Releases
They released a four volume series on the Traditional Crossroads label:
- Music of the Sultans, Sufis & Seraglio, Vol. 1 - Sultan Composers
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- Consisting of songs and pieces composed by imperial sultans, including Murad IV, Selim III, and Mehmed VI, over five centuries.
- Music of the Sultans, Sufis & Seraglio, Vol. 2 - Music of the Dancing Boys
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- Consisting of songs sung originally sung by köçek dancers, cross-dressed young male entertainers.
- Music of the Sultans, Sufis & Seraglio, Vol. 3 - Minority Composers
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- Consisting of songs and pieces composed by Armenian, Greek, and Jewish composers, including relatively recent pieces.
- Music of the Sultans, Sufis & Seraglio, Vol. 4 - Ottoman Suite
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- Consisting of a suite, or fasil, constructed improvisatorily from different compositions all in the mode, or makam, Segâh, followed by a few examples of sarki.
In collaboration with Lalezar, Armenian-American musician Harold Hagopian spent three years to mix, annotate, and package the four volume series, causing the ensemble to increase their repertoire of pieces by Armenian composers.
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