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

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Naxos
Release Date
August 13, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ABDI, BEHZAD
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 13, 2021
    • UPC
      730099042673
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8660426-27
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I Scene 1: Sultan Mobarezedin's Attack (Hafez)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Motamedi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    2. Act I Scene 2: Disaster and Killing Sultan Abu Eshaq (Sultan Abu Eshaq, Mother of Sultan Abu Eshaq, Sultan Mobarezedin, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ali Momenian, Sahar Mohammadi, Babak Sabouri, Mojgan Chahian

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    3. Act I Scene 2: Elegy (Mother of Sultan Abu Eshaq, Hafez, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Sahar Mohammadi, Mohammad Motamedi, Mojgan Chahian, Razieh Abdi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    4. Act I Scene 3: Pub and Obeid Zakani (Obeid Zakani, Sheriff, Butler)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hossein Alishapour, Alireza Saiedi, Alireza Alavian

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    5. Act I Scene 4: Saqinameh (Hafez, Chorus)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Credo Chamber Choir

      Performer: Mohammad Motamedi, Danial Ajdari, Behnaz Behnamnia, Pouya Saraei, Zakaria Yusefi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    6. Act I Scene 5: Prison of Sultan Mobarezedin (Prisoners, Poet, Sultan Mobarezedin, Shah Shoja, Obeid Zakani)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hadi Feizabadi, Mehdi Hodaei, Eshaq Anvar, Babak Sabouri, Mehdi Emami, Hossein Alishapour

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    7. Act I Scene 6: Hafez's Aria I (Hafez)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Motamedi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    8. Act I Scene 6: Obeid and Sultan Mobarezedin (Obeid Zakani, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hossein Alishapour, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    9. Act I Scene 7: Hafez's Aria II and Arrest Hafez (Hafez, Poet, Soldier 1, Mohammad Gol-andam)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Motamedi, Eshaq Anvar, Sadjad Pourghanad, Mohammad Zakerhossein, Zakaria Yusefi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    10. Act II Scene 1: Revolt (Hafez, People, Farmer, Shah Shoja, Poet, Minister, Sultan Mobarezedin)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Motamedi, Mojgan Chahian, Mohammad Sadeq Eshaqi, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Zandevakili, Mehdi Emami, Eshaq Anvar, Alireza Saiedi, Babak Sabouri

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    11. Act II Scene 2: Victory (Soldier 2, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet, Shah Shoja)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Tayeb Faghih, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar, Mehdi Emami

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    12. Act II Scene 3: Departure of Hafez (Mohammad Gol-andam, Hafez, Sa'di, Khajoo Kermani, Mowlavi, Khayam, Chorus)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Zakerhossein, Mohammad Motamedi, Vesal Alavi, Rasoul Rahoo, Alireza Mahdizadeh, Eshaq Anvar

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    13. Act II Scene 3: Dialogue (Mohammad Gol-andam, Sultan Mobarezedin, Poet, Hafez, Shakh-e Nabat)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Zakerhossein, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar, Mohammad Motamedi, Haleh Seyfizadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    14. Act II Scene 4: Shakh-e Nabat (Mohammad Gol-andam, Shakh-e Nabat, Hafez, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Zakerhossein, Haleh Seyfizadeh, Mohammad Motamedi, Mojgan Chahian, Razieh Abdi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    15. Act II Scene 5: Death (Shakh-e Nabat, Hafez, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Haleh Seyfizadeh, Mohammad Motamedi, Mojgan Chahian, Razieh Abdi, Danial Ajdari

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    16. Act II Scene 6: Final (Hafez, Chorus)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Motamedi, Pasha Hanjani, Behnaz Behnamnia, Pouya Saraei, Zakaria Yusefi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko


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.