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The Pain of Separation: Turkish Gazels, 1926-1935
The Pain of Separation: Turkish Gazels, 1926-1935
The Pain of Separation: Turkish Gazels, 1926-1935

Various Artists

The Pain of Separation: Turkish Gazels, 1926-1935

Death Is Not The End

DEATH127

LP Black $29
Cassette $16.50
  • Collection of spellbinding, melismatic vocal improvisations
  • Recordings taken from 78s cut between the 1920s and 30s
  • Period defined by the aftermath of the Ottoman Empire's partition

Description

A collection of spellbinding, melismatic vocal improvisations taken from 78s cut between the mid 1920s to mid '30s - a period defined by the aftermath of the Ottoman Empire’s partition, the Greco-Turkish War and the compulsory population exchange that followed.

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Hafız Sadettin Kaynak - Falling into the Flames of Heartbreak

  • 2 Hâfız Burhan - Everywhere is Darkness

  • 3 Hafız Kemal Bey - The Moment I Saw You

  • 4 Hoca Izak Algazi - If I Gave My Heart to You

  • 5 Hafız Sadettin Kaynak - I Fell in Love

  • 6 Hafız Kemal Bey - The Sky Cries

  • 7 Hafız Sadettin Kaynak - The Pain of Separation

  • 8 Tarsuslu Abdülkerim - I Waited for So Many Nights

  • 9 Hafız Kemal Bey - A Gaze that Gathers the Blossoms of Longing

  • 10 Bursalı Hamid Bey - I Became the Guardian of my Own Gaze

  • 11 Hafız Kemal Bey - The Dagger of Gazes

  • 12 Hoca Izak Algazi - My Heart’s Sole Longing was to Find its Harbor Through Love

  • 13 Hafız Kemal Bey - With Longing Because of This

  • 14 Hafız Sadettin Kaynak - O My Beloved