Music of Azerbaijan

1. Süita

2. Yasha Azerbaycan

3. Mansuriyya

4. Orta Mahur

5. Shur Tasnifi

6. Shampan Ragsi

7. Gatar

8. Azerbaijan Ritmlari

9. Dilkash

10. Daglar Gözali

11. Sari Galin

12. Manim Azizlarim

13. Bayram Regsi: A. Akhsam Mahnisi, B. Bayram Ragsi, C. Gaytagi

14. Qalz Ayaga Azerbaycan

Music of Azerbaijan,Lok-Batan Folklore Group,Digital Sound,Azerbaijan,Brazilian,Int'l & World Music,Pop

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Fikret Amirov: Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No. 1; Azerbaijan Capriccio Fikret Amirov , Antonio de Almeida , and Moscow Symphony Orchestra Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000063CS Release Date: 1998-03-17

Tracks:

1. Kurd Ovshari-Azerbaijan Mugam No.2: Intro (Allegro Moderato)
2. Kurd Ovshari-Azerbaijan Mugam No.2: Ovshari (Piu Mosso)
3. Kurd Ovshari-Azerbaijan Mugam No.2: Shakhnaz (Incalzando)
4. Kurd Ovshari-Azerbaijan Mugam No.2: Kurd (Allegro)
5. Kurd Ovshari-Azerbaijan Mugam No.2: Mani (Largamente)
6. Azerbaijan Capriccio
7. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Intro (Andante Sostenuto)
8. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Shur (Moderato Assai)
9. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Tesnif (Allegretto)
10. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Shur-Shakhanz (Moderato)
11. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Reng (Andante Moderato)
12. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Bayiati (Moderato Maestoso, Sempre Marcato)
13. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Tesnif (Moderato Espressivo)
14. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Erak (Moderato Con Moto)
15. Shur-Azerbaijan Mugam No.1: Samai Shams (Allegro)
16. Symphonic Dances: Dance Of Joy (Allegro Con Giubilo)
17. Symphonic Dances: Girls' Dance (Andante Catabile Amoroso)
18. Symphonic Dances: Dance Caprice (Allegretto Alla Zoppa)
19. Symphonic Dances: The Yalli Round Dance (Andante Sostenuto)
20. Symphonic Dances: Dance Of Djigits (Allegretto Con Spirito)

Average customer rating: A wonderful way to get children interested in music.

Prokofiev, Chopin and Amirov Manufacturer: Everest Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Houston Symphony Orchestra | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023HH Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. Peter And The Wolf
2. Peter And The Wolf
3. Azerbaijan Mugam
4. In A minor Op.17,No.4: Mazurka
5. In D minor,Op.28,No.24: Prelude
6. In C sharp minor,Op.64,No.2: Waltz

Customer Reviews:

A wonderful way to get children interested in music........2002-06-26

Captain Kangaroo knows how to get the attention of a child and gives an excellent reading of the text, but Stokowski insisted on also having an orchestral version following the vocal which was on the flip side of the old Lp. I would play the two sides for my eight year old daughter and ask her to listen for the duck, bird etc. and she loved it. Now that she is thirty, she asked where her old record was so that she could play it for her son and was delighted to find that it had been transfered to CD.

Average customer rating: Just Glorious! Azerbaijani Jazz?

Aziza Aziza Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Azerbaijan | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008A8T Release Date: 1993-08-31

Tracks:

1. Chargah
2. My Ballad
3. Exprompt
4. Quiet Alone
5. Inspiritation
6. I Cannot Sleep
7. Oriental Fantasy
8. Moment [Short Variation, Based on a Theme by Michal Urbani]
9. Blue Day
10. Character
11. Tea on the Carpet
12. Cemetery
13. Reflection
14. Aziza's Dream
15. Two Candles

Customer Reviews:

Just Glorious!.......2005-06-23

I had the fortune that a friend of mine introduced me to this artist. Since that moment I began a search of her discography. In my country is very difficult to find it, but finally got all her CD's. This is her first solo album, and I have no words to express the power of the songs. You have to listen to taste it by yourselve. A song called "My ballad" is in a foreign language but it is not a problem. When music and voice reach your heart you don't need to understand, just feel.

