Alemu Aga (discography)

Solo Albums

(1a) Yäbägänna zemawočč [የበገና ዜማዎች, Begena hymns]. Cassette recorded by J.-Ch. Meissonnier and released by Ambassel Music, Video & Electronics. Addis Ababa, 1994 (or 2011?) [year according to GC].

(courtesy Alemu Aga)

Cassette republished as CD:

(1b) Alemu Aga. Bägänna of Ethiopia: The Harp of King David. Edited and with text by Francis Falceto. CD released by Long Distance, Montreuil (France), 1995.

(1c) Alèmu Aga. Edited by Francis Falceto. CD republished in the series Ethiopiques, no. 11. Paris: Buda Musique, 2002. [To view the image of the CD cover, see the audio section]

(2) _ _ _ (title? year?) VCD recorded for private use by _ _ _, Addis Ababa.

(3) Alemu Aga: Keto Aikerim Motu. CD released by Fuego, _ _ _ n.p., 2018. [To view the image of the CD cover, see the audio section]

Collective Albums
(with more than 2 tracks from Alemu Aga)

(1) _ _ _ (‘_ _ _’ [Engl. transl. of the title]). By Alemu Aga and Demissie Desta. Recorded by the Radio Station [Q: which? live?], Addis Ababa _ _ _ [year in GC?].

[During the Ethiopian Revolution, the Ministry of Information was about to destroy the cassette. However, the EOTC managed to rescue the master copy and publish the cassette]

[image of cover?]

(2 [?]) _ _ _ (‘_ _ _’ [Engl. transl. of the title]). By Alemu Aga and Habtemichael Demissie (Masinko player and singer). Recorded / Released by _ _ _, Addis Ababa _ _ _ [year in GC?].

[Medina & Zelesegna style (i.e., _ _ _ ?)

[image of cover?]

(3 [?]) Kimberlin, Cynthia, ed. Ethiopia: Three cordophone traditions (An anthology of African music) [title also given in French]. UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World, LP. Volume 14. BM 30 SL 2314. Kassel (Germany): Bärenreiter Musicaphon, 1985.

[Music recorded in 1972 while Alemu Aga was teacher at Yared School of Music. Digital edition by Smithsonian Folkways Recording, 2014. [To view the image of the CD cover, see the audio section]

(4) Budde, Pit, ed. (1996). Asnakech Worku, Alemu Aga: Ende Jerusalem; Traditional Music from Ethiopia. CD released by Acoustic Music Records, Sordino Musikverlag, Osnabrück (Germany).

(from AcousticMusic.de)

Local edition:

(4a) Alemu Aga, ed. (?) Ende Eyerusalem [እንደ ኢየሩሳሌም, Like Jerusalem]. Cassette released by _ _ _ , Addis Ababa, 1995 (?)

(5) Weisser, Stéphanie, ed. Ethiopie: Les chants de Bagana / Ethiopia: Bagana songs. Archives Internationales de Musique Populaire LXXVIII/VDE 1206. Geneva, 2006. [2 tracks from Alemu Aga]

(from discogs.com)

(6) Alemu Aga, Seyoum Mengistu, Admassu Fikre and Tafesse Tesfaye. The Begenna of Elders: The Harp of David in Ethiopia. CD released by Laika Records, Bremen (Germany), 2009.

(from amazon.com)

(13) Gebre Yohannes. Ethiopian Orthodox Mezmur. CD released by _ _ _, 2020. [10 tracks by Alemu Aga; s. entry on Deezer]