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Mohammad al-Zahraoui - Sufi Songs (Sama') - Cassette published in Fes, Morocco
Since 27th of may it is Ramadan again. To celebrate it, especially the blessed nights, we post here some cassettes of Sufi ceremonies from Morocco, Algeria and Libya.First a cassette from Morocco,...
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Shaykh Al 'Alawi's Diwan recorded in Annaba - Cassette published in UK in the...
Very beautiful Sama' (singing of Sufi poetry) from Annaba in eastern Algeria.wavemp3Scheich Ahmad al-Alawi (1869-1934)On Sheikh al-Alawi (qas) see:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_al-Alawiand...
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Syrie - Vol. 1 - Muezzins d'Alep - Chants Religieux de l'Islam - LP published...
Here a wonderful LP of a group of Munshidin (religious or Sufi singers) from Aleppo, under the direction of the legendary Sabri Mudallal. Amongst them also the wellknown Hassan Haffar. We posted...
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Hassan Haffar - Cassette from Syria
Hassan Haffar, who was part of the "Muezzins d'Alep" of our previous post, is one of the most famous Munshidin (singers of religious or Sufi songs) of recent decades in Aleppo, Syria. He toured a...
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Abdel Hamid Hussain (1932-1992) - Qur'an Karim - Warsh Recitation from...
Another wellknown Qur'an reciter (Qari) from Morocco. He represents a style quite different from the very beautiful one of the outstanding Haj Abd er-Rahman ben Moussa, of whom we posted eight...
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Arabian Music in Baghdad - LP published in Japan in 1980
With this LP we start a series of three posts of the Maqam Music of Iraq - Maqam al-Iraqi. In 2011 we posted already an LP having a recording by the same singer as on this LP here. See here.Iraqi Maqam...
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Maqam-Al-Iraqi - Three concerts in Bonn, Cologne and Baghdad broadcast in...
Here our second post in our series of recordings of the Maqam music of Iraq. Here we have longer Maqam suites which give a much better impression of this great musical tradition.Many thanks to our...
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Iraq - Makamat par l'Ensemble Al Tchālghī Al Baghdādī et Yusuf Omar...
Yusuf Omar was, next to Muhammad al-Qubbanji, the greatest Maqam singer of the past century in Iraq. This singer and especially this recording is the crown of Iraqi Maqam music and Maqam music in...
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CONGRÈS DE MUSIQUE ARABE DU CAIRE 1932 - THE CAIRO CONGRESS OF ARAB MUSIC 1932
Here an importent release which might have gone unnoticed by many music lovers. It contains, amongst other jewels, two and half CDs by the great master of Iraqi Maqam Muhammad al-Qubbanji.CONGRÈS DE...
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Salah Abd al-Hayy (1896-1962) - Lih Ya Binafsaj (Why are you pale?) - LP...
Salah Abd al-Hayy was the last outstanding Egyptian singer of classical Arabic music as it was performed around the turn of the century by great singers like Yūsuf al-Manyalāwī (1847-1911), his uncle...
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Muhamad Qadri Dalal - Alep - Syrie - Improvisations au Luth - LP published in...
Here an LP by the well-known master of the 'Ud, well-known through his participation in the famous Al Kindi Ensemble, which toured Europe and other parts of the world extensively and published quite a...
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Muhammad Sabsadi - Cithare Classique - Qanun - Liban - Arabesques No. 2 - LP...
We post here four volumes of the excellent series "Arabesques" by Jean-Claude Chabrier, published in a first series in 1974 (volumes 1 to 5) and a second series in 1979 (volumes 6 to 10). In 2011 we...
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Faramarz Payvar (1933-2009) - Santur - Iran - Arabesques No. 10 - LP...
Faramarz Payvar was a very famous, brilliant Santur player of classical Iranian Dastgah music. He has releases on LP, cassette and numerous CDs, almost all published in Iran. His CDs can be obtained,...
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Dhruba Ghosh (1957-2017) - The great Sarangi master passed away on 10th of...
Only yesterday we received the very sad news that the great Sarangi master passed away already on 10th of july. May he rest in peace. We met him many many times and knew him not only as a great Sarangi...
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Munawar Ali Khan (1930-1989) - Vol. 1 - Cassette published in Pakistan in 1983
Here the cassette I promised already a while ago. On side one there is in addition to Raga Aimen (Yaman) a Dadra Pahari. Apparently the artist performed reguarly in Pakistan. This is our fifth post of...
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Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902-1968) - Raga Goonkali & Raga Malkauns - LP...
Here we start to post some of the LPs of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, the legendary father of Munawar Ali Khan. This is the first of two LPs of studio recordings by the great Ustad. The second LP has...
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It seems that at the moment Dropbox has some problems. Apparently none of the Dropbox files can be downloaded. I hope they fix that soon. So please have some patience.I guess the problem is that at the...
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Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902-1968) - Recordings from Radio Pakistan - LP...
I guess these recordings were done in the period in which he lived in Lahore, Pakistan. That was up to 1957 or 1958, when he obtained Indian citizenship.On his excellent blog our dear friend Bolingo...
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