Hungary - World Music Network

MUSICROUGHGUIDES
The Rough Guide to the music of
Hungary
2xCD
Special Editio
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With Bonus C
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by TárkányMüvek
Various Artists
The Rough Guide To The
Music Of Hungary
Cat No: RGNET1283CD
Label: World Music Network
EAN: 9781908025364
UPC: 605633128321
Release date: 10 September 2012
File Under: World
Marketing points:
• Listen to how the twenty-first century
has brought exciting and inspiring times
for Hungarian music
• Highlighting today’s spectacular crop of
musical talent who experiment freely
and confidently with tradition
• Includes FREE bonus CD by TárkányMüvek, blending Hungarian folk,
classical and jazz traditions with
extraordinary results
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.
• Following on from the success of The
Rough Guide To Hungarian Music (First
Edition) (RGNET1092CD)
Artists Include: Lakatos Róbert És A Rév, Beáta Palya, Kerekes Band,
• Folk music is a prominent part of the
national identity and continues to play a
major part in Hungarian music
Kálmán Balogh & Gipsy Cimbalom Band, Söndörgő & Ferus Mustafov,
Béla Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project, Di Naye Kapelye & The Técsői
Banda, Csürrentő, Ági Szalóki, Hungarian Hurdy-Gurdy Orchestra,
Szalonna And His Band With Ágnes Herczku, Szilvia Bognár, Parno
Graszt, Buda Folk Band, Csík Band & András Lovasi, Prímás Parade,
Mitsoura
Bonus CD:
Introducing Tárkány-Müvek
Led by Bálint Tárkány-Kovács, one of Hungary’s
foremost cimbalom players, Tárkány-Müvek
fuse the raw energy of traditional Hungarian
folk, the intellectual rigour of classical music,
and the spiritual depth of avant garde jazz and
poetry together into one fabulous mix.
• Featuring many of the biggest musical
stars from Hungary including Parno
Graszt, Róbert Lakatos, and Kálmán
Balogh
• Hungarian music is vibrant, passionate
and brimming with colour
• A rich & diverse collection of tracks
which all pay respect to Hungarian
musical traditions
• Hungary has a musical impact far in
excess of its size
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