The Art of the Turkish Ud

Münir Nurettin Beken

Release Date: 01 Jan 1997
Label: ROUNDER
Genre: POP & ROCK

CAT # 11661-1135-2

1. Makam Rast -- Karce ("Amed nesimi subhu dem") 1:47

2. Makam Ussak -- Fihrist taksimi 3:19

3. Makam Ussak -- Pesrev 3:39

4. Makam Suzidil -- Taksim 2:28

5. Makam Suzidil -- Pesrev 3:59

6. Makam Sedaraban -- Taksim 1:58

7. Makam Sedaraban -- Saz Semaisi 5:10

8. Makam Karcigar -- Kocekceler 7:53

9. Makam Huseyni -- "Cecen Kizi" 4:12

10. Makam Ferahfeza -- Son Pesrev/Son Yuruk Semai 3:09

11. Makam Ferahfeza -- Taksim 3:43

12. Makam Ferahfeza -- "Kapris (Caprice)" 3:26

13. Makam Karcigar -- "Ege de yagmur sevinci" (The Joy of the Rain in the Aegean) 2:25

14. Susamurunun aski (Otter Love [sic]) 8:56

15. Makam Huseyni -- Taksim 1:28

16. Makam Huseyni -- "Dugun Evinde" (The Wedding House) 2:36

17. Fantasie 4:32

18. Konser Etudu 2:37

19. Kervan 2:23

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Münir Nurettin Beken is one of the founding members of the State Turkish Music Ensemble and the leading ud performer of his generation in Turkey. He performs ud recitals in a variety of venues throughout the U.S. and Turkey, and lectures on classical Turkish music. Just as classical Turkish music (Ottoman court music) is distinct from neighboring musics in Arab countries and Persia, the Turkish ud is distinct from other Middle Eastern uds by the way it is made, its style of playing, and in recent decades, by compositions for it. Beken arranged this recording to showcase the history and current state of music played on the Turkish ud.

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