Silent City
by Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider
- Type: Album
- Released: 28 July 2008
- Label: World Village
- Country: United States
- Length: 53:01
- Community rating: 3.9/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This breathtaking collaboration pairs the Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor with the adventurous American string quartet Brooklyn Rider. The centerpiece is the title track, a massive, 29-minute lament composed in memory of the Kurdish village of Halabja, destroyed in a 1988 chemical attack. The album brilliantly improvises across the boundaries of Western chamber music and traditional Persian melodic structures.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, atmospheric, complex, strings, improvisation, melodic, chamber, spacious, folk
Tracklist
- Ascending Bird (6:54)
- Silent City (29:09)
- Parvaz (6:23)
- Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged (10:34)
Credits
- Kayhan Kalhor - primary artist, kemenche [kamancheh]
- Brooklyn Rider - primary artist
- Jeff Beecher - bass
- Eric Jacobsen - cello
- Mark Suter - percussion
- Nicholas Cords - viola
- Colin Jacobsen - violin
- Jonathan Gandelsman - violin