Music of the Near East: The Oud

Artist: H. Aram Gulezyan
Label: Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 744457716021
EAN: 0744457716021
ASIN: B00000228X

Release Date: 1994-11-23

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Tracks:

Pharaonic Eqyptian (Oud Solo)
Oushak Taksim (Oud Solo)
Mevlevi Chefti
Orientale
Danse Arabe
Saz Samahi
Leb-Leb Bouji (Oud Solo)
Danse Kurte
Hey Laren
Hehr Sakbaktan
Karoon (Oud Solo)
Chefti-Tell ('Double Strings')

Customer Reviews:

Good recording........2006-07-04

About half of the tracks are free interpretations wich quality varies. The rest of the tracks are simple and beautifull ud playing. I prefer the sound of this recording to Munir Bashir or Deria Turkan recordings. D. Turkan can be very expressive but Munir Bahsir picks a little too strongly on his strings.

To resume, the ud played here has a beautifull sound and is played with talent. Don't be put off by a few inferior or just different tracks.

Some misguided interculturalism.......2000-06-27

Six items on this CD are oud solo pieces and they are nice, melodic and well-played. Particularly the first, inspired by pharaonic music, is a gem. But the ensemble pieces are a bad exemple of Eastern musicians soaking up Western influences and creating an amalgamation that is neither here nor there. These works lack substance and direction and are musically unconvincing.

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