Rahim AlHaj - Letters from Iraq Oud and String Quintet (2017)
Rahim AlHaj - Letters from Iraq Oud and String Quintett
World, Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 69:40 min | 161 MB
Label: Smithsonian/Folkways | Tracks: 08 | Rls.date: 2017
World, Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 69:40 min | 161 MB
Label: Smithsonian/Folkways | Tracks: 08 | Rls.date: 2017
Letters from Iraq expresses the love and pain of lives lived by the people of war-torn Iraq. Actual mailed letters and their stories are transposed into eight gripping programmatic compositions by Iraqi-American composer and oud player, Rahim AlHaj with string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass) and percussion. He says, “Music can make us laugh, make us cry, make us march into war. I want to make music to make us realize peace.” These recordings are of deep emotion and great beauty, melding mastery of Iraqi and Western classical genres alike to form something entirely new.
TRACKLIST
01. Letter 1. Eastern Love Sinan 06:54
02. Letter 2. Forbidden Attraction Tiama 12:17
03. Letter 3. Running Boy Fuad 13:07
04. Letter 4. The Last Time We Will Fly Birds Riyadh 09:25
05. Letter 5. Going Home Rahim 07:42
06. Letter 6. Unspoken Word Laila 06:17
07. Letter 7. Fly Home Fatima 08:36
08. Letter 8. Voices to Remember Zainab 05:22