Lamia Yared, Ensemble Oraciones - Ottoman Splendours (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Ottoman Splendours explores the music shared along an axis that stretches through time and space, linking Asia Minor and the modern-day Balkans to the Medieval Iberian Peninsula. Constantinople/Istanbul, Smyrna/ Izmir, Andrinople/Edirne, Thessaloniki/Selanik, Monastir/Bitola, Sarajevo/Saraybosna… these are the principal sources that connect the music of the Ottoman era to Toledo, Cordoba, Granada, and Seville, which the Sephardim were forced to flee following the Reconquista, but whose legacy is preserved through Judeo-Spanish (spoken vernacular), Ladino (semi-sacred language), and related anonymous poetic repertoires or sacred texts.
While wedding songs such as “Juego de Siempre,” romanceros such as “Landarico,” and paraliturgical songs such as “Yeoru Libbi U-Sefathay” retain the essence of their poetic material, the same cannot be said of the music. Contact with the various urban music styles of the Ottoman Empire left an imprint on the Sephardim, who gradually adopted the makam system, common to both the “savant” and “popular” repertoires of their Greek and Turkish neighbours.

Track List:
1.01 - Lamia Yared - Juego de Siempre (2:36)
1.02 - Lamia Yared - Landarico (Arr. By Didem Başar) (3:06)
1.03 - Lamia Yared - Ay Mancevo (Arr. By Didem Başar) (3:46)
1.04 - Lamia Yared - Tres Morillas (4:07)
1.05 - Lamia Yared - Dicho Me Habian Dicho (Arr. By Didem Başar) (3:14)
1.06 - Lamia Yared - Akav Birhateha (Arr. by Didem Başar) (3:10)
1.07 - Lamia Yared - Tres Hermanicas Eran (Arr. By Didem Başar) (2:08)
1.08 - Ensemble Oraciones - Instrumental Improvisationon Kanun (2:04)
1.09 - Lamia Yared - Bir Hoş Hırâm Tâze Civan Aldı Gönlümüz (Arr. by Didem Başar) (3:59)
1.10 - Lamia Yared - Bulbul Ussaki (Arr. by Didem Başar) (1:47)
1.11 - Lamia Yared - Yeoru Libbi U Sefathay (Arr. by Didem Başar) (5:10)
1.12 - Ensemble Oraciones - Kouklaki Mou - Mi Chika Flor (Arr. by Didem Başar) (4:30)
1.13 - Ensemble Oraciones - Instrumental Improvisation on Kemence (1:54)
1.14 - Lamia Yared - Einai Ston Kosmon Kai Alla Kali (Arr. by Didem Başar) (3:48)
1.15 - Lamia Yared - Niçin Gördüm Seni - Ven Chika Nazlia (5:35)