Alla-Turca featuring Özel Türkbas Recorded in Istanbul in the 1960s, the heyday of the Turkish nightclub scene, Alla-Turca is one of the most influential bellydance albums of the era, featuring dancer Özel Türkbas and a line-up of legendary Turkish and Turkish-Gypsy musicians. This reissue includes bonus tracks from a second classic Özel bellydance album, Kismet, featuring the great ney master Aka Gündüz Kutbay. Notes include Özel’s original bellydance instructions, with pictures.	Göksel Kartal - The Art of Taksim Album profile: Göksel Kartal has toured throughout the Middle East, Europe and the United States exposing audiences to the kanun, the ancient harp of the Middle East. He has been recognized throughout the world as one of the foremost Turkish virtuosos of the kanun, incorporating elements from Spanish Flamenco guitar technique to Western Classical styles. He is presented here in the art of Taksim, Middle Eastern Improvisation. Our first recording on the Digital Audiophile series.
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Gypsy Fire featuring Richard Hagopian, Yuri Yunakov and Omar Faruk Tekbilek “Some of the finest musicians from the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the US have convened to play the real thing.” Sing Out! “...Hagopian is rightly hailed as one of the best oud players on the planet. When the last note of this album sounds it will be his playing that lingers...” RhythmMusic Magazine Our best-selling album! Reminiscent of New York’s 8th Avenue club scene of the 1950s, where Gypsies, Armenians, Turks, Jews, Greeks and Arabs played music together, Gypsy Fire brings together some of today’s best-known Turkish, Armenian, and Gypsy musicians in sizzling performances of favorite bellydance tunes from years past. A must for dancers! Recent live performances include the 2004 Heimatklange Festival in Berlin. Artists include Richard Hagopian, recipient of the National Heritage Award, America’s highest honor awarded in the traditional folk arts; Yuri Yunakov, a legendary Turkish-Rom sax player from Bulgaria; Omar Faruk Tekbilek, renowned for his soundtrack recording of Suleyman the Magnificent; Arto Tunçboyaciyan, a regular percussionist with Al Dimeola, Joe Zawinal and Lucky Peterson; and Ara Dinkjian, whose Night Ark recordings topped the charts in Turkey and Greece.	How To Make Your Husband A Sultan - With Özel Türkbas The 1960s classic that first introduced Americans to authentic Turkish bellydance, and to some of the great Turkish nightclub musicians of the 20th century, including the legendary Turkish-Gypsy clarinet player Mustafa Kandirali--all under the guise of that swing-era staple, the art of domestic seduction. Produced by and featuring the famous Turkish dancer Özel Türkbas, first brought to America to dance by Italian movie director Franco Zeferelli, the album sold 150,000 copies in the US (and a million in Turkey), spawning the craze for bellydance and Turkish music that continues today. Notes include Özel’s original bellydance instructions with pictures. “A practice run through with the record,” she promised, “and tonight you can be bellydancing for that luckiest of men--your sultan!”
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ISTANBUL 1925 Singout! "One after the other, the luminaries of Turkish music are presented on this recording. The liner notes are full of biographical snippets and a few pictures of the performers. This is an excellent survey of a very important period in Turkish music." In Pittsburgh Newsweekly "Istanbul 1925 is a comprehensive introduction to a musical movement that had as profound an impact in Turkey as the development of rock'n roll did here." Tower Pulse "Remastered with remarkable fidelity from the original metal masters, this compilation presents some of Istanbul's top cabaret artists from the 78-rpm era." Rolling Stone "Mastered dugitally from the original metal parts, they have a sound clarity that makes it seem as if they had arrived magically out of a time machine."	Kemani Cemal - Sulukule - Rom Music of Istanbul “Kemani Cemal plays with superb assurance, and is supported by his band, each of whom is a pyrotechnic virtuoso in his own right...” Songlines “Kemani Cemal has the ornery tone of a backwoods fiddler” The New York Times “a dazzling show of impassioned playing” Baltimore City Paper “Cemal’s long, serpentine solos slither over percolating rhythms...” Chicago Reader “heated, heartfelt playing...over enticing rhythmic beds. Improvisational and emotional abandon, spun off of simple themes....” Jazz Times Sulukule is a legendary district of Istanbul famous for Rom (Gypsy) music and bellydance. Recorded in Istanbul, this album features Kemani Cemal, one of Turkey’s greatest Roma violinists, performing some of the most exciting and authentic renditions of rhythmic dances such as the çiftetelli and karsilama. INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE LINER NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF ROM MUSIC AND DANCE IN ISTANBUL, WITH TURKISH LYRICS AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. Recorded in the 1970s, this album became legendary among Middle Eastern musicians in Turkey and the US. Since its reissue in 2000, the 75-year-old Kemani Cemal and his Sulukule ensemble, featuring the extraordinary old-style bellydancer Berguzar (herself in her late 60s), have been invited to perform at concerts and festivals in Europe and North America.
