Singer Serenad Bağcan and Fazıl Say recorded ten songs on texts by the most famous Turkish poets for the CD album İlk Şarkılar (First Songs) in 2013. In these early compositions, Say lays the foundation for many melodic elements of later large-scale works such as the Nâzım Oratorio and the etin Altıok Requiem. The very own style of these songs resembles French chansons and evokes a feel of world music. The cycle also makes for a rewarding collection of piano pieces when played without a singer.
I Düşerim (Metin Altıok)
II Akılla Bir Konuşmam Oldu (Ömer Hayyam)
III Dört Mevsim (Cemal Süreya)
IV Bu Kekre Dünyada (Metin Altıok)
V Sardunyaya Ağıt (Can Yücel)
VI Sordum Sarı Çiğdeme (Pir Sultan Abdal)
VII Efkârlanırım (Orhan Veli)
VIII İstanbul’u Dinliyorum (Orhan Veli)
IX Memleketim (Nâzım Hikmet Ran)
X İnsan İnsan (Muhyiddin Abdal)
