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Abdi: Hafez Opera / Sirenko, Plish, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Credo Chamber Choir
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Abdi: Hafez Opera / Sirenko, Plish, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Credo Chamber Choir

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Composer
ABDI, BEHZAD
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Aug 13, 2021
Catalog #
8660426-27
UPC
730099042673

About

The music of Iranian composer Behzad Abdi fuses dastgāh (the Iranian modal system) with Western classical forms. He wrote Iran’s first national opera, Rumi (Naxos 8.660424-25), and Hafez also exemplifies his approach to the medium. The opera’s subject is the great Persian poet and mystic Hafez, whose sonnets and poetry are still widely read across the Persian-speaking world today. Behrouz Gharibpour’s libretto traces the poet’s tribulations, memories of keeping his poems from being destroyed by a despotic government, and subsequent exile. Abdi’s polytonal technique serves to reflect the unique concepts of Hafez’s 14th-century poetry with passion, lyricism and power.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I Scene 1: Sultan Mobarezedin's Attack (Hafez) 03:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Sultan Mobarezedin's Attack (Hafez)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Motamedi
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  3. 2 Act I Scene 2: Disaster and Killing Sultan Abu Eshaq (Sultan Abu Eshaq, Mother of Sultan Abu Eshaq, Sultan Mobarezedin, People) 03:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Disaster and Killing Sultan Abu Eshaq (Sultan Abu Eshaq, Mother of Sultan Abu Eshaq, Sultan Mobarezedin, People)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Ali Momenian, Sahar Mohammadi, Babak Sabouri, Mojgan Chahian
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  4. 3 Act I Scene 2: Elegy (Mother of Sultan Abu Eshaq, Hafez, People) 06:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Elegy (Mother of Sultan Abu Eshaq, Hafez, People)
    Duration
    06:44
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Sahar Mohammadi, Mohammad Motamedi, Mojgan Chahian, Razieh Abdi
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  5. 4 Act I Scene 3: Pub and Obeid Zakani (Obeid Zakani, Sheriff, Butler) 06:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Pub and Obeid Zakani (Obeid Zakani, Sheriff, Butler)
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Hossein Alishapour, Alireza Saiedi, Alireza Alavian
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  6. 5 Act I Scene 4: Saqinameh (Hafez, Chorus) 04:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 4: Saqinameh (Hafez, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Motamedi, Danial Ajdari, Behnaz Behnamnia, Pouya Saraei, Zakaria Yusefi
    Ensemble
    Credo Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  7. 6 Act I Scene 5: Prison of Sultan Mobarezedin (Prisoners, Poet, Sultan Mobarezedin, Shah Shoja, Obeid Zakani) 10:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 5: Prison of Sultan Mobarezedin (Prisoners, Poet, Sultan Mobarezedin, Shah Shoja, Obeid Zakani)
    Duration
    10:40
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Hadi Feizabadi, Mehdi Hodaei, Eshaq Anvar, Babak Sabouri, Mehdi Emami, Hossein Alishapour
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  8. 7 Act I Scene 6: Hafez's Aria I (Hafez) 03:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 6: Hafez's Aria I (Hafez)
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Motamedi
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  9. 8 Act I Scene 6: Obeid and Sultan Mobarezedin (Obeid Zakani, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet) 05:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 6: Obeid and Sultan Mobarezedin (Obeid Zakani, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet)
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Hossein Alishapour, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  10. 9 Act I Scene 7: Hafez's Aria II and Arrest Hafez (Hafez, Poet, Soldier 1, Mohammad Gol-andam) 08:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I Scene 7: Hafez's Aria II and Arrest Hafez (Hafez, Poet, Soldier 1, Mohammad Gol-andam)
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Motamedi, Eshaq Anvar, Sadjad Pourghanad, Mohammad Zakerhossein, Zakaria Yusefi
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Act II Scene 1: Revolt (Hafez, People, Farmer, Shah Shoja, Poet, Minister, Sultan Mobarezedin) 13:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Revolt (Hafez, People, Farmer, Shah Shoja, Poet, Minister, Sultan Mobarezedin)
    Duration
    13:37
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Motamedi, Mojgan Chahian, Mohammad Sadeq Eshaqi, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Zandevakili, Mehdi Emami, Eshaq Anvar, Alireza Saiedi, Babak Sabouri
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  13. 2 Act II Scene 2: Victory (Soldier 2, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet, Shah Shoja) 05:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Victory (Soldier 2, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet, Shah Shoja)
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Tayeb Faghih, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar, Mehdi Emami
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  14. 3 Act II Scene 3: Departure of Hafez (Mohammad Gol-andam, Hafez, Sa'di, Khajoo Kermani, Mowlavi, Khayam, Chorus) 08:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Departure of Hafez (Mohammad Gol-andam, Hafez, Sa'di, Khajoo Kermani, Mowlavi, Khayam, Chorus)
    Duration
    08:46
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Zakerhossein, Mohammad Motamedi, Vesal Alavi, Rasoul Rahoo, Alireza Mahdizadeh, Eshaq Anvar
    Ensemble
    Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  15. 4 Act II Scene 3: Dialogue (Mohammad Gol-andam, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet, Hafez, Shakh-e Nabat) 12:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Dialogue (Mohammad Gol-andam, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet, Hafez, Shakh-e Nabat)
    Duration
    12:58
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Zakerhossein, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar, Mohammad Motamedi, Haleh Seyfizadeh
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  16. 5 Act II Scene 4: Shakh-e Nabat (Mohammad Gol-andam, Shakh-e Nabat, Hafez, People) 04:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Shakh-e Nabat (Mohammad Gol-andam, Shakh-e Nabat, Hafez, People)
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Zakerhossein, Haleh Seyfizadeh, Mohammad Motamedi, Mojgan Chahian, Razieh Abdi
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  17. 6 Act II Scene 5: Death (Shakh-e Nabat, Hafez, People) 05:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II Scene 5: Death (Shakh-e Nabat, Hafez, People)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Haleh Seyfizadeh, Mohammad Motamedi, Mojgan Chahian, Razieh Abdi, Danial Ajdari
    Ensemble
    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko
  18. 7 Act II Scene 6: Final (Hafez, Chorus) 02:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II Scene 6: Final (Hafez, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Behzad Abdi
    Performer
    Mohammad Motamedi, Pasha Hanjani, Behnaz Behnamnia, Pouya Saraei, Zakaria Yusefi
    Ensemble
    Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vladimir Sirenko