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To Scratch Your Heart Early Recordings From Istanbul

Honest Jon's | Item No: 200803
Vinyl 4LP | 2010 / UK – Original | New
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Item Description
Drawn from recordings made in Istanbul by the Gramophone Company and HMV, amidst the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, To Scratch Your Heart crosses and mixes the folk and classical heritage of Turks, Greeks, Armenians and Gypsies, Muslims, Christians and Jews, urbanites and country-people, and the demands of tradition and modernity, musical improvisation, composition and system.
Most of the singers here are 'hafiz', versed in a musical reading of the Koran, and renowned for mastery of the exalted, improvisatory form of the 'gazel': there are several magnificent examples here, by legendary artists. Three gazelhans beautifully interpret folk songs, and another contributor, the folklorist Agyazar Efendi, sings a long Armenian air with utter authenticity, but in the style of a gazel. Exemplifying the new political freedoms of the Republic, there are two heart-melting female vocal performances of a kind of art-song called 'sarki'. Also featured is the 'taksim', a kind of improvisation in which one-off musical fireworks, designed to ravish the listener's soul, illuminate deep fluency in the 'makam': a who's who of the pre-eminent instrumentalists of this first half-century of Turkish recording, in performances which are simply stunning — breath-taking, exquisite and other-worldly.
Brilliantly restored at Abbey Road, fully annotated with rare photographs, and luxuriously presented in both formats.
Item Details
Item No: 200803
Artist: To Scratch Your Heart
Title: Early Recordings From Istanbul
Label: Honest Jon's
Catalog No: HJRLP48
Format: Vinyl 4LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: UK – Original
Release Date: 2010
Genre: Rock & Indie
Style: Folk
Available since: 2010-06-22
Condition: New
Price: $ 31.78
Weight: 1000g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Udi Neset Bey - Setaraban Taksim
A2 Selanikli Apti Efendi - Sende Acep
A3 Agyazar Efendi - Murat Kenarinda
A4 Eyyubi Mustafa Sunar Bey - Evç Ara Taksim
B1 Hafiz Cemal Bey - Feryat
B2 Fikriye Hanim - Ateslik Eder
B3 Hafiz Asir Efendi - Kesik Kerem
B4 Udi Nevres Bey - Aksam Oldu
C1 Eyyubi Mustafa Sunar Bey - Hüzzam Taksim
C2 Aleko Bacanos Efendi - Segah Taksim
C3 Müserref Hanim - Kim Derdi Ki
C4 Kamil Efendi - Hicaz Taksim 1
C5 Hafiz Sami - Derdime Vakif Degilim
D1 Nubar Bey & Ibrahim Bey - Hicazkar Pesrev
D2 Hafiz Mahmut Bey - Bülbülün Ezeli
D3 Yorgo Bacanos Efendi - Milli Yegah Taksim
D4 Emin Taninmis Efendi - Rast Taksim
E1 Neyzen Tevfik Efendi - Hüseyni Taksim
E2 Udi Neset Bey - Nihavent Taksim
E3 Balikesirli Tanburi Fuat Bey & Nezihe Hanim - Ninni
E4 Nafi Bey - Derdime Vakif Degilim
F1 Kanuni Artaki Efendi - Sehnaz Taksim
F2 Münir Nurettin Bey - Madem Ki Vardi Hicran
F3 Yozgatli Hafiz Süleyman Bey - Ben Nasil Ah Etmeyeyim
F4 Tanburi Ibrahim Bey - Hüzzam Taksim
F5 Kemani Nubar Tekyay - Hüseyni Taksim (Lp Only)
G1 Hafiz Cemal Bey - Yare Varsin
G2 Anastas Efendi - Nihavent Taksim
G3 Udi Marko Çolakoglu Efendi - Hacer-ül Esved Imis
G4 Yorgo Bacanos Efendi - Hüseyni Taksim
H1 Belkis Hanim - Eyvah O Benim Talihime
H2 Refik Fersan Bey - Milli Yegah Taksim
H3 Sevket Bey - Hüseyni Kuzu
H4 Eyyubi Mustafa Sunar Bey - Hicaz Taksim
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