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Muzsikás
with Márta Sebestyén

'Live at the Liszt Academy of Music'

(MU005)

Musicians:
Márta Sebestyén - voice
Péter Éri - Guitar, Kaval, Viola
Dániel Hamar - Double Bass, Gardon
Mihály Sipos - Violin
László Porteleki - violin

Guests:
Pro Musica Girls' Choir of Nyíregyháza
Árpád Toni (Vajdaszentivány, Románia) - cimbalom
Zoltán Farkas and Ildikó Tóth - dancers

Label - Muzsikas, Hungary

Digipak with 28 page booklet with notes in English and Hungarian.

'Great playing that takes Bartók back to the future.
... The live atmosphere lends a particular edge to the recording, and the rhythmic, syncopated beat of a dancer's feet give some of the material tremendous urgency. Very fine stuff indeed''
Songlines magazine Nov/Dec 2004

This is the artists own release and has been imported from Hungary.

'A DREAM - Most of us began our music training with the Kodaly method. From that time on music has been a significant part of our lives. It has been our dream to convey what it is, that traditional folk music, [what] Kodaly and Bartok's music means to us. So, starting is 1999, we gave a concert each spring at the Academy of Music in Budapest presenting another side of Kodaly and Bartok's work.'
Muzsikas

The Budapest Spring Festival is one of the major events in the Hungarian cultural calendar. It was first organised over 20 years ago and it has grown into one of Eastern Europe's leading celebrations of the arts. The festival boasts a packed schedule of events across a wide range of cultural disciplines including orchestral concerts, chamber evenings, church concerts, dance, folk music and dance.

Muzsikás Ensemble and Márta Sebestyén have regularly appeared at  the Spring Festival since 1999. This release is a compilation of concerts, mainly based on their appearances in 2003 where they performed together with the Pro Musica Choir.

'... Hungary's finest active folk troupe... inexhaustible themes handled by superb musicians.'
The Washington Post

'Hungary's leading folk ensemble...'
Gramaphone

'The ebullient music must have been a shock to anyone who thinks that Hungarian music is gypsy violins... ... this raucously beautiful music...'
New York Times

GBP 10.79

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Muzsikas
with Marta Sebestyen

'Live at the Liszt Academy of Music'

(MU005)

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks
1. Dances of Csavas (5'21")
2. Marosszeki Dance Melodies (9'57")
3. The Kallo Couple Dance (7'25")
4. Zoltan Kodaly: Mountain Nights (3'59")
5. Kyrie from Moldavia (0'59")
6. The Rooster is Crowing (3'08")
7. Zoltan Kodaly: In the Green Wood (2'21")
8. Pe Loc (1'59")
9. Invirtita (4'20")
10. I Live in the Bakony (0'25")
11. Bela Bartok: Song of Loneliness (2'00")
12. My Sweet Gregory (5'43")
13. Ballad of the Murdered Shepherd (6'01")
14. Dances of Mezoseg (13'18")
15. Song to Saint Stephen (0'57")
16. Zoltan Kodaly: Hymn to St, Stephen (5'37")
Duration (70'20")
mp3 samples are approximately 30 seconds long - click on play symbol to start + pause clip

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