Description
The Best Of Márta Sebestyén / Hannibal Records Audio CD 1997 / HNCD 1412
UPC 031257141222
Márta Sebestyén (Hungarian: [ˈmaːrtɒ ˈʃɛbɛʃceːn]; born 19 August 1957) is a Hungarian folk vocalist, composer and actress.
Tracklist:
| 1 | En Csak Azt Csodálom (Lullabye For Katharine) |
1:07 | |
| 2 | Teremtés | 4:03 | |
| 3 | Szól A Kakas Már | 3:07 | |
| 4 | Repülj Madár,Repülj | 3:38 | |
| 5 | Da Je Visjna | 2:25 | |
| 6 | Hindi Lullabye | 7:51 | |
| 7 | Istenem, Istenem | 3:45 | |
| 8 | The Shores Of Loch Brann / Hazafelé | 4:33 | |
| 9 | Szeress Egyet, S Legyen Szép | 4:17 | |
| 10 | Szombateste Búcsúztató | 3:12 | |
| 11 |
Tavasz, Tavasz | 4:43 | |
| 12 | Gold, Silver Or Love | 6:29 | |
| 13 | Szerelem, Szerelem | 4:36 |
- Design – Mary Ann Southard
- Photography By [Biplane photo] – Archive Photos
- Photography By [Desert photo] – Y.Arthus-Bertrand
- Photography By [Márta] – Andy Freeberg
Sebestyén is a founding member of Hungarian folk group Muzsikás. She is known for adaptations of Somogy and Erdély folk songs, some of which appear in Deep Forest's Boheme album, which received the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 1996. She has also adapted Hindi, Yiddish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovak folk songs into traditional Hungarian style. She sang in and contributed material to the album Kaddish by Towering Inferno (Richard Wolfson and Andy Saunders, 1993). She also sang "Rivers" on the multiple artist album Big Blue Ball released in 2008.
Sebestyén's song "Szerelem, szerelem", performed with Muzsikás, featured in the movie The English Patient (1996). Three more songs she recorded with Muzsikás appeared in the Japanese anime film Only Yesterday (1991) by Studio Ghibli: "Teremtés" ("Creation"), "Hajnali nóta" ("Morning Song"), and "Fuvom az énekem" ("I Sing My Song"). Costa-Gavras' 1989 film Music Box featured the opening half of Sebestyén's song "Mária altatója".
On 1 June 2010, Sebestyén was awarded the UNESCO Artist for Peace title.
