Two master musicians honour the centenary of the Armenian genocide, Turkey’s Emre Gültekin on the saz, a long-necked lute, Armenia’s Vardan Harvanissian on the duduk, a woody reed instrument. The pair are old friends but this is their first joint work, reconciling two vibrant musical cultures on a sensitive anniversary. The playing is exquisite (and there are gifted guests), the mood contemplative and nostalgic, drawing on folk melodies, poems and original pieces celebrating miners and murdered journalist Hrant Dink. At the album’s heart is the title track, a sombre, aching lament for the razed city of Adana and its dead. High class.
