Abu-Ata Concert [Live]

Shajarian | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Kereshmeh Records
• ASIN: B000002XYZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,013 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great performance; weak recording production, May 11, 2001

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This review is from: Abu-Ata Concert (Audio CD)

The concert performance is great, and the music is great as well. I'd recommend the album to anyone. I should warn that there is a very unnatural sounding echo across the entire recording, which at loud volumes is very noticable and can get pretty annoying. Maybe some people don't notice it, but I sure do--Every note happens twice. Moreover, it seems like a studio-added, digital echo; making me think that the remastering may have been done in bad taste. If anyone has any ideas of how to get a copy of a clean recording of this concert, please post them here!! Technical gripes aside, Shajarian totally rocks, and this concert is amazing.

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(I later found out from the producer of this CD that the echo is a tape delay effect turned on on the 2 track tape recorder used to record this concert. Apparently such effects were in vogue at the time. There's no existing recording of this concert without the echo.)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must listen CD, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Abu-Ata Concert (Audio CD)

This is one of the best performance of two greatest masters in Iranian classical music. I enjoy it every single time I listen to it. It will take you up from earth. Lotfi on tar is expressing his deep artisitic thoughts and anger on the political situation when this CD was recorded. I rated as a must listen CD.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is what the magic of music is all about, March 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Abu-Ata Concert (Audio CD)

The best music to me is the music that can transcend the body, the intellect, and the emotion to reach the soul. Unfortunately, we see a very small percentage of music today deliver to that true potential. This recording comes through in this regard with flying colors. It is a masterful delivery of music that goes well beyond the incredible technique of the two artists to give us a magical experience in sound and poetry.