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Kudsi Erguner Ensemble - Works of Tatyos Efendi, Vol. I - Instrumental Works Kudsi Erguner is recognized as one of the modern masters of Ottoman Art Music. Born in Istanbul, he learned both the Sufi and Classical Turkish music traditions from his father Ulvi Erguner, the legendary scholar and ney master. The Kudsi Erguner Ensemble is presented here performing the works of Kemani Tatyos Efendi, an Armenian composer considered a musical legend from the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. Presented in two volumes, Volume One (TC4277) contains the complete instrumental works, saz semais and pexrevs, of Tatyos Efendi. Volume two (TC4278) contains a selection of Tatyos' most renowned xarkis or art songs. Detailed liner notes about the music and life of Tatyos contain analysis of his work and rare photographs of the master. His compositions, considered cornerstones of the classical literature, are interpreted here in the authentic performance style utilizing traditional period instruments. Eight piece ensemble featuring the Erguner brothers, keman, klarnet, ud, kanun, tanbur and def.	Kudsi Erguner Ensemble - Works of Tatyos Efendi, Vol. II - Vocal Masterpieces of Kemani Tatyos Kudsi Erguner is recognized as one of the modern masters of Ottoman Art Music. Born in Istanbul, he learned both the Sufi and Classical Turkish music traditions from his father Ulvi Erguner, the legendary scholar and ney master. The Kudsi Erguner Ensemble is presented here performing the works of Kemani Tatyos Efendi, an Armenian composer considered a musical legend from the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. Presented in two volumes, Volume One (TC4277) contains the complete instrumental works, saz semais and pexrevs, of Tatyos Efendi. Volume two (TC4278) contains a selection of Tatyos' most renowned xarkis or art songs. Detailed liner notes about the music and life of Tatyos contain analysis of his work and rare photographs of the master. His compositions, considered cornerstones of the classical literature, are interpreted here in the authentic performance style utilizing traditional period instruments. Eight piece ensemble featuring the Erguner brothers, keman, klarnet, ud, kanun, tanbur and def.
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Lalezar - Music of the Sultans, Sufis, and Seraglio Vol. I - Sultan Composers Volume I showcases music written by the imperial sultans themselves, whose devotion to composing and performing intricate Ottoman art music is one of the cultural marvels of the Empire. Lalezar covers 5 centuries of sultan composers, including Murad IV (1623-40), known best for his military campaigns and homicidal purges, Selim III (1789-1808), whose masterpiece Sevkutarab kâr has never before been recorded, and the last sultan Mehmed VI (1918-1922), whose haunting verses capture the spirit of an empire in its last throes.	Lalezar - Music of the Sultans, Sufis, and Seraglio Vol. II - Music of the Dancing Boys Volume II delves into the mysterious world of the köçek dancers, the boys dressed in women's attire who for over two centuries entertained at courts and taverns in Istanbul. Castigated for their ambiguous sexuality by early Western travellers and banned by imperial authorities in the 19th century because of the riots they provoked among fans and their descent into prostitution, many köçek dancers eventually emigrated to Egypt. Still, the köçek repertoire, an intoxicating mix of classical, Sufi, Anatolian and Balkan elements, has been one of the most enduring, finding its way into popular Turkish music today.
