Turath
by Simon Shaheen
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1992
- Label: CMP Records
- Country: United States
- Length: 59:18
- Community rating: 4.25/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Turath', subtitled 'Heritage', presents Shaheen on oud and violin in performances built on the maqam system, including extended taqasim improvisations. Born in Tarshiha, he had emigrated to the United States and founded the Near Eastern Music Ensemble in New York, work later recognized with a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Genres
Descriptors: virtuosic, traditional, complex, acoustic, spirituality
Tracklist
- Bashraf Farahfaza (5:42)
- Sama'I Farahfaza (6:41)
- Taqasim On Violin (1:35)
- Longa Farahfaza (3:15)
- Taqasim On The Beat (9:33)
- Sama'i Nahawand (8:16)
- Tahmilah Suznak (6:22)
- Sama'i Nahawand (6:27)
- Bashraf Kurd (4:17)
- Taqasim On Nay (1:13)
- Sama'I Kurd (5:52)
Credits
- Omar Faruk Tekbilek - ney [nay], composed by, nai
- Hasan Isakkut - sitar [qanun]
- Samir Khalil - tar (drum), composed by, frame drum riq
- Hassan Ishkut - kanun
- Kurt Renker - executive-producer, executive producer
- Ali Jihad Racy - liner notes, composed by
- Howie Weinberg - mastered by, mastering
- Ulf von Kanitz - art direction
- Mitchell Feldman - edited by [liner notes]
- Oz Fritz - engineer
- Rick Laird - photography by
- Bill Laswell - producer
- 陌smail Hakk谋 Bey - composed by
- Tanburi Cemil Bey - composed by
- Riad El Soumbati - composed by
- Mesut Cemil - composed by
- Asdik A臒a - composed by