10.79
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L. Szekely ao
'Szerelmem Nagysajo, I Love Nagysajo: Romantic Folk Music From
Transylvania'
Levente Székely and friends playing Hungarian Transylvanian
wedding music and love songs. ...the village of Nagysajó is known only to those who have noticed its
rich dance culture and most importantly, its outstanding instrumental
music..."
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(TVM120) GBP 10.79
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Archive recordings of Hungarian bagpipe music.
"This disc was conceived and compiled to honour and pay homage to
the bagpipers of old and to bring the bagpiping tradition of Hungary to
a wider audience...."
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(PTCD002) GBP 10.79
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Kalamajka
'Couples dance from Szek, Szeki par'
In the centre of Budapect in the street called Molnar Utca, Kalamajka
held their weekly Tanchaz. For many years this was 'the place' to go to
in Budapest to see and hear the best folk music and dancing outside of
Transylvania. But all good things come to an end.
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(FL0004) GBP 10.79
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Gajdos
'Vessunk Szamot'
"Gajdos Folk Music Group celebrates its 20th anniversary in
2006. After so many years we have enough experience to look back and
having numerous appreciations we can make plans about our future and we
can form our musical aims for the future. We think our utmost aim is to
play to traditional Hungarian folk music, in dance houses and at
concerts..."
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(HCD18173) GBP 10.79
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Bela Halmos
'Hungarian Folk Music from Transylvania, Az A Szep Piros Hajnal'
Read an interview with Bela
Halmos in our magazine section.
Bela Halmos from Kalamajka has worked with Ferenc
Sebo, Muzsikas
and on many solo projects and was a leading light of the 70s tanchaz
movement.
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(ERCD044) GBP 10.79
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The music Gajdos plays originates from the regions Marosmente, Moldva,
Kalotaszeg, Felvidék and Szilágyság. Among the
tracks there are wine songs form their hometown Eger and some bagpipe
songs from the Nógrád region.
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(FA-229-2) GBP 10.79
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Kalamajka
'Our 30 Year Old Dance House'
Hungarian folk music from one of the foremost dance house (Tanchaz)
ensembles in Hungary. "As the Muzsikás started the first
dance-house in the Capital House of Youth in the Molnár street together
with the Téka band, nobody imagined that this would be the
longest-existing dance-house in the folk-music revival history of
Hungary..."
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(DHA001) GBP 10.79
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Complementing the Duda (Hungarian Bagpipe) playing on this CD release is
some fine singing and other traditional folk music instruments. Boosting
members such as Sandor Csoori (ex-Muzsikas,
now with Ifju
Muzsikas) and Gyorgy Lanyi (Teka
Ensemble) this bag-pipe project was always going to produce
something interesting.
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(ABT004) GBP 11.69
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'Gázsa' Istvan Papp
'Transylvanian Folk Music- Erdélyi Népzene'
Violinist 'Gazsa' playing folk music in the best
Transylvanian style. Accompanied by various musicians.
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(FA-908-2) GBP 10.79
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A unique project from Fono Records in Hungary featuring Ágnes
Herczku, members of Hegedos, Vandor Vokal and others.
... an enthralling collection of folk songs from the diverse Hungarian
repertory: traditional folk songs, gipsy dances, shepherd's songs,
wedding marches and even some drinking songs. Intelligent and inspired
music ...
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(HHCD002) GBP 10.79
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Verbunks, the recruiting dances, Magyar slow and fast dances and folk
songs, circle and skipping dances are all included in this panoramic
view of Hungarian folk music.
Edited and directed by Laszlo Kelemen
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(EDCD009-10) GBP 12.49
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Two CD set of archive folk music recordings from historical Hungary, Moldavia, and
Bukovina, in celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the Conquest.
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(HCD32297) GBP 10.79
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Bridging the gap between authentic folk music and the classical work of Bela
Bartok.
...authentically render the folk melodies, as Bartok himself
would have heard them...
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