Kudsi Erguner Ensemble

Tatyos Efendi

The members of Kudsi Erguner Ensemble is Kudsi Erguner (ney), Suleyman Erguner (ney), Baki Kemanci (violin), Sukra Kabaci (clarinet), Husnu Anil (kanun), Mehmet Bitmez (oud), Necip Gulses (tanbur), Dogan Hosses (def). This CD contains instrumental works of Tatyos Efendi. We will review Kudsi Erguner as well as discuss Tatyos Efendi.

"Kemani Tatyos Ekserciyan, known as Kemani Tatyos Efendi, holds a unique position in the history of Ottoman classical music. He was among the last of the classicists to compose in the style of the lale devri or the Tulip Age (1718-30) when music flourished most in the Ottoman Empire... Kemani Tatyos combined in his compositions a mastery of Ottoman classical forms, theorized and refined over centuries, with a Beethoven-like lyricism unique in its seamlessness and its allusion to western forms.
Kudsi Erguner descends from a long line of ney players connected with the Sufi tradition. Born in Istanbul in 1952, he is the son of Ulvi Erguner, the renowned ney master and former music director of Radio Istanbul who was instrumental in preserving Ottoman art music under the new Republic, reviving significant compositions dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries. Kudsi learned to play the ney from his father, and absorbed Mevlevi Sufi traditions by performing with him in Dervish ceremonies. He worked at Radio Istanbul, then in 1975 moved to Paris, where he became an architect and musicologist. In 1988 he created the Fasl Ensemble bringing together master musicians devoted to reproducing authentic Ottoman performance practice." (written by Harold G. Hagopian, from CD's program notes)

"Tatyos Efendi" was released in 1996 by Traditional Crossroads. They have a web-site where you can purchase this CD and see their catalog. Traditional Crossroads archival series of world music recordings from 1920 to 1950 "is the only series to be remastered from the original metal parts" in the U.S. (from Traditional Crossroads catalog).

Artists and their recordings in this category:

Udi Yorgo Bacanos:
1900-1977

Munir Nurettin Beken:
The Art of the Turkish Ud

Cinucen Tanrikorur:
Fasil

Udi Hrant:
Udi Hrant Kenkulian

Cinucen Tanrikorur:
Turquie

Udi Hrant:
The Early Recordings vol. 1

Necdet Yasar Ensemble:
Music of Turkey

Udi Hrant:
The Early Recordings vol. 2

Vedad Gencturk:
L'art du ud Turc

Bezmara:
The Splendours of Topkapi

Necati Celik:
Yasemin

Fasl:
Musique de l'Empire Ottoman

Kudsi Erguner Ensemble:
Tatyos Efendi

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