{"id":1922,"date":"2025-09-17T13:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.konvergencie.sk\/shop\/?post_type=product&p=1922"},"modified":"2025-12-15T20:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:52:48","slug":"marian-varga-piesne-sisa-feher-jozef-luptak-vladislav-sarissky-oskar-torok-lp-music","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.konvergencie.sk\/shop\/en\/produkt\/marian-varga-piesne-sisa-feher-jozef-luptak-vladislav-sarissky-oskar-torok-lp-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Mari\u00e1n Varga \u2013 Piesne | Sisa Feh\u00e9r \u2013 Jozef Lupt\u00e1k \u2013 Vladislav \u0160ari\u0161sk\u00fd \u2013 Oskar T\u00f6r\u00f6k (LP, music)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After more than four years of playing together, the quartet of top Slovak musicians Lupt\u00e1k \u2013 \u0160ari\u0161sk\u00fd \u2013 Feh\u00e9r \u2013 T\u00f6r\u00f6k<\/strong> presents an album of songs by Slovak rock legend Mari\u00e1n Varga. The album pays tribute to the original and becomes an original itself, balancing between classical and jazz genres.<\/p>\n

„I’ve always liked breaking boundaries, I’ve always admired artistic smuggling \u2013 when, say, humor is smuggled into a serious topic or something lowbrow is smuggled into a ‚highbrow‘ genre. In my case, it was always about bringing so-called serious music closer to rock music, I always felt incredible tension in that…“<\/em> said Mari\u00e1n Varga in an interview for Kult\u00farny \u017eivot (1992). Varga’s openness to a new, bold, and free creative approach is well known and is also an inspiration and driving force for many musicians. Pianist Vladislav „Slnko“ \u0160ari\u0161sk\u00fd<\/strong>, cellist Jozef Lupt\u00e1k<\/strong>, trumpeter Oskar T\u00f6r\u00f6k<\/strong>\u00a0and singer Sisa Feh\u00e9r<\/strong> have been performing his songs for almost five years, and today, at the request of fans, they are reaching another milestone \u2013 the album Mari\u00e1n Varga: Songs. With their arrangements and interpretations, they offer a completely new perspective on the songs of Mari\u00e1n Varga, known primarily in the canonical interpretations of Pavol Hammel and the bands Pr\u00fady and Collegium musicum. In line with Varga’s statement, „I like new perspectives on things,“<\/em> they are shifting it towards a new aesthetic and new content. As members of different generations and musical genres, they understand Mari\u00e1n’s work from the late 1960s and early 1970s in their own way. What remains unchanged, however, is the unmistakable style of Varga’s expression, the essence of beauty and space for joy, freedom, creativity, and virtuosity, which the musicians exploit to the fullest.<\/p>\n

„The result is a tribute to the original that itself becomes an original.“
\n<\/em><\/strong>Jana Vargov\u00e1<\/p>\n

„Not everyone can understand the original model and at the same time have the courage and ability to process it in their own way. The quartet of \u0160ari\u0161sk\u00fd, Feh\u00e9r, Lupt\u00e1k, and T\u00f6r\u00f6k can.“
\n<\/strong><\/em>Oliver Reh\u00e1k, Denn\u00edk N<\/p>\n