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Lalezar - Music of the Sultans, Sufis, and Seraglio Vol. III - Minority Composers Volume III focuses on works of Armenian, Greek, and Jewish composers who helped shape and diffuse Ottoman art music. While maintaining their own religions, languages, and cultural institutions, minorities shared freely in high Ottoman musical culture. From the 17th to the 19th century prominent composers such as Angelos, Hamparsum and Isak flourished at the court, where they were patronized by sultans and dervishes alike. Tracks 7-18 feature compositions by famous Armenian and Greek nightclub musicians from the turn of the 20th century, an era of unparalleled virtuosity and raw musical energy.	Lalezar - Music of the Sultans, Sufis, and Seraglio Vol. IV - Ottoman Suite Volume III focuses on works of Armenian, Greek, and Jewish composers who helped shape and diffuse Ottoman art music. While maintaining their own religions, languages, and cultural institutions, minorities shared freely in high Ottoman musical culture. From the 17th to the 19th century prominent composers such as Angelos, Hamparsum and Isak flourished at the court, where they were patronized by sultans and dervishes alike. Tracks 7-18 feature compositions by famous Armenian and Greek nightclub musicians from the turn of the 20th century, an era of unparalleled virtuosity and raw musical energy.
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Mustafa Kandirali - A tribute to one of the greatest Turkish-Gypsy clarinet players A LIMITED EDITION 100-PAGE HARDBOUND BOOK WITH CD	Selim Sesler - The Road to Kesan - Turkish Rom and Regional Music of Thrace Chosen as one of the top world music recordings of the year by The New York Times and Songlines! “magnificent” Sunday Telegraph (London) “a richly detailed aural tour of the Thrace region of western Turkey, with Sesler’s snaky clarinet lines leading the way” Utne Reader “Turkish Gypsy music is wild, virtuosic and soulful...There are few recordings of this genre as good as this one.” Songlines “excellent” Dirty Linen Journey west from Istanbul to the region of Thrace, turn south toward the Aegean Sea, and with luck your road will lead you to the town of Kesan, center of a Rom (Gypsy) musical community that is one of Turkey’s great treasures. This collection of Thracian wedding and dance music, which melds Turkish, Greek, Rom, and Bulgarian influences, showcases Kesan’s preeminent Rom ensemble, under the leadership of master clarinetist Selim Sesler. INCLUDES 35 PAGES OF NOTES, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF ROM MUSIC IN THRACE, TURKISH LYRICS AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, AND NUMEROUS REGIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF MUSICIANS AND MUSICAL EVENTS.
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Sihirli Define - DVD - Müzeyyen Senar Guest performances by Müzeyyen Senar, Perihan Altındağ, Safiye Ayla, Sabite Tur, Sezgin Sezer and many others make this one of the most important and enjoyable documents of Turkish music film history.	Son Beste - DVD 7002 – Zeki Müren This 1955 classic love story starring Zeki Müren and Belgin Doruk is one of the first movies to present the legendary singer Zeki Müren .
