Discover Music of the Middle East with ARC Music

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Label
ARC Music
Release Date
March 25, 2016
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      RAHIMI MUKHTAR SAMANI DALIN
    • PERFORMER
      Mukhtar, Zarbang, Helbawy, Dalinda, Skina, Rouhana
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2016
    • UPC
      5019396263222
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EUCD2632
    • LABEL
      ARC Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works
    1. Presto (Iraq)

      Composer: Ramin Rahimi

      Performer: Ramin Rahimi

    2. Indim Havuz Basina (I Went Down to the Well) (Turkey)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Huseyin Turkmenler Ensemble

    3. Abu Simbel Temple Dance (Egypt)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Field Musicians

    4. Iraqi Jazz (Iraq)

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hassan Falih, Wasam Khasaf, Hassan Hassan

    5. Cycling Feast (Iran)

      Composer: Zarbang

      Ensemble: Zarbang

    6. Khawatim Soorat Al Baqara (Egypt)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Ferqat Al Inshad Al Sufi

      Performer: Mohamed Al Helbawy

    7. Yeslam galbak (God Bless Your Heart) (Libya)

      Composer: Hossam Ramzy, Dalinda, Osama El Hendy

      Performer: Dalinda, Shebl Abdallah, John Themis, Osama El Hendy, Hossam Ramzy

    8. Love Song (North Africa)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Dusty Legune, Campbell Allenbar

    9. Shirazi Song (Iran)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dastan Trio

    10. Coffee Grinding Rhythm (Jordan)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Field Musician

    11. Ajami (Lebanon)

      Composer: Charbel Rouhana

      Performer: Charbel Rouhana, Antoine Khalife, Abboud El Saadi, Angela Hanounyan, Imane Homsy

    12. Keren Sahar (Israel)

      Composer: Naomi Shemer

      Ensemble: Shir

    13. Lay lay (Kurdistan)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Sakina, Peter Bodner, Muharrem Karakuzu, Erdem Beyazgul, Johannes Behr, Phillip Bardenberg

    14. Khashabah (Iraq)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Sattar Al-Saadi

    15. Rasd (Syria)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Field Musicians

    16. Ilvanlim (The Person from Van) (Turkey)

      Composer: Sumer Ezgu, Musa Yenilme

      Ensemble: Shimal

    17. Don't Ask Me (Armenia)

      Composer: Sergei Karapetian

      Performer: Djivan Gasparian, Sergei Karapetian, Mkrtich Malkhasian

    18. Awtar W' Haneen (Strings and Longing) (Egypt)

      Composer: Hossam Ramzy

      Performer: Mohammed Fouda, Aziz Jorge, José Luis Montón, Mohammed Naiem, Hazem Shaheen, María Toledo

    19. Susta (Cyprus)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Famagusta Municipality Magem Folk Dance Group

    20. Hava netze bemachol (Come, Let Us Go Out and Dance) (Israel)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Burning Bush

    21. Geragotikos sirtos (Turkey/Greece)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dü-Şems Ensemble

      Performer: Tanju Erol, Atilla Akinturk, Cengiz Onural, Guray Hafiftas, Umut Sel, Muammer Ketencoğlu, Cengiz Ercumer, Ozcan Gok

    22. La, la, la, omri manhounik (No, no, no, I would never give you up easily) (Egypt)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Gypsies of the Nile

      Performer: Mostafa Abdalla

    23. Voch Me Dzaleeg (There is No Flower) (Armenia)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian Middle Eastern Ensemble

    24. Hayyamatni (She made me fall in love) (Syria)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Zein Al-Jundi, Adel Eskander, Mohammed Fouda, Moneer Hariri, Aziz Jorje, Taha Taha, Mohsen Adly, Maged Serour, Hazem Shaheen, Hossam Ramzy

      Conductor: Hossam Ramzy

    25. Ya Einyid Ya Yaba (Iraq)

      Composer: Daoud Al-Kuwaity, Saleh Al-Kuwaity

      Performer: Daoud Al-Kuwaity, Saleh Al-Kuwaity

    26. Raqsa (Lebanon)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Andre Hajj Ensemble

    27. Om Faraon (Mother of Pharaoh) (Egypt)

      Composer: Hossam Ramzy, Phil Thornton

      Ensemble: Cairo Street Rappers, Hossam Ramzy String Ensemble

      Performer: Hossam Ramzy, Phil Thornton, Abdalla Helmy, Mohsen Allam, Sayed Al Hosselny, Amin Shaheen, Sayed Ramadan, Mohammed Ali, Hazem Shaheen, Ali Shaker, Maged Sorour, Grant Young


This album takes the listener for a musical journey across the Middle East. Works from Armenia, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Kurdistan, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen are featured. Styles and genres included on this recording vary from 1950s raw Bedouin field recordings, to spiritual Sufi and gypsy music, to today’s catchy modern compositions.