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Release Date: 25-02-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 13140-2
Barcode: 13711314021
Musical Style: Islam
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khatwet Habiby [04:00] | 7 | Qanun Solo [02:50] |
| 2 | El Helwa Dayer Shebbak [06:08] | 8 | Bint Al-Balad [04:26] |
| 3 | Ud Solo [04:14] | 9 | Tabalah Solo [03:45] |
| 4 | Ana Fi Entizarak Khalet [13:05] | 10 | Sama'i Bayati (Al-Aryan) [06:22] |
| 5 | Nay Solo [02:42] | 11 | Riqq Solo [02:57] |
| 6 | Samra Ya Samra [05:35] | 12 | Habibi Wa Enaya [06:46] |
Description:
Ten years in the making, The Music of Islam series recorded in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran and Qatar represents the most comprehensive sound documentation available to Westerners today, of a world religion dating back to 1/622. Although governed by strict rules for fourteen centuries, contact with other cultures has radically affected Islamic music throughout history. As the world enters the XV/21st century the timing of this collection serves an even larger purpose, documenting the traditions that have survived and will continue to survive for centuries to come. Today, one fifth of the world's population, one billion people, are Muslims, occupying a large territory stretching from the Atlantic shore of north and west Africa, through west, central and south Asia to island southeast Asia and attracting an increasing following in India, western Europe, north America, east Asia and southern Africa. This is a global presence which cannot be ignored. Nearly all traditions of Arabic music, including Egyptian, are strongly defined by rhythm. A glance at the history and structure of Arabic music, the most modern of which is based in Egypt, imparts an insight into an unheard of multifaceted aspect of traditions and functions; styles and repertoires, genres and instruments, forms and structural principles. Arabic music shows a dynamic and changing historical evolution. This first volume in The Music of Islam series clearly reflects this, belonging to both old and new styles - in repertoire and performance the music in this recording reflects the new Egyptic style while the orchestration follows the older Arab practices. What is unique about this volume is that it incorporates only instrumental recordings. This is highly unusual. But this one sideness is toned down as all other instrumental pieces are determined thematically - except the pure musically bound solo taqsim (instrumental improvisations) and the sama'i (Turkish, aristocratic art music) - be it through renowned texts of the songs performed by the instruments or through programmed indications, which are characteristic for many new Egyptian instrumental compositions.
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