Rain
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Brand: GHAZALEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2003-08-26
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- Fire - Gahazal
- Dawn - Gahazal
- Eternity - Gahazal
Music reviews of Rain
Music Review: Successful world fusion
Rating: 5 Stars
World fusion music generally involves the merging into one piece of divergent types of music from different countries. Sometimes it succeeds, sometimes not; in this case, it does because the two musics represented here, raga (Indian classical music) and Persian classical music, are from closely neighbouring regions of the world. In fact, it works beyond the musicians' wildest dreams. The Rain is an amazing performance very much in the tradition of Middle Eastern and South Asian music.
Kayhan Kalhor (a master kamancheh player) and Shujaat Husain Khan (a 7th-generation master raga musician) are joined on these three extended pieces by Sandeep Das on the tablas. My only complaint is that no lyrics are included for us to get an idea of what Khan is singing, but this is a minor gripe. The sitar and the kamancheh complement each other quite well, and the tablas are quite possibly the best percussion choice for this music. This CD, too, was the first on Kalhor's contract with ECM; unfortunately, it seems to have been the last for Ghazal--more's the pity, as this particular collaboration works so well. It can only be hoped that Kalhor and Khan will choose to work together again sometime soon. In the meantime, we have The Rain, the culmination, in a live performance, of their three-album collaboration. Definitely worth the price of admission.
Description of Rain
No Description Available.Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 26-AUG-2003
As on their previous releases, this much-admired Persian/Indian crossover duo have created a separate yet spacious universe that is tranquility incarnate. The musicans, who have named themselves after an ancient form of romantic poetry, perform on sitar (a multi-stringed Indian plucked instrument with a tall fretboard attached to a resonating gourd) and kamancheh (a sonorous but gutty-sounding spike fiddle) and voice, accompanied by a tabla virtuoso (a tuned skin drum commonly played in India and Pakistan). They wander hither and yon, seemingly traveling between dimensions of time, thought, and feeling. People who find Indian classical music too demanding for a beginner and/or have no idea what Persian music sounds like need have no fear. These three extended pieces, called "Fire," "Dawn," and "Eternity," may be somewhat rarified but they are also utterly accessible. Performing live before a respectfully rapt audience, Ghazal is at once sensuous, austere, fiery, and spiritual. --Christina Roden
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