FROM ME TO YOU – 10 WELL-KNOWN HUNGARIAN AND TURKISH FOLK SONGS IN TWO LANGUAGES
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“One can only truly understand a folk song if one understands the language of its lyrics.” (Béla Bartók)
Mesi’s first solo album is addressed primarily to native Hungarian and Turkish speakers, who “introduce themselves” to each other through dual versions of 10 well-known folk songs. Both nations can listen to the songs in the original language as well as in their own mother tongue, or vice versa.
Musicians: Guessous Majda Mária (vocals, saz, kobuz), Boros Gerzson Dávid (darbuka, bendir, jaw harp), Barvich Iván (kaval, tambura), Berta Alexandra (zither, vocals)