Tag Archives: Hungarian traditional music

Various Artists’ The Rough Guide to Hungarian Music 

Mention Hungarian music in a sentence and the word gypsy will inevitably follow. But as is the case with stereotypes, that doesn’t give you the whole picture (a lot of it, but not all of it). The Rough Guide to Hungarian Music takes you all through … Continue reading

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 Okros Ensemble’s Transylvanian Village Music

Brendan Foreman penned this review. The music of Transylvania reflects the many cultures that have inhabited it: Romanian, Hungarian, Romany, even some Jewish and German. It’s a haunting, rough style of music, featuring strange harmonies, microtonal note, and some very sophisticated … Continue reading

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 Muzsikás’ The Bartók Album 

Brendan Foreman penned this review. During a recent festival in celebration of the works of Béla Bartók — one of this century’s most important musical composers — at Bard College, the Hungarian tradition revivalist band Muzsikás discovered that many people were … Continue reading

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Muzsikas and Marta Sebestyen’s  Live at Liszt Academy 

The music of Hungary is a rich gift to the world. Muzsikas is the best-known of the ensembles that have brought this mesmerizing tradition to the world since the fall of the Iron Curtain in the early 1990s. This recording … Continue reading

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Kalman Magyar’s Exposed and Alexander Fedoriouk and Kalman Magyar’s Crossing Paths

Mike Stiles penned this review. Kalman Magyar is one of those rare people who raise the quality of our world a bit higher. This fellow grew up in New Jersey, absorbing the Hungarian folk culture of his parents and friends. By … Continue reading

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