Azerbaijani Jazz?.......2003-11-22

Aziza is a young woman with beautiful long curly hair from the ex-Soviet country now named Azerbaijan. Her full name is Aziza Mustafa Zadeh. This is her 1st of 6 CD's produced for the West. This CD intermixes Eastern European & Middle Eastern musical themes for solo Jazz piano, & on a few songs Aziza chants with the music. She is fast fingered with notes running up & down the keys with melodies never heard before. This CD is for the experimental free Jazz crowd with their feet still on the ground. Another PhiloX-JD3 hard to get, great CD, here at Amazon.com.

Average customer rating: Amazing!! Truly Captures the Qaimov Charisma Yow! The world's two best living voices Incredible - My new favorite!

Love's Deep Ocean Alim Qasimov Manufacturer: Network Germany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Azerbaijan | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Legendary Art of Mugham The Art of the Mugham The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan ASIN: B000046Q3X Release Date: 2000-01-11

Tracks:

1. Bagishlamani
2. Shushtar Mugamunda Bastachar Mahnelare (GG
3. Iraq Tifi
4. Mugham Qat
5. R Shushtar [Instrumental]
6. Ey Encanlar
7. Shirvan Shikese
8. Raqs (Balaban Solo)
9. FGhazel

Customer Reviews:

Amazing!!.......2005-11-28

Alim Qasimov is ultimately the best musician to represent Azerbaijani classical music (mugham). His voice and performance are miraculous, the instrumentalists acompanying him are very skillful and enthusiastic and the musical arrangement is great. The songs selected here - mostly love songs - are highly expressive and dynamic. Qasimov's daughter's voice is beautiful and her performance is good, but her voice is not as powerful as her father's. The liner notes are very sufficient.

I can confidently claim that this is one of the best albums of Azerbaijani classical mugham and Qasimov's music.

Truly Captures the Qaimov Charisma.......2003-05-07

Alim Qasimov - Love's Deep Ocean

I have spent many evenings mesmerized by truly incredible performances during my years as a musician and music lover. But rarely have I been as moved and transfixed as an evening I spent at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago two and a half years ago, when I was privileged so see one of Alim Qasimov's first performances in the US. He is a mesmerizing performer...totally committed to his performances and to the Mugham style of singing, of which he is the foremost proponent. His dramatic gestures resemble nothing so much as the gestures of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan...and when the music begins to really move, he seems almost to levitate. Unfortunately, the first few Qasimov CDs I bought after that concert only hinted at the power for this singer in a live setting. However, the current CD, Love's Deep Ocean comes closer than anything I have yet heard to capturing the unique power of this treasured singer.

Qasimov is the greatest representative of the Azerbaijani classical music called Mugham. Mugham, like much other Middle Eastern influenced music, is based on a repertoire of songs passed down throughout the centuries upon which a singer improvises using traditional scales and melodic patterns. The art is a difficult one to master. The lyrics of Mugham songs are often either passionate love songs or spiritual songs influenced by the Sufis...and like the Sufis it is often difficult to separate the secular from the sacred in this music. Qasimov wrings every ounce of emotion from each phrase. At times the voice is so clear and piercing that it sends chills up and down the spine. Other times he is gentle and consoling. I find it impossible not to be deeply moved by this marvelous music, especially the long track Ey Encanlar, which seems to grow in intensity with each new phrase.

Qasimov is backed up on this disc by the traditional ensemble of tar (a long necked lute) and kemenche (a spike fiddle). In addition the singer plays a frame drum. The ensemble is expanded on this CD by the inclusion of other instruments not traditionally associated with pure Mugham including the duduk and a version of the clarinet. Qasimov's daughter also sings on many of the tracks. While her voice doesn't not have the power of her father's it is nonetheless very effective. And in the climaxes of the songs, when the two singers reach a unison, the effect is devastating.

If you have any interest in music of the world, this CD is an absolute must-have! Qasimov is the only world music singer to take up the fallen mantle of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. And if you ever get the chance to hear him live....run!!! You'll be glad you did.

