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Hm, so it sounds like you're interested in Eastern European music in general! Some of the music you said you liked was not klezmer, but gypsy music. This last piece that you just linked to is Hungarian, also not necessarily klezmer (nor gypsy).
Perhaps you should listen to all of Brahms' Hungarian Dances, and you might also like Enescu's Romanian Rhapsodies. Here's Evgeny Kissin playing Brahms Hungarian Dances:
This is going out on a limb, but I wonder if you might also enjoy Smetena's music (inspired by Czech folk music). This particular piece is based on a Czech folktune which was also the inspiration for the Israeli national anthem:
If you like this standard klezmer tune, "The Lark" ---
... then you might also like the Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 by the Romanian composer Georges Enescu. That same tune, "The Lark", is also a popular Romanian folk-melody, so Enescu used in this piece which is heavily influenced by Romanian folk music (starting at 8:12 in this video) --
"If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the pressures we put on him." (John Holt)
kreisler, I saw that one too! It was really nice.! :-) and @pianojerome ... I like that first one! It's nice. Show me some more of that gypsy folk music! I love it!!
If you like this standard klezmer tune, "The Lark" ---
... then you might also like the Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 by the Romanian composer Georges Enescu. That same tune, "The Lark", is also a popular Romanian folk-melody, so Enescu used in this piece which is heavily influenced by Romanian folk music (starting at 8:12 in this video) --
And here's another wonderful version of that same tune, which a Romanian friend of mine just sent to me:
If you like gypsy and klezmer music, then you certainly can't go wrong with the famous Yiddish song "Romania, Romania!" The words describe how absolutely incredible it is to live in Romania ("Oy gevolt, I’m going crazy! I care only for brinza and mamaliga. I dance and jump up to the ceiling when I eat a patlazhele... What a pleasure, what could be better! Oh, the only delight is Romanian wine.") This performance of it is also so spectacular, in so many ways:
In Jewish culture, there's a huge rivalry between "Galitzianers" (Jews from the area around Romania and Hungary) and "Litvaks" (Jews from Northern countries like Lithuania). This rivalry has been the butt of many jokes and songs. (One really famous Yiddish lovesong includes a poignant line: "Even if you were a Galitzianer, I wouldn't care, you're still beautiful and charming to me!") This is a cute video that plays on that rivalry, and you might like the music, too.
