Kurdish Music

Kurdish Music

Naïve Unesco (Musics and Musicians of the World) D 8023

Contents:

1. Naghma Jabali We Binafshé (saz & tamboura; plucked string duet)
2. Mawal Wa Raqsa (2 zornas & tabl; shawms & percussion)
3. Mawal Wa Raqsa (2 piks, tumbalak & zil; reed flutes & percussion)
4. Lo Delal Sherin Hayat (voice, tanboura & saz)
5. Sar Hawa (tanboura)

Performers: Mohammed Ali Te'djo (meydan saz, tracks 1 & 4), Said Hassan (tanboura, tracks 1 & 4; voice, track 4), Said Youssef (tanboura, track 5), Hamo Hassan Ra'sho (zorna, track 2), Mohammed Ahmed Ra'sho (zorna, track 2), Hussein Mohammed Ra'sho (tabl, track 2), Hanan Ahmed Nasser (pik, track 3), Ahmed Hanan Nasser (pik, track 3), Hussein Hanan Nasser (tumbalak, track 3), Hussein Ahmed Abdo (zil, track 3)

Playing time: 58'03"

Recording date: 1972 (Syria & Lebanon) by Christian Poché & Jochen Wenzel; reissued: 1989 & 2000

The poetic vocal piece of track #4 has always been a favorite, especially as I have not really located similar performances elsewhere. The solo & duo string playing (tracks #1 & #5) is also special.

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