Music of Turkey

1. Hudayda [Girl’s name] (instr.) - 7:012. Burası Mustur (Yemen Turkusu) [Yemen-Song] - 3:333. Actımola su Sivas’ın gulu yapragi [Have Sivas’s Roses and Leaves Blossomed?] - 3:254. Olem ben, olem ben [I Should Die] - 3:435. Taksim (Improvisation) / Cicekdagi (instr.) - 7:546. Taksim (Improvisation) - 2:517. Taksim (Improvisation) / Alim gitme pazara [My Ali Doesn’t Go to the Market] (instr.) - 6:298. Gelmisem, gormusem, isterem seni [I came, I saw, I want You] - 3:239. Siyah percemini [Your Black Lock of Hair] - 2:3810. Taksim (Improvisation) / Bolu gelin Karsilamasi [Bride Meeting Tune of Bolu] (instr.) - 4:0111. Gelin oy oy [Bride, oy! oy!] (Taksim/Uzun hava/Song) - 4:3312. Macka yollari [Roads of Macka] - 2:12Total playing time: 52:19 min. Saz (long-necked lute) maestro Huseyin Turkmenler and his wife Gunay perform Turkish love songs and lover’s laments - a rich and diverse repertoire of folk songs as well as instrumental dances and taqsims. Additonal instruments are darbuka (goblet drum), def (frame drum with jingles) and zil (finger cymbals).