Music from Hungary

Amazing book-bound storage binder collecting 16 10" albums issued in the historical La Musica Moderna collection, without covers/magazines, published by Fratelli Fabbri in the late 1960's as a panorama of avant-garde music in the 20th century.

Two wonderful orchestral compositions wonderfully conducted by Bruno Maderna and released on Guilde Internationale Du Disque in 1971. Still sealed.

The two radical expressionistic sonatas performed by Pinchas Zukerman and Marc Neikrug and released on CBS in 1982. With insert.

8th volume of piano music, performed by Erzsébet Tusa, in Hungaroton's monumental Bartók Béla Complete Edition released in 1969. With booklet.

The Hungarian composer's groudbreaking masterpice for two pianos and percussion coupled with two late compositions for piano duo by the French composer, performd by Gaby and Jean-Claude Casadesus and New Phonic Art's Jean-Pierre Drouet. 1976 Italian re-issue on CBS.

Three fantastic composition from the mid-1980's including the electronic sounding string quartet plus two beautiful electro-acoustic pieces for solo instrument, performed by the Arditti Quartet, Eberhard Blum and Frances-Marie Uitti and released by the Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD in 1988 on LP only, never re-issued on either CD or LP.

Still sealed copy of the sole edition of the excellent 1979 album on Hungaroton with a superb long minimalist electro-acoustic piece from 1977 in addition to other unusual compositions from the 1970's for ancient metal plates, small ensemble, and solo piano by the Hungarian experimental composer.

Rare mid-1980's re-issue of the amazing 5LP box set on Wergo with a selection of the composer's many masterpieces spanning from 1953 to 1972, including electronic music and compositions for organ, string quartet, various ensembles, choir and orchestra. Absoutely essential. With booklet.

Late 1970's re-issue on Wergo's "Große Interpreten neuer Musik" series of the 1969 album of masterful interpretations by the German virtuoso of landmark avant-garde compositions for cello solo or cello and orchestra spanning from 1914 to 1966.

A selection of compositions for choir spanning from 1904 to 1982 by the two Hungarian masters, performed by the DR Vokalensemblet conducted by Marcus Creed and released by OUR Recordings on CD-only in 2022.

Original Swedish edition on Four Leaf Clover Records of the 1979 jazz/funk fusion album by the influential eclectic guitarist featuring Pekka Pohjola and Wlodek Gulgowski.

Big tip! Mr Bongo proudly presents a reissue of Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo’s masterpiece Dreams. Blending lush, Eastern European-tinged psychedelic jazz with beautiful arrangements by Gary McFarland, its unique, delicate, charming sound has entranced record collectors for years. Originally released in 1968 on Skye Records, it’s quite rightly become a sought-after LP, and here at Mr Bongo, we wanted to reissue as close a replica edition as possible. Hungarian-born, Szabo left his home countr…

Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson and Balázs Pándi, recorded at Victoriaville in 2018 and completed with new recordings in 2025: electronics, bass and baritone saxophones and drums in brutal noise and free jazz.

On Annihilation of Samsara, Attila Csihar, Balázs Pándi and John Wiese converge as a single, shifting organism, dissolving borders between extreme metal, free improvisation and noise into a dense, unstable ritual where sound behaves more like weather than music.

This 1971 album by the Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó is a smooth jazz-fusion record blending psychedelic jazz, pop, and Latin influences. It includes one of Szabó’s best-known tracks, "Breezin’", later famously reworked by George Benson. The album is marked by melodic guitar lines, cinematic arrangements, and a polished, atmospheric sound typical of early-70s jazz fusion. Szabo also delivers a few stellar originals, showcasing his signature fusion of Hungarian folk music, jazz, psychedeli…

Fantastic EMS synthesizer / electronic music album by the Hungarian composer, released by Hungaroton in 1979.

Truly outstanding album of surprising electronic-sounding music for flute played with extended techniques by the Hungarian composer in collaboration with flutist István Matuz, released on Hungaroton in 1979.

Great 1970's electronic/instrumental music by the Hungarian composer, conductor and member of the Stockhausen Ensemble from the 1950's to the 70's, in collaboration with other composers László Sáry, László Vidovszky, Zoltán Jeney and Zoltán Kocsis. With insert.

Two multiple piano pieces composed in the 1970's by the Czech experimental/minimalist composer and released on Hungaroton in 1982.

The 1964 opera by the Hungarian composer blending modernist techniques with Spanish folk influences and Hungarian musical traditions, released as a 2LP box set by Qualiton in 1966. With insert.