By far the best version of Romanian dances. No one can match it.

"My life time gold is to continue and finish the study of romanian peoples folk music. For the romanians peasants the music is a general and natural pursuit. My universal guideline is the idea of the brotherhood of people despite all of the wars and misunderstandings" words by Bela Bartok. A universal idea that people to unite against evil for the sake of humanity, giving a hearty slap to chauvinism

I love romanian music! It is very alike to serbian music, some of our old folk songs are actualy originaly romanian. Our cultures were and still are it touch with eachother! Greetings from a Serb of Bosnia and Herzegovina!!!

1:14 fella in background. Love it.

Pe Loc so haunting. She makes the violin sing! Utterly wonderful! I could listen to this over and over again. I'm playing the Romanian Dances but on the Cello.

Romania is a great culturally country and should be respected as such. Our classical composers, our literature, our language and rythimcal poems makes us a great noble people, just like the people of Russia, britan or french, Romania is great great country.

Still my favorite. Could listen to this all day long.

fantastic....bravoooooooooooooo. muzica romneasca a dat culoare si a ajutat la creearea altor capodopere....multe genii au imprumutat de la noi..anumite forme muzicale. Impresionant!

the first one is amazing!! i love you romania ! greetings from jordan!

very interesting. I did not know that romanian music could be so sad and be so happy at the same time

As an English expat, living in Italia, am so ashamed at never finding this Lady before, just wonderful music.and will be be following .

bartok was the one of the greatest composer in the nationalist era to combine the endemic folk sounds of his culture, its fromal structure and melodic motives, with the conventionalinsm of modern harmony theory, and the results are just great.

Great respect for Ms. Illényi Katica. Multi-talents...

so beautiful...

This piece is so powerful that it carries the potency of an entire orchestra, even though there is only a lone violin playing, accompanied by a piano. Magnifico!

This is my favourite version of Romanian Folk Dances

Beautifully played. I wish I had that tone. The energy of the finale really blew me away. I am currently learning the first two parts of this and find this to be very inspiring.

In November 2010 I discovered this clip. I wrote to Katica Illenyi to thank her. Seeing this again encouraged me to publicly thank her for bringing me out of my stupor at university studying something that doesn't matter. Her playing of Jocul Bata (no. 1) brought me back home again to realize that the only thing that really matters is music. Since then, I have written nearly every single day and have had a piece performed by an ensemble. Thanks again, Katica, the great master would be happy to hear you play his music--the music of Transylvania.

Wonderfull Romanian dance from Transilvania! God bless Bela Rartok!

Splendida muzica, ottima versione interpretativa!

The way she plays the third movement is the best I've ever heard it - so mystical and ethereal.

Remarcable performance indeed, this is the beauty of music fans, put them feelings there on violin strings & let them worth , becoming like this a golden asset for further music happenings dating your new cyber supporters and paaaarty...our ancestors knew so well which one is the best marketing strategy and touristic promotion above all , this spectacular delight

Sugizo de X JAPAN me trajo hasta aqui..magnifica interpretación... saludos de Mexico para todos!!!!

One of the (or THE) very best interpretations. Wow!

grande passionalità in un una musica, non certamente facile ad eseguirsi, ma talmente bella e suggestiva da risuscitare i morti ! l'apporto bartokiano alla musica è di estrema importanza ed influenza ! il violino assume una verbalità tutta particolare, in quella passione interpretativa della violinista la metto nel mio sito , poichè eccezionale ! carlo lamberti carlo lamberti

Foarte frumos !! Ma bucur si mai mult cand stiu ca e melodie romaneasca!!

this has to be one of my favorite violin solos and it always will be and Bartok is one of my absolute favorite composers due to the raw sound of the music

Simply Great Music .

so refreshing to see a performance without a shoulder rest. it seems like as a teenager, everyone has forgot the beauty of he older russian style.

This is one of my most favorite melodies and here is the best interpretation I even heard.! Thanks very much Ms. Katica Illényi!

When my boyfriend left me ...against my will anyway...gave me a tape with the Rumenian dances on it...I cried and cried and cried and still today after 20 years ....still makes its effect...Great Stuff...!

Very nice fiddle playing. Giving the violin a good seeing-to in the right places.

Yesterday we had a great concert. The twin brothers Simmes played this piece, piano and violin. My mouth fell open, it was played so beautifully. Great piece and this one is also a great performance!

AMAZING!! That girl ROCKS!!!!!!!!

This is de the BEST version ever, she is sooo relaxing! greets the netherlands

I play piano, and I'm currently studying the Béla Bartók Romanian Folks Dances. In Hungarian, the title it's Román Népi Táncok. In German, Rumänische Volkstänze. In Romanian, Jocuri Poporale Romànești. I quite like this Folk Dances.