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Soundscapes - The Secret Trio - Ara Dinkjian - oud, Tamer Pinabasi - kanun, Ismail Lumanovski - clarinet Ara Dinkjian - oud Tamer Pinabasi - kanun Ismail Lumanovski - clarinet The Secret Trio is made up of three astounding musicians who came together to create a new type of chamber music, combining the elements of sound, texture and rhythm with new and interesting approaches to their instruments. Not bound to a single tradition, they perform a collection of original pieces and traditional melodies that fuses the microtonal modes and improvisation of the Middle East, dance beats of the Balkans, and elements of jazz, Rock, classical and world music. The delicate harmonies, rapid-fire synchrony and intricate counterpoint developed by a trio of musicians with separate roots in Turkish, Armenian and Macedonian Roma music is extraordinary. By inventing new ways to play percussively on fundamentally melodic instruments, the ensemble, full of rhythm and drive, harmony and counterpoint, never sounds like only three instruments. In that the energy of live music is essential to the ensemble’s ideology, this recording was made without the use of any overdubs in order to capture the excitement of their live concerts.	Tanburi Cemil Bey, Vol. I "remarkable" Singout! "a musician of extraterrestial inspiration" The Beat "These acoustic recordings...show the virtuosity of this multi-instrumentalist and composer, the most influential Turkish musician in the last 100 years." Rhythm Music
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Tanburi Cemil Bey, Vol. II & III "remarkable" Singout! "a musician of extraterrestial inspiration" The Beat "These acoustic recordings...show the virtuosity of this multi-instrumentalist and composer, the most influential Turkish musician in the last 100 years." Rhythm Music	Tanburi Cemil Bey, Vol. IV & V "remarkable" Singout! "a musician of extraterrestial inspiration" The Beat "These acoustic recordings...show the virtuosity of this multi-instrumentalist and composer, the most influential Turkish musician in the last 100 years." Rhythm Music
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Udi Hrant For anyone who has picked up an ud, the name Hrant Kenkulian remains alone, a legend akin to that of Segovia or Horowitz. As an innovator of modern ud technique and interpreter of the eastern modal system, his contribution has influenced virtually every living udist. Born in the last stages of the Ottoman Empire, the blind Armenian musician is considered one of the greatest masters of the 12-stringed, fretless lute. Previously unissued, these tapes were recently discovered, having been recorded in New York during his tour to the United States in 1950. Available on CD or cassette.	Udi Hrant: the Early Recordings, Vol. I Album Profile: Udi Hrant Kenkulian, the blind master of the Ud, the twelve-stringed, fretless lute is regarded as the grandfather of modern ud playing and one of the most unique singers of what some refer to as the Middle-Eastern Blues. In Turkey, he is known as Hrant Emre, meaning "of the soul." Following the success of the first Udi Hrant album (TCROS 4265) we have compiled the complete early recordings transferred from the original discs, including many of his original compositions, rare recordings of Hrant playing the violin, and ud solos. Also included are his most famous taksims (improvisations) recorded when Hrant was only nineteen. Digitally remastered, each volume contains over an hour of music, detailed liner notes and rare photographs.
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Udi Hrant: the Early Recordings, Vol. II Album Profile: Udi Hrant Kenkulian, the blind master of the Ud, the twelve-stringed, fretless lute is regarded as the grandfather of modern ud playing and one of the most unique singers of what some refer to as the Middle-Eastern Blues. In Turkey, he is known as Hrant Emre, meaning "of the soul." Following the success of the first Udi Hrant album (TCROS 4265) we have compiled the complete early recordings transferred from the original discs, including many of his original compositions, rare recordings of Hrant playing the violin, and ud solos. Also included are his most famous taksims (improvisations) recorded when Hrant was only nineteen. Digitally remastered, each volume contains over an hour of music, detailed liner notes and rare photographs.	Udi Yorgo Bacanos Udi Yorgo Bacanos, the standard-bearer of the modern school of Turkish ud playing, is the kind of musician that musicians listen to. If his contemporary, the great blind master Udi Hrant (CD 4265, 4270, 4271), was the soul of the ud, then Yorgo was the intellect. His technique and musicality have been admired by virtually every middle-eastern musician of his time and ours. In the 1920s, Yorgo travelled throughout Europe and the Middle East, spreading his art to Egypt, where he collaborated with the renowned diva Umm Kulthum. This collection includes his landmark recordings from 1920 to 1960, as well as rare radio broadcasts of his most famous performances, never before issued commercially.
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Women of Istanbul Traditional Crossroads presents an incredible archival collection of the greatest female singers of Istanbul from 1920 through the mid 1940s, the golden era of Turkey’s cabaret-style nightclubs. Digitally remastered from the original metal parts, the voices on this recording can be heard for the first time with remarkable clarity. Includes 40 page booklet with English translations and rare photos.
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