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Sir Georg Solti: Making of a Maestro [DVD] [1997] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
1.  Sir Georg Solti: Making of a Maestro [DVD] [1997] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Georg Solti
The list author says:
  "The best portrait of a musician I have ever seen, beautifully filmed. Solti is a compelling narrator and we learn a lot about music too."
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Hungarian Dances
2.  Hungarian Dances by Jessica Duchen
The list author says:
  "Jessica Duchen is a first-rate novelist, compulsively readable. She also evokes the shadow-side of life very well. Anyone who has been fascinated by Budapest will want to read this."
£16.99   Used & New from: £0.01
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The Door
3.  The Door by Magda Szabo
The list author says:
  "Magda Szabo should have won the Nobel Prize. She has a vivid style and a special interest in the darker side of people and the complications of relationships."
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.01
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Be Faithful Unto Death (Central European Classics) (CEU Press Classics)
4.  Be Faithful Unto Death (Central European Classics) (CEU Press Classics) by Zsigmond Moricz
The list author says:
  "The story, set in a boarding school, of a boy falsely accused of theft, is told entirely from his point of view and one becomes so involved that the climax is quite heart-breaking."
£12.99   Used & New from: £3.83

The Death of Franz Liszt: Based on the Unpublished Diary of His Pupil Lina Schmalhausen
5.  The Death of Franz Liszt: Based on the Unpublished Diary of His Pupil Lina Schmalhausen by Lina Schmalhausen
The list author says:
  "Liszt still isn't as fully valued as he should be. This remarkably vivid first-hand account of his last days will make you want to read Walker's 3-volume biography."
£22.95   Used & New from: £18.35

Elgar: The Symphonies; In the South (Alassio); Cockaigne
6.  Elgar: The Symphonies; In the South (Alassio); Cockaigne by London Philharmonic Orchestra
The list author says:
  "If pushed to choose one album among so many magnificent ones made by Sir Georg, I would choose this: even after 35 years of frequent listening, the 1st Symphony never fails to move."
£5.97   Used & New from: £2.99
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Bartok: The Orchestral Masterpieces
7.  Bartok: The Orchestral Masterpieces by Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The list author says:
  "Bartok's music was so influenced by the Magyar language via folksong that only a native can do it full justice. The interpretations are fabulous in poetry and excitement."
£6.08   Used & New from: £5.30
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They Were Counted (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European)
8.  They Were Counted (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European) by Miklos Banffy
The list author says:
  "The first part of a huge trilogy about life in Hungary in its days of glory. Banffy is a gripping story-teller: read one volume and you will want them all! - and there are copies at far less than £40."
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Volodos plays Liszt
9.  Volodos plays Liszt by Franz Liszt
The list author says:
  "Volodos is a phenomenon, as dazzling a player as Cziffra with the poetry of Andras Schiff."
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Hungarian Rhapsodie (Cziffra)
10.  Hungarian Rhapsodie (Cziffra) by Franz Liszt
The list author says:
  "No-one has ever matched Cziffra in these works: he brings to them a flair and improvisatory feel which Liszt himself requested."
£9.79   Used & New from: £6.78
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Liszt - Christus
11.  Liszt - Christus by Various Artists
The list author says:
  "Liszt still tends to be underrated: this is a lovely work (and a bargain)."
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Morning Star
12.  Morning Star by Marta Sebestyen
The list author says:
  "Authentic Magyar folk - not to be confused with Gypsy café music. The musicians are outstanding in this life-enhancing music: you will want to get up and dance!"
£7.72   Used & New from: £4.15
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Georges Cziffra - Les Rendez-vous de Senlis
13.  Georges Cziffra - Les Rendez-vous de Senlis by Franz Liszt
The list author says:
  "If you are near Senlis you will be welcomed welcome at the St Frambourg chapel the Cziffras restored. The Brahms is stunning, the French music charming and his late Schubert and Chopin very moving."
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Andras Schiff - Solo Piano Music
14.  Andras Schiff - Solo Piano Music by Andras Schiff
The list author says:
  "Schiff's wonderful Mozart with Vegh is out of print. Here instead is a bargain by perhaps the most poetic and intelligent pianist of his generation."
£18.54   Used & New from: £17.14
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Works for Mixed Choir 2
15.  Works for Mixed Choir 2 by Kodaly
The list author says:
  "Little-known but lovely 'a capella' works. Dr Erdei is director of the Kodaly Pedagogical Institute in Kecskémet. Don't go for a cheap English-sung version!"
£18.44

The Dream: Gypsy Folk Songs from Hungary
16.  The Dream: Gypsy Folk Songs from Hungary by Kalyi Jag
The list author says:
  "This is genuine Gypsy folk - very different from Gypsy café music. It is quite unique in its sounds and exhilarating too."
£15.12   Used & New from: £13.94

Bartók: Piano Concertos / Violin Concertos
17.  Bartók: Piano Concertos / Violin Concertos by Vladimir Ashkenazy
The list author says:
  "Another indispensable bargain. The violin concerto is perhaps the most accessible: almost neo-Romantic plus exotic Hungarian colours and rhythms. Both soloists seem in complete accord with Solti."
£5.97   Used & New from: £4.70
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Géza Anda Plays Liszt, Bartók and Dohnányi
18.  Géza Anda Plays Liszt, Bartók and Dohnányi by Franz Liszt
The list author says:
  "A great Hungarian pianist who died prematurely. The Liszt Sonata, probably inspired by "Faust", is an absolute masterpiece."
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Liszt: 12 Etudes
19.  Liszt: 12 Etudes by Claudio Arrau
The list author says:
  "Arrau reveals all the richness and wonder of these pieces and the sound has been remastered, bringing remarkable naturalness."
£29.70   Used & New from: £7.50
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Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion / Haydn Variation
20.  Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion / Haydn Variation by Bartok^Solti^Perahia^Brahms
The list author says:
  "Solti turned the pages (for Mrs Bartok) at the Sonata's first performance. He also played it with Geza Anda and, at 80, with Andras Schiff. The wonderful Evelyn Glennie is part of the star line-up too"
£8.63   Used & New from: £8.00

Last Recording
21.  Last Recording by Solti
The list author says:
  "The legend on which "Cantata Profana" is based is of especial significance to Hungarian émigrés. It is gloriously played and sung with tremendous conviction of a sort rare in the West."
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One Woman in the War: Hungary 1944-1955
22.  One Woman in the War: Hungary 1944-1955 by Alaine Polcz
The list author says:
  "The horrors of life for women in Budapest as the Russian army "liberated" the city."
£13.99   Used & New from: £11.04

Budapest to Babel
23.  Budapest to Babel by Agnes Lehoczky
The list author says:
  "Witty, moving, original poems in a lovely edition by a young Hungarian poetess."
£11.69   Used & New from: £9.05

Celestial Harmonies
24.  Celestial Harmonies by Péter Esterházy
The list author says:
  "A huge book, hugely intriguing and entertaining, by Hungary's greatest contemporary writer."
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