Surveying the history of music in Hungary. Hungary was settled by the Magyars in the late 9th century and became a state in the year 1000. After adopting Latin Christianity in the 11th century, the country’s rich musical heritage of church music started with Gregorian plainchants, and later in the Middle Ages with fully realized polyphonic singing. Bill picks it up from there with the blending of religious music and ethnic folksongs from the countryside, reflected in the music of Liszt, Kodály, and Bartók. And let’s not forget the influences of Hungarian Roma music and Transylvanian dances.
Magnificent Magyars
A picture at night of the Hungarian Parliament Building
Playlist
Episode 1
Traditional: Bartok setting of folk tune
Bill on the piano
0:38
Traditional: The Beginnings of Polyphonic Church Music in Hungary (excerpt)
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
1:00
Traditional: The Beginnings of Polyphonic Church Music in Hungary
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
5:19
Traditional: Music from the Court of King Matthias (excerpt)
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
2:14
Rózsavölgyi, Mark: Csardas (excerpts)
Budapest Strings
Orchestral Music (Hungarian) – KAUER, F. / CSERMAK, A. / ROZSAVOLGYI, M. / WEINER, L. (Hungarian Dances)
Capriccio 10528
1:28
Rózsavölgyi, Mark: Csardas (excerpts)
Budapest Strings
Orchestral Music (Hungarian) – KAUER, F. / CSERMAK, A. / ROZSAVOLGYI, M. / WEINER, L. (Hungarian Dances)
Capriccio 10528
2:50
Bakfark, Bálint: Fantasia & Galliard for Lute
Benko Consort
On 7 Instruments
Hungaroton 31564
4:40
Traditional: Dances from the Vietoris Book of Tablature
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
4:39
Traditional: Three Litanies from Janos Kajoni’s Missal
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
4:55
Traditional: A Pozsony Manuscript: Dances
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
2:00
Traditional: A Pozsony Manuscript: Dances
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
4:10
Csermák, Anton Georg: Vaterlandsliebe (excerpt)
Budapest Strings
Orchestral Music (Hungarian) – KAUER, F. / CSERMAK, A. /
ROZSAVOLGYI, M. / WEINER, L. (Hungarian Dances)
Capriccio 10528
1:47
Esterházy, Peter: Harmonia Caelestis (five movements)
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
13:29
Traditional: Hajdu Song & Dance
Mandel Quartet
Ungaresca: 500 Years’ Hungarian Music
Hungaroton 31429
4:52
Episode 2
Haydn, Joseph: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 11, III
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Piano Concertos Nos. 4, 3 & 11
EMI 56960
4:17
Csermák, Anton Georg: Vaterlandsliebe (excerpts)
Budapest Strings
Orchestral Music (Hungarian) – KAUER, F. / CSERMAK, A. / ROZSAVOLGYI, M. / WEINER, L. (Hungarian Dances)
Capriccio 10528
1:41
Rózsavölgyi, Mark: Three Csdárás
Budapest Strings
Orchestral Music (Hungarian) – KAUER, F. / CSERMAK, A. / ROZSAVOLGYI, M. / WEINER, L. (Hungarian Dances)
Capriccio 10528
8:32
Berlioz, Hector: The Damnation of Faust: Rákóczy March
London Symphony Orchestra/Davis
Les Troyens
Phil 156143
4:54
Erkel, Ferenc: Bánk Bán: Prelude
Budapest Phil/Ferencsik
Bánk Bán
Hungaroton 11376
2:58
Erkel, Ferenc: Bánk Bán: Finale Act 1 Scene 3
Budapest Phil/Ferencsik
Bánk Bán
Hungaroton 11376
7:27
Erkel, Ferenc: Bánk Bán: Finale Scene
Budapest Phil/Ferencsik
Bánk Bán
Hungaroton 11376
4:42
Liszt, Franz: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9: Carnival in Pest
György Cziffra, piano
10 Hungarian Rhapsodies
EMI 67555
9:53
Liszt, Franz: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9: Carnival in Pest
György Cziffra, piano
10 Hungarian Rhapsodies
EMI 67555
2:17
Csermák, Anton Georg: Vaterlandsliebe (excerpts)
Budapest Strings
Orchestral Music (Hungarian) – KAUER, F. / CSERMAK, A. / ROZSAVOLGYI, M. / WEINER, L. (Hungarian Dances)
Capriccio 10528
0:53
Episode 3
Liszt, Franz: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
London Symphony Orchestra/Dorati
Antal Dorati Conducting The London Symphony Orchestra* – Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 / Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6
Mercury 432015
10:42
Liszt, Franz: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor exceprt
