Compilations and classic songs that put you in mind of the city, from Traveler’s city playlist.
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CDs/compilations:
Gypsy Colours, Tony Lakatos
Virtuoso violinist Tony Lakatos performs jazz and Gypsy jazz with all-star performers, such as pianist Szakcsi Lakatos.
Hungarian Dances No. 1-21, Johannes Brahms
Twenty-one highly enjoyable dances reflect what is quintessentially Hungarian by a non-Hungarian composer. Makes you feel as if you are walking along the Danube embankment.
Complete Hungarian Rhapsodies, Franz Liszt
Enjoyable rhapsodies performed by top Hungarian pianists. Selections include the “Rákóczi March,” a tune played at all official ceremonies in Budapest.
Hungarian Folk Songs, The Balázs Elemér Group
The Balázs Elemér Group performs songs based on those collected by Zoltán Kodály. Features Bea Palya and Ágnes Szalóki, part of the new generation of Hungarian folk singers, yet the compilation is truly jazz.
Classic songs:
Hungarian folk songs are not only being sung in a renewed form, but have also strongly influenced pop. Among the songs you can find everything from operetta to jazzy rock.
1. “Budapest 3” by Tamás Cseh
2. “Kőbánya Blues” by Hobo Blues Band
3. “Ha én rózsa volnék” (If I Were a Rose) by Zsuzsa Koncz
4. “Gyöngyhajú lány” (Girl With Pearl Hair) by Omega band
5. “Miénk itt a tér” (This Is Our Place) LGT
6. “Járom az utam” (I Walk Along My Way) by János Vámosi
7. “Szerelem, szerelem” (Love, Love) by Marta Sebestyén
8. “Gloomy Sunday” by Billie Holiday
9. “Mondd meg, hogy imádom a pesti nőket” (Tell Her I Adore the Women of Pest) by József Simándy
10. “Elmegyek, elmegyek” (I’ll Go Away) by Péter Máté
