FELFÖLDI LEVELEK
(LETTERS OF THE HIGHLANDS) (CD)

In 2005, Felfoldi Levelek (Letters of the Highlands) brought to stage one of the most loved performances on the history of southern Slovakia's Hungarian, Slovak, Gypsy and Jewish dance and music. The basis of the show comes from the writings of Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Sándor Petőfi and Sándor Márai, their time collecting music and writing in Southern Slovakia and their connections with the music and dance of the area.

The show was so successful that we decided the music itself was worth recording for CD. Of course the quality of the musicians and the band also warranted recording. Gergely Koncz, László Mester and Tibor Lelkes manage wonderfully to make the varied and colourful music of Felvidék their own. Along with their esteemed colleges, Dénes Németh and Endre Liber and together with the dancers, they give such a genuine performance and reproduce a deep and 'informed' representation of the village musician's world of song and dance in their style. The listener is given a audibly graceful and confident recital of spirt lifting music and beside the deep aesthetic experience a true and rich knowledge is portrayed.

From Péter Árendás “Besides the confident performance and aesthetic experience a rich possession of knowledge is portrayed to the listener.” (Új Szó newspaper, 2006.09.06.)

• Gergely Koncz– violin
• Dénes Németh– violin
• Endre Liber– cimbalom
• László Mester– viola
• Tibor Lelkes– double bass
• Anikó Lépes, Zsófia Varsányi, Dusan Hégli, Imre Madocsai, Attila Oláh– vocals

Music compiled by:Dusán Hégli and Gergely Koncz

Produced by: Árendás Péter