London Symphony Orchestra/Dorati
Antal Dorati Conducting The London Symphony Orchestra* – Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 / Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6
Mercury 432015
0:40
Erkel, Ferenc: Hunyadi Laszló Overture
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Hunyadi László / Kovács, Sass, Gulyás, Kalmár
Hungarotron 12581
12:27
Erkel, Ferenc: Hunyadi Laszló Act 1 ending
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Hunyadi László / Kovács, Sass, Gulyás, Kalmár
Hungarotron 12581
5:20
Brahms, Johannes: Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, IV (excerpt)
Kremer, violin; Bashmet, viola; Argerich, piano; Maisky, violin cello
ARGERICH · KREMER · BASHMET · MAISKY JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quartet · Klavierquartett No. 1 op. 25
DG 463700
2:41
Joachim, Joseph: Violin Concerto No. 2, In the Hungarian Style, III
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Kalmar; Barton Pine, violin
Violin Concertos / Rachel Barton
Cedille 68
10:58
Brahms, Johannes: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77, finale
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Kalmar; Barton Pine, violin
Violin Concertos / Rachel Barton
Cedille 68
8:18
Brahms, Johannes: Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, IV (excerpt)
Kremer, violin; Bashmet, viola; Argerich, piano; Maisky, violin cello
ARGERICH · KREMER · BASHMET · MAISKY JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quartet · Klavierquartett No. 1 op. 25
DG 463700
2:41
Episode 4
Lehár, Franz: Waltz from The Merry Widow
Philharmonia Hungarica/Dorati
Wienerwalzer Paprika / Antal Dorati
Mer 434338
6:20
Lehár, Franz: Hungarian Fantasy, Op. 45
Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel; McDuffie, violin
Viennese Violin / McDuffie, Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops
Telarc 80402
7:58
Bartók, Béla: Kossuth, Sz. 21 (excerpt)
Budapest Festival Orch/Fisher
Concerto For Orchestra, Kossuth / Fischer
Phil 689002
7:18
Kodály, Zoltán: “Youth is Like a Falcon,” “The Price of Wine on
Mohovce Hill,” & “Little Apple Fell Into the Mud”
Von Otter, mezzo soprano; Forsberg, piano
Folksongs / Von Otter, Forsberg
DG 463479
5:05
Kodály, Zoltán: Three Hungarian Folksongs
Oistrakh, violin; Ginsburg, piano
Archduke Trio; Schubert, et al / Oistrakh
EMI 69367
4:12
Kodály, Zoltán: Dances of Galanta
Philadelphia Orch/Ormandy
Sinfonietta, Etc; Kodály: Dances / Szell, Ormandy
Sony 62404
15:17
Kodály, Zoltán: “Sit and Drink all Sunday”
Von Otter, mezzo soprano; Forsberg, piano
Folksongs / Von Otter, Forsberg
DG 463479
1:12
Episode 5
Weiner, Leó: Divertimento, Op. 20 No. 5: Csürdöngölo
Budapest Strings
Orchestral Music (Hungarian) – KAUER, F. / CSERMAK, A. / ROZSAVOLGYI, M. / WEINER, L. (Hungarian Dances)
Capriccio 10528
2:21
Bartók, Béla: Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion & Orchestra, III. Finale
Concertgebouw/Zinman Argerich, piano; Freiere, piano
Concerto For 2 Pianos, Perc & Orch, Etc / Zinman
Phil 416378
6:28
Veress, Sándor: Four Transylvanian Dances; “Lassu”
Camerata Bern/Zehetmair
Verklärte Nacht
ECM 1714
3:29
Ligeti, György: Four Wedding Dances
Philharmonia Orch & King’s Singers members
Gyorgy Ligeti Edition Vol 4 – Vocal Works / Salonen
Sony 62311
4:58
Ligeti, György: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Ensemble Wein-Berlin
20th Century Wind Music / Wien-Berlin
Sony 48052
5:37
Weiner, Leó: Divertimento
Budapest Strings
Orchestral Music (Hungarian) – KAUER, F. / CSERMAK, A. / ROZSAVOLGYI, M. / WEINER, L. (Hungarian Dances)
Capriccio 10528
1:27
Kodály, Zoltán: Háry János Suite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Solti – Mephisto Magic / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lon 443444
22:45
Kodály, Zoltán: Háry János Suite excerpt
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Solti – Mephisto Magic / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lon 443444
2:44
Williams, John: Excerpt from “Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind”
City of Prague Symphony Orchestra/Williams
Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind John Williams Deluxe Score
Silva Screen 1182
2:44