Yow!.......2002-10-29

Alim Qasimov has one of the most amazing voices you're likely to hear during your time here on Earth. I've been told that he almost leaps in the air when he sings, and when you hear this you'll understand why. I wish I could understand the lyrics, as the emotion apparent in his voice sounds like the type that might destroy you were you to grasp the full weight of its meaning. Nevertheless, as sonic/sensual experiences go, listening to Alim (and his daughter to a certain extent) can hardly be surpassed. If the climax of "Bagishlamani" doesn't move you, then you're obviously some sort of dead-to-the-world piece of scum.

The world's two best living voices.......2000-05-14

In this CD Alim Qasimov and his daughter Ferghana set a new standard of excellance in both vocal perfection and passion. Unfortunately most of musician's admirers cannot appreciate the beaty of lyrics.

Incredible - My new favorite!.......2000-05-01

I can't believe this guy is not better known in the US! He rivals Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in both voice and passion. I have listened to this CD many times in the last few weeks since I received it, and I'm still not tired of it. His daughter sings and plays on some tracks, and her performance is also awe-inspiring. The instrumentalists are very accomplished, as well. There is a pure percussion track on the recording that knocks your socks off! I highly recommend it.

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Ana: Traditional Music of Azerbaijan Rahman Asadollahi Manufacturer: Panda Digital ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00007EL9I Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

1. Ay Giz
2. Gozum Yashla Dolmasin
3. Ana
4. Hedjran
5. Vessal
6. Su Sapmishham
7. Gonakh Gelajak
8. Khatereh
9. Solmaz
10. Zobol
11. Lezgi

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Anthology of World Music: Azerbaijan Various Artists Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Azerbaijan | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Music of Azerbaijan ASIN: B00008GEPW Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Mugam Bayati-Shiraz - Bakhram Mansurov
2. Mugam Mahuri-Hindi - Bakhram Mansurov
3. Mugam Shur - Arzan Dadashev
4. Mugam Orta-Mahur - Khan Shushinsky
5. Beste Nigar - Abil Aliyev
6. 'Jalili' Song Of An Ashug - Amrah Gyalma
7. Keroylu, A Herioc Dance - Zurnaci
8. Roza - Bahruz Zeinalov

Average customer rating: Worth the wait! In gold....

Among Brothers Abdelli Manufacturer: Real World ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Algeria | Africa | International | Styles | Music Cape Verde | Africa | International | Styles | Music Morocco | Africa | International | Styles | Music Argentina | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Chile | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Belgium | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Azerbaijan | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: New Moon Yol Bolsin An Other Cup ASIN: B0000931R1 Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

1. Amazine
2. Amazine
3. Itij
4. Itij (The Sun)
5. Kif-kif
6. Asiram
7. Svar
8. Adhou
9. Adhou (The Wind)
10. Inas
11. Tharguith
12. Ayen
13. Ayema-yema
14. Thamziw
15. Thamziw (My Youth)

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For his second album, Abdelli, an Algerian singer-mandola (a type of oud-lute) virtuoso from the Kabyl (an ancient Berber tribal group), has again pre-recorded his blues-inflected, slightly world-weary tenor vocals and some rhythm guide tracks before sending them to collaborators around the world to have their way with. Producer Thierry Van Roy kept everybody else in the dark until the final mix was assembled. Harp-like Andean guitars, piercing woodwinds, accordions, and assorted fiddles weave in and out, bringing with them dauntingly diverse sounds from the Andes, Africa, and the Arab world, as well as echoes of assorted medieval European styles (some of which originated in the Middle East anyway), Algerian Raï, and the Silk Road. Given the piecemeal nature of the production, the almost entirely acoustic arrangements are astonishingly organic and warm, robustly engaged but also airy and spacious. Even longtime band-mates performing face-to-face seldom achieve such a combination of unity and fearless individuality. -- Christina Roden

Customer Reviews:

