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Music : Iran - Persian Classical Music
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Iran - Persian Classical Music by: Various Artists |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075597206029 Label: Nonesuch Manufacturer: Nonesuch Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Nonesuch Release Date: April 17, 1991 Studio: Nonesuch Sales Rank: 54489 MPN: 72060 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Not bad for the priceFrom listening to the brief music samples I'd hoped to find an instrumental album of authentic music. So often CDs that purport to be Middle Eastern music turn out to be rave mixes. The good part? This is authentic. The downside? Husky-voiced vocals are prevalent throughout much of each track. When it comes to "world music" (or whatever they're calling it these days) the one thing that doesn't appeal to me is the vocals. Apart from that the music was enjoyable. That's one thing I like about the Ravi Shankar albums I've owned or heard, if he's ever sung I haven't heard it. Rating: - Enter into timelessnessIf you are a lover of middle eastern music, this CD will warm you and even - maybe - bring tears to your eyes/heart. It isn't fancy or engineered - just wonderful music close to the source. I love the CD Rating: - The Real Stuff!The photo on the cover of this CD is totally disingenuous. Persian classical music is not folk music, certainly not the music of the impoverished villagers. It's a highly refined, ancient art of the educated classes. Together with Greek music carried as far as India by Alexander the Great, it's the founding tradition of everything since in the extended world of Islam. But of course we have no way except by inference and intuition to know what it sounded like, even a few hundred years ago let alone two thousand five hundred. The sounds you'll hear on this CD are not often heard even in Iran today. Euro-pop has crushed what military and political mistakes have not. Immediately in the first track, you'll hear tonal intervals never ... Read More: Rating: - A Haunting Performance by VirtuososAlthough I am a new convert to so-called "world music", I know there's no turning back now. After listening to this CD continually for the last two days, I've found myself desperately searching Amazon for more Persian music, and the web for more information about this fabulous group. The vocalist's ululating, almost pained voice seems a haunting precursor of the dark times that lay ahead (the album was recorded in 1974, five years before the rise of the mad Ayatollah and his fundamentalist government) and there is a palpable, frenetic urgency to the musicians' playing. The liner notes contain enough information for the listener to understand the instruments used and the forms of Persian classical music, although the black and white photographs ... Read More: Rating: - Magical. Beautiful!I love Iranian music. I highly recommend that you add this to your collection immediately. |
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