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Reviews By J. E. S. Leake : Date 2 Oct 2003
I'm writing this on a peak of enthusiasm, having just been to a concert by the four musicians in Florence. If you want a perfect introduction to Persian classical music, this album fits the bill. It's the one I've recommended to friends here. Muhammad Reza Shajarian sings, his son Homayoun accompanying on the drum and also singing too at times. The other musicians are Hosein Alizadeh on tar (and - I could be mistaken - setar, both instruments being types of small-bodied long-necked lute, the tar having a double body) and Kayhan Kalhor on kamanche (a type of Persian fiddle, played while sitting - it's a tiny bit like an Arab rababa with several strings).

The poetry includes some Hafez and Rumi (I can't remember the other poets and am not sure whether they are classical or contemporary or a mixture), and very helpfully the accompanying booklet has both the original Persian lyrics and a translation in English, a thing too rarely seen with Middle Eastern music.

Reviews By MAH : Date 16 Aug 2009
If you saw Ovidio Salazar's film on Al Ghazali and were moved by the haunting, melodic incidental music and vocals then you will be pleased to know that this CD contains those tracks (i.e. track 3 on the CD relates to the song in the film: 'If it was possible to be without you, then the whole world would turn inside out') and other similar works. I have no previous experience of Iranian folk music but I found this CD easy to enjoy. Helpfully it comes with the lyrics (poetry by Hafez, Attar etc.) written in both printed Farsi and English. If you like this, you may also wish to try Bab Aziz.

Reviews By E. L. Wisty : Date 1 May 2011
A live recording (I could not find reference to time or place in the notes) of a performance by some of Iran's finest musicians, greatest living classical vocalist Mohammed Reza Shajarian is accompanied by Hossein Aliadeh on the tar (lute), virtuoso kamancheh (spike fiddle) player Kayhan Kalhor, and on the tombak drum with some additional vocals Homayoun Shajarian (son of MR, and now a front line vocalist in his own right - see Mayeh-Ye Dashti & Mayeh-Ye Isfahan). Tar, kamancheh and tombak dance around each other as Shajarian senior wails the mystical poetry of Mowlavi, Hafez, Attar and Baba Taher.

The accompanying booklet provides some notes on the performers, instruments, Iranian classical music and poetry. The Farsi poetry sung by Shajarian is included along with English translations. Note that, as with many such recordings, separate tracks on the disc can form a continuous piece - on some players this will result in an ugly gap; MP3 versions may need the gap setting to zero.

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