Dunya CD Release 5: Kuş Dili: The Language of Birds
Bird sounds, bird music and bird poetry from the Middle East and Europe. Musical offering for the preservation of the environment
Directed by Robert Labaree The Dünya Ensemble and special guests
featuring Beth Bahia Cohen (yayli tanbur, violin)
Shanteri Baliga (ney) Héloise Degrugillier (recorder) Justin Godoy (recorder) Engin Günaydin (percussion, voice) Robert Labaree (çeng, percussion, voice) Sophie Labaree voice Warrick Moses (clarinet) Cem Mutlu (percussion, voice) Mehmet Ali Sanlikol (voice, ud, ney, saz, laouto) Reinmar Seidler (cello) Noam Sender (ney) Frederick Stubbs (ney) Lucy Tan (piano) Andrea Veal (soprano) Thomas Zajac (recorder)
Excerpts from the album
I. Prologue: The Blind Minstrel in the Forest 1. Seherde ağlayan bülbül
II. Cantemir’s Flock of Birds and Rameau’s Nightingale 2. Ney taksim 3. Karkara 4. Gazel: "İrişür bir dem" 5. Rossignols amoureux 6. Kuzgun
III. Birds of Paradise 7. Quattuor pour la fin du temps 8. Uyan ey gözlerim 9. Bağlama Açış 10. Seher vaktı kalkan kervan 11. Ötme bülbül ötme
IV. Nightingales, cuckoos and thrushes 12. Der Engels Nachtegaeltje 13. Skaros 14. Sta Dhio 15. Coockow as I me walked 16. Nightingale 17. A lesson with the Hermit Thrush
V. The Bird in the Gilded Cage 18. Bülbülüm altın kafeste 19. Ne ötersin dertli dertli 20. Saz Açış 21. Nenni 22. Epilogue: Conference of the Birds
