Musique Soufi

 

MUSIQUE SOUFI ET CHANTS INEDITS DU XVe SIECLE

SUFI MUSIC AND UNRECORDED SONGS OF THE 15th CENTURY

Turquie/ L'aventure du monde par les sons
Turkey/Discovering the world through sound

KUDSI ERGUNER - NEZIH UZEL

GREM, 1985, DMC 503-1

Kudsi Erguner and Nezih Uzel are both from Turkey and share the same heritage from sufi masters. Uzel died in 2012 while Erguner is still active. He settled in Paris in 1975 and became very well known here through concerts, books and radio programmes; most of his discs were recorded and produced in France.

The notes (in English) are informative enough about the composers and the songs performed. Recorded in 1982 at the Senanque Abbey by Xavier Bellenger (who is also the editor) this LP really gives us a nice way to discover an old poetical and musical tradition through the voice, the ney and the bendir which are at the core of the Mevlevi  order (with ''dancing'' of course). 

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