With Mission Cimbalom, Marius Preda has accomplished both in one album.

Artwork – Alain Carrier. First cat on sleeve, 2nd cat on center label. Made in Czechoslovakia, but French liner notes and "Supraphon Paris" address on rear jacket. The Slovak Cimbalom Quartet. Cimbalom Recital - II ‎(7", EP). Supraphon.

The cimbalom (Hungarian: ) is a type of chordophone composed of a large, trapezoidal box with metal strings stretched across its top. It is a musical instrument commonly found in the group of Central-Eastern European nations and cultures, namely contemporary Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland. It is also popular in Greece and among the Romani people. The cimbalom is (typically) played by striking two beaters against the strings

Kálmán Balogh (born 18 January 1959) is a Hungarian cimbalom player and leader of Kalman Balogh's Gypsy Cimbalom Band. Balogh is a Hungarian cimbalom player part of a lineage of Hungarian Gypsy musicians. A graduate of Franz Liszt Academy of Music of Budapest completed his studies in 1980 under supervision of Ferenc Gerencsér. Balogh studied the Gypsy music in Europe and Asia for several years.

The Slovak Cimbalom Quartet songs download, free online mp3 listen. Song of the Highlands. album: Danses de Slovaquie et des Tatras. Fantasy on Folksongs.

Canti del mulino (Mill songs): II. Zold erdoben, zold mezoben (In green wood, on green meadow) - Ilona Meskó, 2:330:30. 3. Canti del mulino (Mill songs): III. Borsot vittem a malomba (I've taken pea to the mill) - Ilona Meskó, 1:210:30.

This album of cimbalom virtuosity comes from Alexander Fedoriouk, a Ukranian master from the newer generation. He's studied under Kálmán Balogh and Toni Iordache as well, earning credibility in musical forms and techniques from the Hungarian and Romanian Roms. As with any cimbalom player worth hearing, Fedoriouk has speed that can just barely be comprehended when he gets onto a major run of arpeggios. Musically, he covers much of the same ground as any number of other albums featuring the cimbalom (such as those by Balogh, notably). Beyond this, though, he provides an outlet for a little.