Finally, after long hours (years) of recordings, my first CD is here :

I finally recorded on this CD most of my songs I played/composed during the last years,
hooking up my Technics PR-53 to our Fujitsu laptop via analog.
Got a Philips CD-burner and Adaptec's Easy CD Creator,
bought some TDK CD-Rs and burned the multimedia CD.
Relatively painless...



- Attila's Selection -

Multimedia CD 2002


35 Songs on the Audio CD
Midi and MP3 files on the CD-ROM


The colors mean the followings :
My compositions        My adaptations        Just performing


No. Title Length Comment
1. Lullaby 1:29 This song is just one of those well-known lullabies, which is a "must have" in a nursery... One of the songs in Alexandra's Music-Mobile was this lullaby and it kind of stuck...
2. Lullaby Impro 1:16 Right after recording the above lullaby, the "flow" was still going for similar tunes, so I just started an other recording. 100% improvization...
3. Lullaby Mix 4:12 After a long night of working on the Amazing Grace and the Lullabies, I though it would be interesting to just play and improvize and see where the music leads... You can recognize several elements from other recordings on this CD.
4. Lullaby for Alexandra 1:40 This is one of my favourites, since this tune emerged one night, when she had a tummy ache, thus was restless and I had to comfort her. While carrying her on her tummy, I started humming tunes randomly, and in about 10 minutes, this theme stuck. She fell asleep and I sat down and recorded...
5. My Child, A Kis Babkahh 0:52 One of her name is Babka (Hungarian for little baby), the 2 'h's are there to make it funny-sounding... She gave me this "no way" look one day, and looked quite determined, thus this tune's similar, 'marching' feeling...
6. Sakura, Sakura (Japanese Folksong) 1:17 It wasn't easy to come up with the "appropriate" chords, not to mention the "fillings". Note how the ending is major, while the whole song is minor...
7. Kojono Tsuki (Japanese Folksong) 1:05 This is undoubtedly my favourite Japanese theme. Again, the challenge was not to over-do it.
8. Érik a Szölö (Hungarian Folksong) 0:43 The simplicity of the original song stroke me and I found it quite challenging to come up with a non-intrusive, yet expressing accompaniment.
9. Amazing Grace 1:30 This old song found itself on my "list of favourites" as soon as I heard it. It's simple elegancy is striking. I enjoy playing it for a warm-up as well as to close a playing session...
10. Silent Night 1:44 I have wondered how I could play this well-known christmas song good enough to record it as 'noticeably different', so I went for swapping the theme from high to middle range after the initial chordization and added walking-bass in some of the connections.
11. Christmas Theme 1:17 I was playing on Christmas Eve and thought to myself how 'easy' it would be to compose something christmasish once you are in the mood...
12. Requiem Theme 1:00 One of my classical experimentings...
13. J.S.Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Special 3:10 First of all, I LOVE BACH! This composition of his was always an inspiration for me and I played this so many times, it started occupying my dreams, twisting, flying... This recording tries to show you how I heard it in those dreams... Note the base-line, the tingling starry feeling of bells, the waves hitting the shore...
14. Fantasy 1:40 I sat down one night and just started playing. I must have been tired... 100% improvization
15. Magyar Népmesék 0:44 One of our favourite Hungarian cartoon's theme song about old folk tales...
16. Short Renaissance Theme 0:21 We went to the Renaissance Fair in Vacaville several times and had this mood upon arriving home.
17. J.S.Bach's Well Tempered Clavier on harpsichord 3:09 Just testing how it may have sounded when the Master wrote it...
18. Remembrance 3:48 I was experimenting with Chopin & Beethowen type chords and started improvizing around them.
19. Pulse 2:08 As a warm-up, I started hitting the 'C' key with my left hand, than with my right alternating, using all fingers in sequence, than I moved to 'G', than 'F'. This gave me a classical sense, thus started to see how chords would work with the base of repeated strokes... 100% improvization.
20. Amazing Grace Special 1:43 My very favourite american song in a different, extended style.
21. Short Jazz Theme 0:27 I tried to write a whole piece around this theme of mine, but than decided, that it is quite appropriate as is now...
22. Errol Garner's Misty 2:18 I heard this song when I was like 8 and loved it ever since. Finally I grew to be able to actually play it. (kind of...)
23. Slow Hammond Theme 2:04 I always loved the sound of the Hammond Organ, but was never able to find a tune which brings it out. One night I sat down and started experimenting with the chords. After I found a reasonable sequence, I recorded it and added the percussion and 'solo' part later. Note the rotating Lesley effect!!! ;-)
24. Just Jazzy Short 1:08 One night I was finally in a jazzy mood and found some interesting chords, thus decided to start recording... 100% improvization.
25. Latin Theme 1:29 I was playing with the rhytm section and this latin cought my interest. I remembered this song from long ago, thus recorded...
26. Lounge Piano 2:40 Friends who heard me playing teased me, that I should be a bar/lounge pianist, so one night I turned on "my drummer" and started improvizing to see if I had what it takes... This is the recording of it... Yours to judge...
27. Hammondish 1:05 This is my other recorded experimenting with the Hammond Sound...
28. Lexy Jazz 1:44 I was playing to Alexandra one night and wanted to keep it simple, but jazzy. The main theme stuck, thus recorded...
29. Masquerade ( made famous by The Carpenters ) 1:46 I was always a great fan of the Carpenters, some of their songs are most definitely EverGreens, including this one. I love the 'difficulty level' of the changing keys.
30. Just Jazzy 5:38 This improvization was also recorded the same night as song #24. I totally forgot that I was recording around the middle, (you can feel it due to changing to 'smooth', than 'strong-base') so it got kind of long. Not to mention some of the unorthodox chords. It turned out quite all right...
31. Spring In Kecskemét 2:21 I wrote this song when I was 15. We were learning the "Feel of Jazz" with my old friend, Lepe. It felt great recording it after 17 years...
32. Moscow Nights Theme 1:57 I always had a thing for this tune, due to it's easly recognizeable ethnic melody. Variety is the Spice of Life...
33. Joe Cocker's You are so beautiful 1:46 I love the chords in this music, thus have to record it...
34. J.S.Bach's Well Tempered Clavier on piano 3:08 Just a clean version.
35. Errol Garner's Misty (v2.0) 2:02 Every time I play this tune, it always turn out to be different somehow. This is just an other version of song #22.

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