Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan

by Alim Qasimov & Fargana Qasimova

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 September 2007
  • Label: Smithsonian Folkways
  • Country: Azerbaijan
  • Length: 1:10:37
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued as Volume 6 of the Music of Central Asia series, a co-production of the Aga Khan Music Initiative and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife, the set pairs Alim Qasimov and his daughter Fargana on vocals and daf across 11 tracks. Rauf Islamov plays kamancha, Ali Asgar Mammadov tar, Natiq Shirinov percussion and Yasef Eyvazov oud, and the package adds a DVD and a 40-page booklet.

Genres

Descriptors: traditional, virtuosic, improvisation, long-form, duet

Tracklist

  1. Bardasht (3:55)
  2. Maye (6:17)
  3. Beste-Nigar (8:19)
  4. Hisar (3:24)
  5. Mualif (4:36)
  6. M眉khalif-Tarkib (8:36)
  7. Mansuriyya (7:21)
  8. You Are the Light of My Eyes (13:16)
  9. Eshqin Mehebbeti (Love of Loves) (5:25)
  10. Jeyran (Deer) (6:32)
  11. K枚hlen Atim (My Splendid Horse) (2:52)

Credits

  • Alim Qasimov - primary artist, vocals, daf
  • Fargana Qasimova - primary artist, vocals, daf
  • Rafael Asgarov - duduk [balaban]
  • Rauf Islamov - kemenche [kamancha]
  • Ali Asgar Mammadov - tar (lute)

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