Traditions Of Turkey - Hüseyin & Günay Türkmenler
[EUCD1776]

CD Information • CD Title: Traditions Of Turkey • Artist(s): Hüseyin & Günay Türkmenler • CD Code: EUCD1776 • Tracks: 12 • Playing Time: 51:37 min • Booklet Info in: English, French, German

Saz (long-necked lute) maestro Hüseyin Türkmenler and his wife Günay perform Turkish love songs and lover’s laments – a rich and diverse repertoire of ethnic folk songs as well as instrumental dances and taksims. Additonal instruments are darbouka (single-headed goblet drum), def (single-headed frame drum with jingles) and zil (finger cymbals).

Track Listing:

1. Hüdayda - 6:58

2. Burası Muştur - 3:33

3. Açtımola su Sivas’ın gülü yapragı - 3:25

4. Ölem ben, ölem ben - 3:42

5. Taksim / Çiçekdagı - 7:57

6. Taksim - 2:51

7. Taksim / Alim gitme pazara - 6:30

8. Gelmişem, görmüşem, isterem seni - 3:23

9. Siyah perçemini - 2:38

10. Taksim / Bolu gelin Karşilaması - 3:54

11. Gelin oy oy - 4:33

12. Maçka yolları - 2:13