Souvenance
by Anouar Brahem
- Type: Album
- Released: 28 November 2014
- Label: 袦械谢芯写懈褟
- Country: Tunisia
- Length: 1:28:58
- Community rating: 3.84/5 from 6 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Oud master Anouar Brahem collaborates with a string orchestra on 'Souvenance', creating a work of haunting beauty and cinematic scope. The album blends traditional Arabic maqam with Western classical and jazz elements, resulting in a sound that is contemplative and deeply emotional. It reflects on the turbulent events of the Arab Spring with a sense of quiet dignity and sorrowful reflection.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, orchestral, improvisational, droning, melodic, chamber, strings, ensemble, acoustic
Tracklist
- Improbable Day (12:41)
- Ashen Sky (7:36)
- Deliverance (5:07)
- Souvenance (9:16)
- Tunis At Dawn (6:42)
- Youssef's Song (10:23)
- January (7:19)
- Like A Dream (9:40)
- On The Road (7:59)
- Kasserine (9:35)
- Nouvelle vague (2:40)
Credits
- T. Khovrina - artwork by
- Chorus Of The Bolshoi Theatre - chorus
- Ludwig van Beethoven - composed by
- Yuri Simonov - conductor
- 袙邪谢械褉懈泄 小锌邪褋褋泻懈泄 - engineer
- Friedrich Schiller - lyrics by
- Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra - orchestra
- 袠褉懈薪邪 袨褉谢芯胁邪 - supervised by [editor]
- Aleksei Maslennikov - vocals
- Elena Obraztsova - vocals
- Evgeny Nesterenko - vocals
- Tamara Milashkina - vocals
- Anouar Brahem - Primary Artist