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Product Summary
Release Date: 2/6/1996
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Devoiko Mome ~ M rta Sebesty?n
2. Sino Moi ~ M rta Sebesty?n
3. Leaving Derry Quay / Eleni ~ M rta Sebesty?n
4. Gold, Silver Or Love ~ M rta Sebesty?n
5. Hindi Lullabye ~ M rta Sebesty?n
6. The Shores Of Loch Brann / Hazafele ~ M rta Sebesty?n
7. If I Were A Rose :: Ha En Rozsa Volnek ~ M rta Sebesty?n
8. Imam Sluzhba :: The Conscript ~ M rta Sebesty?n
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel: Marta Sebestyen, Andras Berecz (vocals); Nikola Parov (guitar, bouzouki, gadulka, kaval, koboz, flute, whistle, keyboards, bass, drums, tambura, programming); Peter Eri (mandola); Zoltan Lantos (violin); Kornel Horvath (percussion). |
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Recorded at Dorozsmai Studio, Budapest, Hungary. |
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Though this is listed as a M rta Sebesty?n solo album, it is more a collaboration between singer Sebesty?n and multi-instrumentalist Nikola Parov, who plays just about every instrument on the CD. Both are artists with roots in Hungarian music and wide familiarity with the music of many other cultures, and both show stellar skills and inspiration on this album. To call the music fusion is correct but misleading. To most people fusion means elements from many cultures tossed together for an effect that may be original, but not representative of any particular tradition. Kismet is something else altogether. When M rta Sebesty?n croons a lullaby in Hindi, she does it to a melody that is straight from India, no matter that some of the instrumentation is native to other countries. When that lullaby shifts into a lightly jazzy instrumental, the Indian component of the music comes along for the ride, and it flavors the whole piece. The same is true of other works here, which are rich in character. This is world music fusion as an expression of culture, at the same time as it is an expression of the universality of some ideas and emotions. It takes an excellent musician to conceive of such pieces, and exceptional performers to move between such ideas without losing a sense of thematic unity. A lesser virtuoso than Parov and a lesser song interpreter than Sebesty?n would have turned out a blend that was bland. Instead, this release is as successful as it is daring, which is an extraordinary achievement. ~ Richard Foss |
Producer: Nikola Parov |
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Engineer: Laszlo Farkas |
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Compilation Appearances
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English Patient |
Associated Artists and Works
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Muzsik s |
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Muzsikas |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 02/06/1996 |
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Original Release Date : 1996 |
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Catalog ID : 1392 |
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Label : Hannibal |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00031257139229 |
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (2/9/96, p.54)
- "...the gifted Hungarian singer zigzags from Ireland to India, bring[ing] us closer to a 21st-century inevitability
- "...the gifted Hungarian singer zigzags from Ireland to India, bring[ing] us closer to a 21st-century inevitability
--one big worldwide music culture, into which regional sounds are absorbed..." - Rating: B
Q (3/96, p.103)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...one more global experiment that works quite beautifully..."
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...one more global experiment that works quite beautifully..."
JazzTimes (4/96, p.63)
- "...KISMET spans the globe, lovingly and with a loving spirit....There is a cohesion within exploration here..."
- "...KISMET spans the globe, lovingly and with a loving spirit....There is a cohesion within exploration here..."
Dirty Linen (4-5/96, pp.57-59)
- "...an effort to be highly praised..."
- "...an effort to be highly praised..."
Sing Out! (5-6-7/96, p.152)
- "...Nobody else has a voice like this: low but sharp as a knife, with a wide, easy vibrato, perfect diction and lazy, looping, Byzantine ornaments..."
- "...Nobody else has a voice like this: low but sharp as a knife, with a wide, easy vibrato, perfect diction and lazy, looping, Byzantine ornaments..."
The Beat (V.15 #3 1996, p.70)
- "Time stands still, the compass needle spins at random, and Sebestyen stops the world in its tracks with some of the most heart-felt and moving `people' music to be heard anywhere on the planet."
- "Time stands still, the compass needle spins at random, and Sebestyen stops the world in its tracks with some of the most heart-felt and moving `people' music to be heard anywhere on the planet."
