Rain [Live]

Ghazal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B00008UAGA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,437 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > World Music > Middle East > Islamic
  • #17 in Music > World Music > Middle East > Iran

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 26-AUG-2003

Customer Reviews

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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Driving Stories, August 31, 2003

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fred udrah "udrah" (south california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rain (Audio CD)

Many times in music we are easily disappointed when a child follows a parent into the arts. This seems especially true with attempts at song craft or mastering instruments.
The offspring of great artists typically borrow too much and fail to create their own niche.

I am pleasantly surprised to hear this isn't the state of affairs with Shujaat Hussain Khan, son of sitar master Ustad Vilayat Khan. He not only steps beyond strict Indian classical music, chooses a spike fiddler for a collaborator, but I also find his deft touch and pluck deliciously sharp and watery. Perhaps this is influenced by his belonging to the Imdad Khan School of the sitar where the style of playing is imitative of the subtleties of the human voice. Along as a passenger, an ideal sonic friend, the mercurial Iranian Kamancheh player Kayhan Kaldor.
Sweet, timeless, music. Driving stories, full of images and emotions.

52 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, but be warned, October 23, 2003

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Zak Kramer "Crazyquilt" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rain (Audio CD)

First of all, if you have all of Ghazal's other CD's, you have heard several of these pieces. This live CD, recorded several years ago, is a phenomenal piece of music. The interplay of the musicians is nothing less than astounding, and the sound quality is lovely (typical for an ECM disk.) From meditative to passionate, there is a broad range of emotion displayed, all with faultless timing and skill. If you've never heard Ghazal before, this is a fine place to start. If you are a longtime fan, as I am, it's still a worthwhile CD, but when your ears perk up and you say, "Hey, wait. I know this!" it's because you do. In this, I was a little disappointed; I had hoped for new material from Ghazal (I preordered the CD as soon as I heard about it.) However, the fineness of the work itself assuaged any misgivings I'd had.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hindu-Persian Beauty, December 18, 2005

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Fereydoun "Fereydoun" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rain (Audio CD)

Few CDs from my 4000 collection of CDs get into my car for a long ride as frequently as The Rain. I just cannot have enough of Kalhor's kamancheh sound and the peaceful Hindu-Persian feeling that it evokes. The sound brings back for me the memories of my younger days at my aunt's Safavid era house in the Northern Iran city of Rasht and the peaceful Zoroastrian temples of Iran and India where I spent a lifetime of happy hours. This is a keeper.