Katica Illenyi. Técnica depurada; desmangue maravilloso y perfecta ejecución. Jerarquiza la obra de Bartók. José Bernardo Koosnac.

Nicolino Lemonache Netto - Prezadíssima virtuose Katica Illényi, receba nossos aplausos daqui do Brasil. Você merece. Ao sucesso !

From now the best execution I heard on youtube

C'est moi qui avait choisi cet extrait,je l'aime toujours énormément!!!

Fuuu... ez mennyire jo! Koszonjuk Katica!

non seulement elle est magnifique mais elle joue merveilleusement bien bravo

The 3rd is soo hard,yet so beautiful! I just started playing them,wooho!!

Ethereal. Absolutely chilling to the bone.

Fabulous performance.

this music immediately touched me, i don't know why i guess everyone has a music play that they fall in love with instantly

wow the 2nd to last mov with all those grace notes was so clean! i love it.

she fells so well the spirit of this music...bravaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

hermoso folclor rumano llevado a la maestría por Bartok, frumosa musica din Rumania dusa la o capodopera por Bartok

je les aime aussi au PIANO... de toute façon elles sont très belles rené

Gorgeous sharp version of this powerful music.....think this might be my favourite version,

hearing bartok is like just sitting on the seashore all alone.....and crying

wow yo estoy ya en la orquesta juvenil del nucle ruben carrillo y estamostocando esa hermaosa pieza

Best thing about KZfaq... we discover wonderful talent that would otherwise be unknown to us. Beautiful, spirited, and authentic playing, madame. This music is obviously in your blood. Maybe one really must be Hungarian to do full justice to this music (well, it helps, anyway!) And you sing beautifully. My ancestors are from Abonyi, and you make me feel proud!

Oh this is so good; beautiful, beautiful music.

thank you for sharing, she is multitalented!

Ah, her violin has an excellent tone in the lower register :) What a joy to listen to!

Браво, Катюша!

Such exquisite playing! the third and fourth of the six are to this day among my favourite things to listen to....I only wish it had been written longer! An amazing depth of emotion and sensitivity from the player, truly beautiful, bravo!

Amazing performance of a beloved melody!

You have all my admiration.... Ilir

It's impressive! sometimes his violin looks like the voice of a person! It's precious!

Gyermekkoromban 8 évig tanultam zongorázni. Ezen idő vége felé ismerkedtem meg ezzel a lenyűgöző darabbal. És akkor gondolkodtam el először és visszafordíthatatlanul azon, hogy nem lehet az a nép gonosz és semmire kellő, amelynek ilyen népzenéje van. Hiszen a nép zenéje a nép lelke. Ehhez csak annyi került hozzá azóta, hogy egyik nép sem gonosz, s a politikát sosem a nép csinálja, hanem a politikusok. Attól és csak attól mocskos. Köszönöm Illényi Katicának ezt a mostani élményt!

One of the best interpretations on the violin for this dances, I strongly recomend to listen the Interpretation by Anne Sofie Mutter.

Stunning

even without shoulder rest. amazing musician!! braba katica!!

Brilliant playing from both of you. Thank you. What an amazing tone quality on the G string - it's a beautiful - so rich and resonant. You must have a truly loved violin. Spectacular finale. Well done!

elképesztő!!!!!!! Nagyon köszönöm Katica!!!!!!

Ms. Illenyi, I am very happy to have discovered your recordings here today. This version of the Romanian Dances was like a dream! Now I will go to your channel and explore your other recordings. Thank you for sharing them here.

Beautiful!!!!

Superb.

Istenem! Duios suna vioara! Nagyom koszonom!

Simply Great!

How lovely... Thank you for sharing!

Very beautifull, the best in violin, (brasil .)

I love this!

SO GOOD!!

Superb, superb!!!!!!!!

És una crack estic enamorat d'ella

a brilliant performance!

the last one is Friggin AWESOME!!!! wish i could play like that...

Hermosa musica !

Awesome...no words

Szeretem

I love Bartok's music !!

the dance from 1:50 ish onwards is one of the most beautiful and eerie pieces of music I have ever heard

Splendid!

Same. I love this, really fun to play

Beautiful 🌹

Excellent !👍

Straziante...!

Fifth movement... Just wow. Amazing.

Great! I like her!

Amazing!!

Thanks for posting!

1:48 - 2:55 is just so haunting. I absolutely love it.

Awesome musicist

BRAVO!!

Whoa, that's some seriously good technique! Also, that's an excellent arrangement. Thanks for posting!

i think i actually like the solo violin and piano more than the orchestral version. both are beautiful, but she really does this amazingly! i love it so much! thank you!