Worth the wait! In gold...........2003-08-02

One insomniac night in 1995 listening to BBC World Service I heard a track which made me sit up & glue my ear to the muffled MW signal to desperately catch the name of the artist. Remember that feeling?! I scribbled it on piece of paper & ordered the album the next day. It was from 'New Moon' by Abdelli, a Berber musician exiled in Belgium. If you can wear out CDs, my copy needs at least a buff-up with the Brasso. So at last, 8 years later, more music from this man with the one-off voice. 'New Moon' had a character all its own, combining rhythmns and scales from an ancient tradition with contemporary keyboards and western instruments. Above it all, Abdelli's soaring, imploring voice as the extraordinary commonality. 'Among Brothers', 3 years and 4 continents in the making has quite a different character. It eschews overt western sounds for a broader, richer palette of strings, woodwinds, reeds & percussion, recorded outdoors in many cases using specially-developed microphones. The result is a more diverse-sounding album but with a new edge of colours and sounds. I would also say with more consistent, developed material than 'New Moon'. It is, in truth, a fantastic recording, full of the detail Peter Gabriel hints at but here it's all real, from a real world. Neat eh? I know I'll play this record for years. How can you put a price on music like this? In a world where 'soul' music now lacks that very essence, music like this created with such love, joy, sadness, yearning & fun is literally priceless. Thanks to all the 'brothers' who played on this; thanks Thierry Van Roy for producing & playing, and thanks again Abdelli for your eternal voice.

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Decouvertes Transcaucasiennes Manufacturer: Gall Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000004A42 Release Date: 1996-08-01

Tracks:

1. Sonate en Do majeur: Allegro
2. Sonate en Do majeur: Cantabile-Moderato con moto
3. Sonate en Do majeur: Allegro scherzando
4. Prelude
5. Melodie Op. 35, No. 1
6. Valse, Op. 35, No. 2
7. Chant d'achougues
8. Berceuse
9. Danse
10. Dans les forets d'Azerbaidjan
11. Pres de la source
12. Nocturne
13. Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14

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Music of Azerbaijan Lok-Batan Folklore Group Manufacturer: Arc Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Azerbaijan | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Anthology of World Music: Azerbaijan ASIN: B00005KHEN Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

1. Suita
2. YAsha Azerbaycan
3. Mansuriyya
4. Orta Mahur
5. Shur Tasnifi
6. Shampan Ragsi (Champaign Dance)
7. Gatar
8. Azerbaijan Ritmlari
9. Dilkash (Beauty)
10. Daglarf Gozali (The Beauty Of The Mountains)
11. Sari Galin (Bride With Blond Hair)
12. Manim Azizlarim (My Dear People)
13. Bayram Regsi (Celebration Dance): Akhsam Mahnisi/Bayram Ragsi/Gaytagi
14. Qalx Ayaga Azerbaycan (Stand Up Azerbaijan!)

Average customer rating: Superb music - a real gem

Best of Zoroofchi Yaghoub Zoroofchi & the Azarbaijan National Orchestra Manufacturer: X Dot 25 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Azerbaijan | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Middle East | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005J9U Release Date: 1995-10-01

Tracks:

1. Salam Gater Misham
2. Azarbaijan
3. Heydar Baba
4. Vatan Ara Divar Olmaz
5. Yar Olmaz
6. San Aeeri
7. Sogoli Janan
8. San Seez
9. Az Shooghe Bahar
10. Olma Saa Olmaz
11. Chal Ashigh

Album Description

Best of Zoroofchi is the first compact disk ever produced in "Azari" language. This album is a collection of most popular old and new Azari songs, performed by Zoroofchi's rich and warm operatic voice, accompanied by "The Azarbaijan's National Orchestra." This album will fascinate you. Some additional instruments were added later, during re-mastering of the original music. In this recording we tried hard to preserve the authenticity of the original works.

Style/Genre: Traditional World

Instrumentation: Vocals, Indigenous Azarbaijani Instruments, Orchestral Arrangements

Customer Reviews:

Superb music - a real gem.......2001-01-06

This CD is a real joy to listen to. Lively and passionate Azeri music at its best. Tracks 1 and 10 are my favourites. I hope there will be further releases from Yaghob Zoroofchi.

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