Ensemble Ulvi Erguner Enderun.
Musique de la Cour Ottomane Al Sur ALCD 108, 1992
TRACK LISTINGS I: Makam Mahur 01. Pesrev (Gazi Giray Han) 02. Kar (Abdulkadir Meragi) 03. Agir Semai (Anon.) 04. Ney Taksim by Aka Gündüz Kutbay 05. Yuruk Semai (Ebubekir Aga) 06. Saz Semaisi (Gazi Giray) II: Makam Pencgah 07. Pesrev (Dede Salih Efendi) 08. Beste (M. Itrig Efendi) 09. Beste (M. Itrig Efendi) 10. Agir Semai (Abdulkadir Meragi) 11. Yuruk Semai (Anon.) 12. Saz Semaisi (Kantemiroglu) III: Makam Rast 13. Rast Pesrev (Anon.) 14. Kar-I Muhtesem (Abdulkadir Meragi) 15. Hem Kamer Hem Zuhre (Anon.) 16. Tanbur Taksim by Necded Yasar 17. Haydarname (Abdulkadir Meragi) 18. Amed Nesimi (Abdulkadir Meragi) 19. Dusems Son Pesrev (Al Farabi)
NEYZEN ULVI ERGUNER “Kutb-i Nayi” "He was born in Istanbul- Sultan Selim, in 3 August 1924. His mother is Muazzez Hanim, and his father is Suleyman Erguner (1902-1953), who is a composer and the ney master of the last century. His brother Asaf Erguner (brn. 1927) was an economist and a tanbour player. Also his sister Serap Erguner dealed with music and played zither. Ulvi Erguner had to visit various places in Anatolia with his father Suleyman Erguner because of his fathers duty in bureaucracy and for this reason he was graduated from various schools (with high degrees). He wanted to be registered in the Army Military Academy but he missed the beginning of the semester and because of this he was graduated from the Quartermaster Corps. in 1943. He had his first knowledge about ney and music from his father. In Konya Military Middle School, he profited from Ahmet Ezgimen and played in the military band. During his duty as an officer in Ankara and Istanbul, beside his father, he practiced music with Halil Can, Nuri Halil Poyraz, İlyas Tonguc, Fahri Kopuz, Hulusi Gokmenli and Sadeddin Heper. He also participated in the radio broadcasts of the TRT [Turkish Radio and Television] in Ankara and Istanbul. There, he made good use of his conversations with Mesud Cemil. Ulvi Erguner was in charge with various ranks in Gelibolu, Kars, Erzurum, Ankara and Istanbul. Between 7 June 1958 and 9 June 1959 he was in Korea, and after this, until his retirement as a lieutenant colonel, he was charged in Hayrabolu and Kesan. Soon after his retirement, he was appointed as the manager of the department of the Turkish Classical and Folk Music in TRT- Istanbul. There he also was also located as a neyzen and the chief of the chorus. In this duty, he founded the Ulvi Erguner Ensemble. Ulvi Erguner also separated the department of folk music and his assistant Nida Tüfekci became the head of this department. Ulvi Erguner established the performance of the Turkish Sufi Music at the radio and worked on the Turkish composers such as Meragalı Abdülkadir and Katip Celebi. Beside ney, Ulvi Erguner could play ud and violin too. He performed ney in his fathers style which is called as the “Erguner Style”. Ulvi Erguner was famous with his spiritual performing. His improvisations are recorded in the archives of TRT. Ulvi Erguner performed ney as the head neyzen in the Commemorative Ceremony for Mevlana in Konya". (http://www.erguner.com/english/neyzenerguners.htm) The ensemble consists of 37 singers, two kanun, three ney, one kadum, two bendir, four violins, three tanbur, two kemenche, two oud and one cello.320 kbps mp3; including full booklet scans
Part One
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