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Siren Voices: Lovász Irén — Égi Hang / Sacred Voice Audio CD
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Product Details:
- Product Type: Audio CD
- Brand / Label: Siren Voices / Kétél Bt (self-released)
- Artist: Lovász Irén
- Release Year: 2006
- Genre: Hungarian Sacred Folk, World Music
- Style: Sacred Vocal, Medieval-inspired, Healing Music
- Series: Gyógyító Hangok I. (Healing Voices I.)
- Catalog Number: SVCD01
- UPC: 5999882756011
- Condition: Factory Sealed
- Award: Golden Disc / Aranylemez
Product Features
- Format: CD
- Discs: 1
- Tracks: 19
- Total Runtime: 58:59
- Recommended by the Hungarian Association of Music Therapists
- Packaging: Digipak (cardboard sleeve), factory shrink-wrapped
Overview
Égi Hang ("Sacred Voice") is the first volume of Lovász Irén's Gyógyító Hangok (Healing Voices) series — a 19-track album of Hungarian sacred folk songs, medieval chants, and spiritual pieces performed with a clarity and intimacy that earned it a Golden Disc award and a recommendation from the Hungarian Association of Music Therapists.
Lovász Irén is one of Hungary's most distinctive voices in the world of sacred and folk music, rooted in the Hungarian musical tradition while reaching toward something older and more universal. The programme here draws on medieval Marian songs, ancient Hungarian Christmas texts, and sacred verses — pieces like "Világ világa, virágnak virága" (one of the oldest surviving Hungarian language texts), the Latin "Gaude," and the closing "Psalmus CXLVIII" — woven together into a 58-minute album that moves through grief, joy, devotion, and quiet contemplation.
The vocal production is unadorned and close-recorded — Irén's voice at the centre, accompanied modestly, with space for the texts to breathe. This is music suited to meditation, prayer, or simply unhurried listening. The bilingual tracklist (Hungarian and English titles) and the music therapists' endorsement reflect the album's dual identity: artistically serious, and genuinely useful for those seeking music with a quieting, restorative quality.
Interesting Facts
- Lovász Irén is a Hungarian singer, song collector, and music therapist who has spent decades researching and performing Hungarian folk and sacred vocal traditions; the Gyógyító Hangok series grew directly from her therapeutic work.
- "Világ világa, virágnak virága" (track 14, "Flower of all mortal flowers") is one of the earliest surviving pieces of written Hungarian — a 13th-century Marian lament dating to around 1300, known as the Ómagyar Mária-siralom (Old Hungarian Mary's Lament).
- The Hungarian Association of Music Therapists' recommendation makes this one of a small number of commercially released Hungarian albums officially endorsed for therapeutic use.
- The Golden Disc (Aranylemez) sticker on the packaging indicates the album achieved certified gold sales status in Hungary.
- The series title Gyógyító Hangok ("Healing Voices") reflects Lovász Irén's background in music therapy and her belief in the physical and psychological restorative effects of sacred singing.
- Several tracks on the disc draw on medieval Latin texts ("Gaude," "Omnes amici," "Laudemus virginem") alongside ancient Hungarian-language sacred poetry, making the album a rare bridge between Hungarian vernacular tradition and the broader medieval European sacred repertoire.
Track Listing
- Jelenti magát / Announces himself — 2:58
- Kinyflott egy szép rózsafa / A beauteous rosetree — 1:58
- Aranyból is, ezüstből is / Of Gold and Silver — 3:08
- Aranyágom / My golden twig — 1:56
- Mennynek, földnek királya / King of Earth and Heaven — 3:32
- Csucsujj el / Hush you babe — 2:08
- Gaude / Gaude — 4:45
- Csendességben / In peace and quiet — 2:50
- Éles, kőves utak / Roads of cobblestones — 2:31
- Omnes amici / Omnes amici — 4:14
- Nap, hold elsötétedik / The Sun and Moon go dark — 2:06
- Sírnak az csillagok / The stars all sob for Thee — 2:53
- Dove vai / Dove vai — 1:44
- Világ világa, virágnak virága / Flower of all mortal flowers — 5:19
- Tüzes nyelveknek szólása / Speech of tongues of fire — 2:50
- Laudemus virginem / Laudemus virginem — 2:09
- Szűzeknek virága / Flower of all virgins — 2:30
- Boldogasszony / Holy Virgin Mother — 3:54
- Psalmus CXLVIII / Psalmus CXLVIII — 4:37
Total: 58:59
Publishers
© & ℗ 2006 Lovász Irén. Szerzői kiadás (self-published). Released under Siren Voices / Kétél Bt. Supported by Szent István Bazilika.
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