It may have been a bit of a surprise when this album by composer Kemal Belevi, a Cypriot composer (and a Turkish Cypriot at that), reached the higher ranks of classical sales charts in the coronavirus month of May 2020. Perhaps it was that listeners were dreaming of the vacations in Cyprus that they couldn't take, though it was probably more than that. Strong-selling classical albums often are those that fulfill more than one function, and this one, by the new Duo Tandem guitar pair, does this exactly. Yes, it will be ideal ...
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It may have been a bit of a surprise when this album by composer Kemal Belevi, a Cypriot composer (and a Turkish Cypriot at that), reached the higher ranks of classical sales charts in the coronavirus month of May 2020. Perhaps it was that listeners were dreaming of the vacations in Cyprus that they couldn't take, though it was probably more than that. Strong-selling classical albums often are those that fulfill more than one function, and this one, by the new Duo Tandem guitar pair, does this exactly. Yes, it will be ideal for a rental car driven along the Cypriot coast, when the time comes, yet Belevi's music is not stereotypical Mediterranean vacation sounds but something more. It shows a variety of influences, Turkish, Greek, Middle Eastern, and Spanish. It does not delve deeply into any of them, but neither does it trivialize them, and coming from where it comes from, this is a nifty achievement. Cyprus is a country divided by military lines of control and presenting it musically as a unified...
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