Abdi: Rumi

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Naxos
Release Date
August 10, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ABDI, BEHZAD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Credo Chamber Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Sirenko, Sadeghi, Pourghanad, Farzin, Naja
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 10, 2018
    • UPC
      730099042475
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8660424-25
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I Scene 1: War (Amir Touman, Mongolian, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Sadjad Pourghanad, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    2. Act I Scene 2: Death Overcomes the Nation (Shams, Sheikh Attar, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Homayoun Shajarian, Ali Khodaei, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    3. Act I Scene 3: Sheikh Attar Prefers Death Over Humiliation (Kharazm Prince, Amir Touman, Sheikh Attar, Soltan al-Olama, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ehsan Nasiri, Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Ali Khodaei, Hossein Alishapour, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    4. Act I Scene 4: The Advice of Rumi's Father: Love and Only Love (Chorus, Soltan al-Olama, Rumi, Amir Touman, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hossein Alishapour, Mohammad Motamedi, Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    5. Act I Scene 5: A Bazaar in a Remote Town in Iran (Narrator, Soltan al-Olama, Rumi, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mehdi Emami, Hossein Alishapour, Mohammad Motamedi, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    6. Act I Scene 6: Shams and Rumi (Shams, Rumi, Chorus)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Homayoun Shajarian, Mohammad Motamedi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    7. Act I Scene 7: Rumi's Exodus (Old Follower, Wife of Rumi, Rumi, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Es'haq Anvar, Maliheh Moradi, Mohammad Motamedi, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    8. Act II Scene 1: Rumi in the Circle of his Objecting Followers (Old Follower, Rumi, Shams, Sheikh Attar)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Es'haq Anvar, Mohammad Motamedi, Homayoun Shajarian, Ali Khodaei

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    9. Act II Scene 2: Meeting of Shams and Rumi (Shams, Rumi)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Homayoun Shajarian, Mohammad Motamedi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    10. Act II Scene 3: Rumi and his Wife (Rumi, Wife of Rumi, Soltan al-Olama, Sheikh Attar, Shams)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mohammad Motamedi, Maliheh Moradi, Hossein Alishapour, Ali Khodaei, Homayoun Shajarian

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    11. Act II Scene 4: Rumi's First Dream: The Shepherd (Shepherd, People, Soldier, Sheikh Attar, Shams, Rumi)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mostafa Mahmoudi, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh, Mehdi Javar, Ali Khodaei, Homayoun Shajarian, Mohammad Motamedi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    12. Act II Scene 5: Second Meeting of Shams and Rumi (Chorus, Shams, Rumi)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Homayoun Shajarian, Mohammad Motamedi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    13. Act II Scene 6: Attack (Wife of Rumi, Rumi, Shams, Old Follower, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Maliheh Moradi, Mohammad Motamedi, Homayoun Shajarian, Es'haq Anvar, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    14. Act II Scene 7: Rumi's Nightmare: Shams' Persecution (Mongolian, Shams, Chief Justice, Old Follower, Soltan al-Olama, Sheikh Attar, People, Chorus, Wife of Rumi, Rumi)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Sadjad Pourghanad, Homayoun Shajarian, Amer Shadman, Es'haq Anvar, Hossein Alishapour, Ali Khodaei, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh, Maliheh Moradi, Mohammad Motamedi

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko

    15. Act II Scene 8: Sufi Temple: Repentance (Old Follower, Rumi, Shams, Amir Touman, People)

      Composer: Behzad Abdi

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Es'haq Anvar, Mohammad Motamedi, Homayoun Shajarian, Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Kayvan Farzin, Ali Najafi, Sulmaz Badri, Ali Yari, Reza Najafi, Sara Rezazadeh

      Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko


Behzad Abdi's opera Rumi fuses traditional dastgah (the Iranian modal system) and the Persian Sama dance with Western classical music, and can be considered the first national opera of Iran. The libretto was written and conceived by the renowned Iranian theatre director and puppeteer, Behrouz Gharibpour, based on the life and writings of the 13th-century Persian scholar, poet, theologian and mystic, Jalal al-Din Rumi. The legendary story of Shams and Rumi is one of the most significant tales in the history of Iranian mystical literature and is brought vividly to life by the award-winning composer's exotic, lyrical and at times intensely dramatic score. Behzad Abdi (b. 1973) studied the setar and Iranian traditional music with Masoud Shoari and Mohsen Nafar and Western classical music with Liudmila Yurina and Vadim Juravitsky at the Tchaikovsky Academy in Ukraine. Abdi is the first composer to write Iranian opera. He is also a composer of film soundtracks and has won two awards at the Fajr International Iranian Film Festival, among others.