Kani Karaca was born in Adana in 1930. He lost his vision when he was two months old. He had already committed the whole Koran to memory before he completed primaray education. In 1950 he came to Istanbul, where met masters of both religious and secular music including Sadettin Kaynak, and Hafiz Ali Üsküdarli, whose singing style he greatly admired. From Sadettin Heper he learnt to play the kudüm. He has toured the world with Mevlevi groups and other religious music ensembles. Karaca performs both religious and secular music, but is revered as a hafiz, a reciter of the Holy Koran, and as a reciter of the Mevlid (Nativity poem), Kasides (eulogies), Ezan (the call to prayer). In this he is considered one of the great masters. Two of the tracks of this cd were recorded live, including the Naat performed in Konya in December 1972.
Kani Karaca, singer Secular music (double cd) Price £12.99 + £1.82 p&p US$26 + p&p Post-free to subscribers
Order both Religious Music and Secular Music by Kani Karaca, (total 3 CDs) Price £19.99 (US$40)
Ud (double cd plus book) Master of Turkish Music series Price £9.99 + £2.52 p&p US$20 + p&p Post-free to subscribers
Kemence (double cd plus book) Master of Turkish Music series Price £9.99 + £2.52 p&p US$20 + p&p Post-free to subscribers
Ud Kalan’s Master of Turkish Music series focuses in these marvellous historic recordings by legendary musicians such as Udi Nevres Bey. The two cds are accompanied by an excellent cd-sized hard-back book (Turkish and English) with biographical notes and a brief history of the instrument by Osman Nuri Özpekel.
Kemence Bülent Aksoy introduces Kalan’s haunting Kemençe anthology in their Master of Turkish Music series in the handsome accompanying book: ‘Kemençe is a much loved musical instrument of classical Ottoman-Turkish music, with its characteristic timbre, which is quite different from that of the Western violin... The pear-shaped kemençe is a three-stringed bowed instrument. It is a rather difficult instrument to play... The musiciian does not touch the strings with his fingers as on the violin, but places his fingers between the strings pressing on the strings with his finger nails....
Selected Turkish Classical Music (4-CD set) A magnificent set of recordings by the State Classical Music Chorus directed by Nevzat Atlig
Musicologist Emre Araci's worldwide archive research has enabled him to produce this magical collection of music from the Ottoman court including compositions by the Sultans themselves.
European Music at the Ottoman Court The London Academy of Ottoman Court Music, with Emre Araci.. Ates Orga, Producer
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Istanbul to London Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Symphony Orchestra, directed by Emre Araci,
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The Bosphorus by Moonlight With Emre Araci Ates Orga, Producer
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War & Peace: Music of the Crimea 1853-56
The London Academy of Ottoman Court Music, with Emre Araci Price £7.50 + p&p each US$15 + p&p each Post-free to subscribers
Hezreti Mevlana Yolu Yard Doc Dr R Oruc Guvenc
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Pentatonik Melodiler Yard Doc Dr R Oruc Guvenc
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Asya Turk Musikisi Yard Doc Dr R Oruc Guvenc
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The Fall of Constantinople: Byzantine chants & polyphony 1453 Capella Romana, UK
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Cantemir: Music from the Ottoman Empire C1700
Click the cover for a selection of Turkish music past and present, from Golden Horn Productions, in San Francisco
