Music of Central Asia, Vol. 6: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan
by Alim Qasimov
- Type: Album
- Released: 25 September 2007
- Label: Smithsonian Folkways
- Country: Azerbaijan
- Length: 1:10:33
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Alim Qasimov performs with his daughter Fargana Qasimova, accompanied by Rauf Islamov on kamancha, Ali Asgar Mammadov on tar, Natiq Shirinov on percussion and Yasef Eyvazov on oud. The eleven tracks run to seventy minutes and were issued with a forty-page booklet and a bonus DVD, in a co-production of the Aga Khan Music Initiative and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Genres
Descriptors: spirituality, atmospheric, traditional, virtuosic, improvisational
Tracklist
- Bardasht (3:55)
- Maye (6:17)
- Beste-Nigar (8:19)
- Hisar (3:24)
- Mualif (4:36)
- M眉khalif-Tarkib (8:36)
- Mansuriyya (7:21)
- You Are The Light Of My Eyes (13:16)
- Eshqin Mehebbeti (Love Of Loves) (5:25)
- Jeyran (Deer) (6:32)
- K枚hlen Atim (My Splendid Horse) (2:52)
- Music Of Central Asia And The Aga Khan Initiative
- Alim And Fargana Qasimov: Spiritual Music Of Azerbaijan
- Interactive Instrument Glossary
- Map Of Central Asia
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)