The recording was made at the end of February 2025 at the Birdland studio in collaboration with sound engineer Milo\u0161 Mi\u0148o Rojko. Filip Hittrich worked on the mix together with musicians Jozef Lupt\u00e1k and Vladislav \u0160ari\u0161sk\u00fd. The album is a joint project of the Konvergencie festival and the Mari\u00e1n Varga Society. It contains 13 tracks and is released on a visually attractive CD and LP. The album is also being released with the support of fans in a campaign on the Startlab platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tracklist \u2013 LP
\nSide A<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0Post (M. Varga \u2013 P. Hammel \/ K. Peteraj, LP Zelen\u00e1 po\u0161ta 1972) 06:12<\/li>\n
  2. Bells, ring (M. Varga \/ R. Skuk\u00e1lek, LP Zvo\u0148te, zvonky 1969) 04:19<\/li>\n
  3. Song from the spinning wheel (M. Varga \u2013 F. Fre\u0161o \u2013 F. Grigl\u00e1k \u2013 D. H\u00e1jek \/ K. Peteraj, LP Konvergencie 1971) 04:33<\/li>\n
  4. Help Me (M. Varga \/ K. Peteraj, LP Divergences 1981) 05:16<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Side B<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Maybe (M. Varga \/ J. Masaryk, LP Ring, Bells 1969) 04:32<\/li>\n
    2. Sad Morning Tram (M. Varga \/ M. V\u00e1lek, LP Zelen\u00e1 po\u0161ta 1972) 05:49<\/li>\n
    3. By the Way (M. Varga \u2013 P. Hammel \/ K. Peteraj, LP V\u0161etko je inak 1989) 03:57<\/li>\n
    4. Water (M. Varga \/ K. Peteraj, LP On the Second Program of Dreams 1977) 01:59<\/li>\n
    5. With Hands in Pockets ( M. Varga \u2013 P. Hammel \/ R. Skuk\u00e1lek, LP Zvo\u0148te, zvonky 1969) 05:1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Total time<\/strong>: 41:50<\/p>\n

      \n

      The album includes<\/strong>: LP in gatefold cover, insert in the form of a poster, code for downloading audio files<\/p>\n

      Publisher<\/strong>: Konvergencie \u2013 Society for Chamber Art, in cooperation with the Mari\u00e1n Varga Society, 2025<\/p>\n

      SOZA – BIEM<\/strong>: 1749-016-1<\/p>\n

      EAN\/ISBN<\/strong>: 8588006338157<\/p>\n

      Performers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

      Sisa Feh\u00e9r, vocals
      \nJozef Lupt\u00e1k, cello
      \nVladislav \u0160ari\u0161sk\u00fd, piano
      \nOskar T\u00f6r\u00f6k, trumpet<\/p>\n

      Arrangements<\/strong>: Vladislav \u0160ari\u0161sk\u00fd, Jozef Lupt\u00e1k, Oskar T\u00f6r\u00f6k, Sisa Feh\u00e9r<\/p>\n

      Sound engineer and director<\/strong>: Milo\u0161 Mi\u0148o Rojko, Birdland Studios<\/p>\n

      Mixing and mastering<\/strong>: Filip Hittrich, Vladislav \u201cSlnko\u201d \u0160ari\u0161sk\u00fd, Jozef Lupt\u00e1k<\/p>\n

      Production<\/strong>: Konvergencie \u2013 spolo\u010dnos\u0165 pre komorn\u00e9 umenie, o.z. and Spolo\u010dnos\u0165 Mari\u00e1na Vargu (Lea Majer\u010d\u00e1kov\u00e1, Jana Vargov\u00e1, Jozef Lupt\u00e1k, Naike \u0160korecov\u00e1)<\/p>\n

      Booklet and texts compiled by<\/strong>: Jana Vargov\u00e1<\/p>\n

      Graphic design<\/strong>: Karol Trnovsk\u00fd<\/p>\n

      Video<\/strong>: Juraj Ondr\u00e1\u0161<\/p>\n

      Photos<\/strong>: Richard K\u00f6hler, Martina Luki\u0107, Martin Dubovsk\u00fd<\/p>\n

      Portrait photo of Mari\u00e1n Varga<\/strong>: Tibor Borsk\u00fd<\/p>\n

      LP production<\/strong>: Vinyl LAB, Tren\u010d\u00edn<\/p>\n

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      Godfather<\/strong>: Ladislav Snopko (Agnes)<\/p>\n

      \u2117 \u00a9 o. z. Konvergencie 2025<\/p>\n

      Link to purchase the digital album<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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