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Budai Ilona
Living Hungarian Folk Music 2

Album HU 1978 on Hungaroton label
Folk (Folk, Népzene)

Budai Ilona 1951-ben született a Győr megyei Gyömörén. Nevét nem az ismert népballadától kölcsönözte, de a balladák és az archaikus népdal édeslányaként érkezett abba az áramlatba, amely ma a népzene új hullámaként ismeretes. Az áramlat emelte őt: a „Ki mit tud?”, a „Röpülj, páva” első nagy vetélkedői országos színpadhoz juttatták, s ő olyan énekléssel töltötte be a termeket, melynek üdesége, meleg tisztasága és emelkedett, fényes zengése a népdal legbensőbb tartalmát keltette életre. A népies műdalon és magyarnótán iskolázott előadói stílustól érintetlenül, hangszeres kíséret nélkül énekelt kezdettől. Később – mint e lemezen is – rokon-ízlésű együttesekkel is társult, de becsvágya ugyanaz maradt: póztalanul szolgálni a népdal eredeti szellemét – a legszebbekét. Természetes, hogy ezeket keresve ő is a mezőségi és a csángó magyarság dalkincsében talált zenei otthonára, s itt tanulta meg a népdal hiteles előadásának törvényeit. Külön szerencséje, hogy alkata is olyan, mintha a népdal jegyében fogant volna, s egyéniségének varázsa és a dalé, melyet előad, az együvé tartozó természeti jelenségekhez hasonlítja éneklését. Ezért, hogy kritikusai – immár 10 éve - mesterségbeli tudását is e varázslat részeként észlelik és becsülik. A népzene emberi jelleget, minőséget kifejező hatalmát vélik felismerni benne: a gyógyító, szabadító és hűségre kötelező szépség erejét. „te vagy a jó sugarasító” – írja róla Nagy László – „jó hitem nyerge, rosszat irtó /hogy jobb magamhoz is jussak el / emelj föl engem, hadd siessek, / vágj utat árva földieknek / szárnyaddal s torkod élivel!” Csak találgatni lehet, hogy ehhez a hozományhoz ki adott többet: szülei, az egyszerű munkásemberek, a ménfőcsanaki gimnázium, a soproni óvónőképző, a Bartók Béla Zeneművészeti Szakiskola, ahol tanult, vagy a Páva, mely felröppentette s a közönség, amelynek szeretetét kezdettől érezhette? – Tény, hogy önmagára ismert benne a mai fiatalság. S ez a találkozás a népzene jövője szempontjából is reményre jogosító bizonyosság. Ez a lemez első nagylemeze Budai Ilonának, határkő a maga énekesi pályáján s a mozgalom folyamatában is: a beérkezés dokumentuma, s lehet a további zenei honfoglalás bázisa is. Kiss Ferenc Ilona Budai was born in Gyömöre, Győr coutny, in 1951. She did not borrow her name from the popular Hungarian folk ballad, but she became part of the current known as the new wave of folk music as a direct heir to the ballad and the archaic folk-song. She was lifted by the waves of this current: the first major competitions organized by the Hungarian Television, the „What Can You Do?” and the „Fly, Peacock!” ensured her a nation-wide stage, and she filled it with singing whose refreshing, warm purity and elevated, sparkling tone evoked the innermost meaning of the folk-song. From the very beginning she has sung without instrumental accompaniment, and untouched by a performing style developed in the singing of pseudo-folk art songs. Later – as in the present recording – she joined forces with ensembles of related tastes, but always remained true to her aspiration: to serve the original spirit of the folk-song in an unassuming rendition, endeavouring to select the most beautiful ones. It is only natural that in her search for these songs she too found her way to the folk-song heritage of the Hungarians living in the region known as the Mezőség and Moldavia (the latter being the Csángós), and here she also became familiar with the laws of the authentic rendition of the folk-song. Ilona Budai is particularly fortunate that her make-up seems to have been conceived in the spirit of the folk-song, and the charm of her personality together with the magic of the song she sings, elevates her performance to an interplay of natural phenomena. This is the reason her critics for the past ten years have acknowledged and esteemed her artistic attainment as part of this magic. They believe they recognize in it the power of folk music to express human character and quality – the healing, liberating force of beauty, which also compels fidelity. „You are the radiating benevolence”, the poet László Nagy writes of Ilona Budai, „the saddle of my good faith, destroying evil / so that I may attain my better self / lift me, let me hasten / cut a path for lonely mortals / with your wings and the edge of your throat!” This is Ilona Budai’s first LP, a landmark, as it were, both in her career as a singer and in the course of the movement, serving equally as a proof of her success and the basis for further conquests. Ferenc Kiss Issued in non-gatefold laminated cover with a 4-page insert sheet. Very similar to Living Hungarian Folk Music 2, but slightly different back cover (Budai Ilona image is not same).

     
Musicians
PortraitBudai Ilona voc,
vocals, album by
PortraitPéter Éri vl, cb,
double bass
PortraitArányi Tibor ,
lacquer cut by
PortraitErnőffy Olivér ,
lacquer cut by
PortraitLázár Katalin voc,
vocals
PortraitMuzsikás , *1973 HU
vocals, music by
PortraitAntal Fekete vl,
Ütőgardon, gardon
Producers
József Zelnik edited by
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1A1. Csango And Bukovinan Folk-SongsBudai Ilona
2The Bright SunBudai Ilona
3The Sunbeams Shine ForthBudai Ilona
4I'd Go Out Into My Little GardenBudai Ilona
5For Us The Loveliest EveningBudai Ilona
6A2. Dance Tunes Of GyimesBudai Ilona
7May My BootsBudai Ilona
8Fast Hungarian (Whoop It Up!)Budai Ilona
9A3. Folk-Songs From Nograd CountyBudai Ilona
10Oh My Maiden HeaddressBudai Ilona
11Weep, Just WeepBudai Ilona
12Doughter, DoughterBudai Ilona
13A4. Prisoners' Songs From The MozosegBudai Ilona
14If I Go Up Tp KolozsvarBudai Ilona
15Down The RoadBudai Ilona
16A5. Palots Ring-DancesBudai Ilona
17I Have Fenced Round The Tisza And The DanubeBudai Ilona
18I Have No Other CareBudai Ilona
19Hey RosemaryBudai Ilona
20A6. Folk-Songs From Szatmar CountyBudai Ilona
21I'm Not In The Prime Of LifeBudai Ilona
22Blue VioletBudai Ilona
23The Wind Drives The WavesBudai Ilona
24A7. Lament From The Mezoseg:Budai Ilona
25The Rain Nicely Lashes The FlowersBudai Ilona
26B1. Folk-Songs From SzekBudai Ilona
27The Moonlight Shines InBudai Ilona
28Late At NightBudai Ilona
29How I Would BeBudai Ilona
30B2. Ring-Dances Of SarkozBudai Ilona
31I'm A Famous Girl In Lovely SarkozBudai Ilona
32Get On, Get On My BrideBudai Ilona
33B3. Casago Folk-Ballad:Budai Ilona
34Fair Ilona MartonBudai Ilona
35B4. Folk-Songs From Gomor CountyBudai Ilona
36Oh, How Much You Travel Bright StarBudai Ilona
37I Wouldn't Give A Penny For A LadBudai Ilona
38B5. Folk-Songs Of ValaszutBudai Ilona
39If You KnewBudai Ilona
40If The Furrow CurlsBudai Ilona
41Winter-Summer OracheBudai Ilona
42B6. Folk-Songs Of MagyarpalatkaBudai Ilona
43Beyond The WaterBudai Ilona
44I'll Buy Three Red KerchiefsBudai Ilona
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