Turath

Simon Shaheen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 22, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Times Square Records
• ASIN: B00005UF46
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,542 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #44 in Music > World Music > Africa > Egypt

Track Listings

1. Bashraf Farahfaza

2. Sama'i Farahfaza

3. Taqasim on Violin

4. Longa Farahfaza

5. Taqasim on the Beat

6. Sama'i Nahawand

7. Tahmilah Suznak

8. Sama'i Nahawand

9. Bashraf Kurd

10. Taqasim on Nay

11. Sama'i Kurd

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS ALBUM, July 22, 2004

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John Grunwell (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turath (Audio CD)

Simon Shaheen is wonderful, and this is a great CD. I've been listening to it since high school (when it was originally released by CMP), and I'm now just short of twenty-nine. My favorite track, and really one of my favorite songs, is the uber-catchy "Longa Farahfaza." The addition of the bass oud really propels the song and gives it some funky oumph (pun intended). The tempos on the other songs tend to be slower, but the track I mentioned and the longer riqq/oud duet on the next track are well worth the price of the album. It's very seldom you'll hear this kind of repertoire with such high production values. If you enjoy this, I also recommend Mr. Shaheen's album devoted to the music of Mohammed Abdel Wohab. It rocks. It really really rocks. Fun-Fact: Dead Can Dance, the leading fake world music purveyors of the 80s and 90s, sample that one for the closing credits of their "Toward the Within" concert film.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simon Shaheen knows what he is doing, January 12, 2007

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Serge-emile Simpson "BuddhaK" (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turath (Audio CD)

Still exploring this CD, but very pleasing so far. I prefer Munir Bashir's CD, but this is also excellent.