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Márta Sebestyén

'Kismet'

(HNCD1396)

Musicians:
Márta Sebestyén - voice
Nikola Parov - guitar, koboz, flute, tambourine, keyboards, bouzouki, kaval, gadulka, clarinet, tambura, gardon, whistles, bass, drum , sequencer programming
Zoltan Lantos - violin
Kornel Horvath - percussion
Peter Eri - mandola
Andras Berecz - voice

Traditional folks songs arranged by Nikola Parov and Marta Sebesteyn.

Music of the Balkans married with Irish and Greek, Indian lullabies combine to make this a unique and beautifully delicate recording. As always though it is Marta's singing that tugs the heart-strings.

'4 Stars - Excellent - ...one more global experiment that works quite beautifully...'
Q Magazine

'...KISMET spans the globe, lovingly and with a loving spirit....There is a cohesion within exploration here...'
JazzTimes

'...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...'
Entertainment Weekly

'...an effort to be highly praised...'
Dirty Linen magazine

'...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...'
Sing Out! magazine

GBP 10.79

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http://sebestyenmarta.hu/

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www.muzsikas.hu

Marta Sebestyen

'Kismet'

(HNCD1396)