Various Artists
Discover Music from the Middle East (CD)

EUCD2632

A beautiful, interesting and varied collection of music from Middle Eastern countries Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Turkey and Yemen. Spanning styles and genres from raw Bedouin field recordings from the 1950s, maqams, spiritual Sufi and Nile Gypsy music to today’s funky and infectious Middle Eastern compositions. Info about each of the pieces.

Track listing:

Iran: Presto – Ramin Rahimi & Tapesh (Ramin Rahimi) - 1:09
Turkey: İndim Havuz Başına – Ensemble Hüseyin Türkmenler (trad., arr. Hüseyin Türkmenler) - 3:41
Egypt: Abu Simbel Temple Dance – Recordings by David Fanshawe (Field rec: David Fanshawe, 1969 ) - 2:22
Iraq: Iraqi Jazz – Ahmed Mukhtar (Ahmed Mukhtar) - 4:43
Iran: Cycling Feast – Zarbang (Samani) - 3:22
Egypt: Khawatim Soorat Al Baqara – Sheikh Mohamed Al Helbawy (trad.) - 2:12
Libya: Yeslam Galbak – Dalinda (Dalinda/Ramzy/Hendy/Reyad) - 3:24
Yemen: Love Song – Field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya (Field rec: Deben Bhattacharya, 1957) - 3:40
Iran: Shirazi Song – Dastan Trio (trad., arr. Dastan Trio) - 1:59
Jordan: Coffee Grinding Rhythm – Field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya (Field rec: Deben Bhattacharya, 1955) - 1:53
Lebanon: Ajami – Charbel Rouhana (Charbel Rouhana) - 2:23
Israel: Keren Sahar – Shir (Naomi Shemer) - 2:00
Kurdistan: Lay Lay – Sakîna (trad., arr. Erdem Beyazgül) - 3:28
Iraq: Khashabah – Ahmed Mukhtar & Sattar Al-Saadi (trad., arr. A. Mukhtar) - 3:18
Syria: Rasd – Field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya (Field rec: Deben Bhattacharya, 1955) - 3:32
Turkey: İlvanlım – Shimal (Sümer Ezgü/Musa Yenilmez) - 2:45
Armenia: Don't Ask Me – Djivan Gasparian (Anton Mailian, arr. Karapetian) - 2:50
Egypt: Awtar W’ Haneen – Hossam Ramzy & José Luis Montón (Hossam Ramzy) - 4:00
Cyprus: Susta – Famagusta Municipality Magem Folkdance Group (trad.) - 1:00
Israel: Hava nétze bemachol – The Burning Bush (trad., arr. Roderick Skeaping) - 2:49
Turkey/Greece: Geragotikos Sirtos – Dü-Şems Ensemble (trad., arr. Dü-Şems Ensemble) - 3:29
Egypt: La, La, La, Omri Manhounik – Recordings by Hossam Ramzy (trad.) - 3:43
Armenia: Voch Me Dzaleeg – Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian & his Middle Eastern Ensemble (trad.) - 3:08
Syria: Hayyamatni – Zein Al-Jundi (trad., arr. Hossam Ramzy) - 2:52
Iraq: Ya einyid ya yaba – Daoud & Saleh Al-Kuwaity (Al-Kuwaity/Al-Kuwaity) - 3:07
Lebanon: Raqsa – André Hajj & Ensemble (André Hajj) - 1:28
Egypt: Om Faraon – Hossam Ramzy & Phil Thornton (Phil Thornton/Hossam Ramzy) - 4:21

Published: 2016

Genre: Asia & Oceanic
Label: Arc Music