Traditional-Classical music from Central Asia by Aydin Aliev | Zülfü Adigözelov | Alim Qâsimov, Fargana Qasimova, Homayun Sakhi and the Kronos Quartet, produced by Cobie Ivens
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Aydin Aliev. (19:14 min)
He plays the garmon, a Russian button accordion, a free-reed wind instrument. It has two rows of buttons on the right side and at least two rows of buttons on the left. The album contains seven maqamat, a maqam being a series of notes with traditions that determine the relationships between the notes, the usual patterns, and their melodic development. Aydin Aliev believes the garmon is the best instrument for playing the maqam.
CD. Le garmon de Aydin Aliev – Aydin Aliev.
LABEL: Buda Musique (1998) code: 927012. VIDEO
II- Zulfugar “Zülfü” Adiguezalov. (14:28 min)
Born in 1898 in the village of Garadolag in Shusha district and died in 1963 in Baku, was an Azerbaijani bass singer. He was the father of composer Vasif- and of violinist and singer Rauf-, and the grandfather of conductor Yalchin Adiguezalov. Zulfu- began his musical career in 1927. He founded a unique school of mugham singing in the lower and middle registers. About the distinctive features of Zulfu’s singing, the orientalist and journalist Rafael Huseynov writes: “Zulfu performed the mugham independently, as a micro-series, combining several different and relevant parts.”
CD. Segah zabul – Zülfü Adigözelov. LABEL: Böyük sahìnler (1983). VIDEO
III– Alim Qâsimov, Fargana Qasimova, Homayun Sakhi en het Kronos Quartet. (25:44 min)
Smithsonian Folkways is releasing a series featuring music from Central Asia. Previous volumes featured individual artists, but for this album, a special collaboration was created: the American Kronos Quartet worked with artists from Afghanistan and Azerbaijan. The result can best be described as modern Asian classical music. The album opens with a brand new composition by Homayun Sakhi. He plays the rubab, a three-stringed lute from Afghanistan that somewhat resembles the Persian sarod. The beginning is meditative, but when the strings of the Kronos Quartet join in, the music quickly becomes more exhilarating.
CD. Rainbow : Music of Central Asia – vol.8 – Alim Qâsimov, Fargana Qasimova, Homayun Sakhi, Kronos Quartet. LABEL: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (2010) code: SFW CD. VIDEO
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