Silan

Al Ol Ensemble, Yair Dalal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 7, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Amiata Records
• ASIN: B00000I8VE
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,001 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #24 in Music > World Music > Middle East > Iraq

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Silan by Yair Dalal & Al Ol Ensemble

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mesmerizing middle eastern sounds, August 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Silan (Audio CD)

I bought this CD a few weeks ago and have listened to its breathtaking dream-like Israeli/Arabic sounds of peace at least 20-30 times already. I am not of eastern heritage, a musician, nor versed in eastern music, and am enjoying this CD tremendously. It is somehow modern and ancient simultaneously, almost a brief anthology of eastern sounds. The instrumentation is delicate and powerful. If you're new to middle eastern music like I am, you'll hear familiar sounds, but not songs. Also if you like Indian music, I think you will appreciate this album as it seems to have an Indian flavor as well. Somehow Dalal and the Al Ol Ensemble have managed to give the music both an exotic, timeless quality while at the same time making it approachable to the foreign western ear. I don't know how they've done it, but I am now looking for more.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trance Ararat ...., November 22, 2000

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"krembo" (Caulfield South, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silan (Audio CD)

Unlike his first CD's , Silan is not a solo one , with the backup of Al Ol Ensemble (great sound) , Dalal is getting closer to the western eastern oriented music lovers . This rainbow coloured train (you may call it Trance Ararat or Orient ..), takes you all the way from Israel to Turkey , Iran , India and some other exotic places . Each tune takes you to another place , so relax , don't forget your nargila and cup of strong black coffee , the pleasure is all yours .

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful and Colourful Masterpiece!, December 1, 2005

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Rizgar (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silan (Audio CD)

Yair Dalal exemplifies a rare mixture between conflicting trends in music: traditional versus modern, Eastern versus Western and Jewish versus Arabic. He also explores musical traditions of different countries like Iraq, Turkey and India, besides Jewish traditional music. Most of the pieces presented here are of charming beauty and very colourful and great instrumental arrangement.

Although Dalal is not as skillful in playing the violin as in musical composition, his taqsims on the Middle Eastern violin are very haunting. The Al Ol ensemble membres are very skillful players. The recording quality is not perfect, but it is not "bad" - as the previous reviewer sais - either.

I highly recommend this CD for anyone interested in Middle Eastern/Eastern music.