Name: Gazel: Classical Sufi Music of the Ottoman Empire
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Gazel

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Album: Gazel: Classical Sufi Music of the Ottoman Empire
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Esin Var Asilyanin
2)	Efendimsin
3)	Halk Icin Muteber
4)	Ey Gonul Yari Iste
5)	Ey Bulbul-I Seyda
6)	Ruzi Seb
7)	Ol Iezzeti Vehhale
8)	Sabreyle Gonul
9)	Zahmi Sinemden

Album: Gazel: Classical Sufi Music of the Ottoman Empire
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Esin Var Asilyanin
2)	Efendimsin
3)	Halk Icin Muteber
4)	Ey Gonul Yari Iste
5)	Ey Bulbul-I Seyda
6)	Ruzi Seb
7)	Ol Iezzeti Vehhale
8)	Sabreyle Gonul
9)	Zahmi Sinemden

Performer Notes

Kudsi Erguner Ensemble includes: Kudsi Erguner, Yusef Bilgin, Fevzi Misir, Aziz Bahriyeli.
Kudsi Erguner: Yusuf Bilgin (vocals).
Turkish ney player Kudsi Erguner has made a career out of resurrecting Turkish traditional music, and here he uses his five-piece ensemble -- which also features his brother Suleyman Erguner on ney, Hasan Esen on kemence, Mehmet Emin Bitmez on ud, and Husnu Anil on kanun -- to back up three noted singers, Yusuf Bilgin, Fevzi Misir, and Aziz Bahriyeli, on musical settings for a series of poems by Ottoman figures dating back to the 16th century and up to the 20th. On each track, only one of the singers performs, and the musical treatments are semi-improvised in the form called "Taksim," which Erguner explains in the liner notes as only being allowed once a musician has mastered the required traditional musical forms, qualifying him to create variations consistent with existing styles. The singers bring considerable feeling to their interpretations, and the ensemble backs them effectively. ~ William Ruhlmann