Ensemble (album)

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ensemble
Studio album by Maria Farantouri & Zülfü Livaneli

Publication
(s)

1982

Label (s) plans

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Folk , songwriter

Title (number)

13

running time

45 min 43 s

occupation

Ensemble ( listen ? / I ) is the German title of a Greek LP production from 1982. It was released in other countries under the title Maria Farantouri sings Zülfü Livaneli , in Turkey as Maria Faranduri Livaneli Söylüyor . The Greek singer Maria Farantouri sings a selection of songs by the Turkish songwriter Zülfü Livaneli on her , accompanied by himself and a Turkish-Greek orchestra. The album is in Greek and Turkish. Audio file / audio sample

History of origin

Farantouri began singing Livaneli songs in 1976 after hearing him on records. In 1979 the artists met and began their actual collaboration with two concerts in Istanbul . After that, the two led a highly successful tour with over 30 performances throughout Greece, starting with two concerts in Athens . This success led to Livaneli's recording of the 13-song album in December 1981.

Lefteris Papadopoulos has written new Greek texts for the melodies of Livanelis. Farantouri also sings some pieces with the original Turkish text or in a duet in Greek-Turkish with Livaneli. In addition, there are two Nazim Hikmet settings by the Turkish musician on the record as well as film music from Yilmaz Güney's Sürü - Die Herd .

Maria Farantouri contributed the vocals, Zülfü Livaneli Saz, Tzura and vocals, Ali Dede traditional Turkish wind instruments, Mei, Nei and saxophone, Ferhat Livaneli classical guitar and Tzura, Georgios Filippidis the bass and Christos Gotsinas the drums.

Meaning and effect

The album became the official "Record of the Year" in Greece in 1982 and topped the Greek sales charts. Critics spoke of a "new era in Greek music". The album was released in other countries. In Germany it received the annual German Record Critics' Prize . The joint recordings and tours of the two artists contributed a small part to the reconciliation between the nations of Greece and Turkey.

Track list

  1. Lëilim Lëi - 3:51
  2. Miroloi - 4:11
  3. Karli Kayn Ormani - 3:23
  4. O Paraghios - 3:11
  5. Me Fitepsane Se Kameni Ghi - 4:37
  6. Merhaba - Ghia Cara - 3:28
  7. San To Metanasti - 3:44
  8. Hiroshima - 4:06
  9. Mila Siga - 2:54
  10. Bulut Mu Olsam - 2:22
  11. I Meres Mas - 2:58
  12. San Ton Kerem - 3:03
  13. To Kopadi - 3:55

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on farantouri.gr
  2. ↑ Catalog of two thousand and one 2006 (PDF), p. 225 ( Memento of March 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )