Whirling Dirvishes of Damascus [IMPORT]

Al-Kindi Ensemble, Hamza Shakkur

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Le Chant Du Monde Fr
• ASIN: B00003Z9UC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #409,421 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Tartil du Coran, Les Factions, XXXIII,...

2. Kalimat Al-Tawhid, Muwashshah-S, Afz Al...

3. Muwashshah: Mawlaya Salli Wa-Sallim...

4. Taqsim de Nay

5. Bashraf

6. Muwashshah: Ya Ashiqa I-Mustafa

7. Mawild

8. Muwashshah: Man Yalumni Fi Gharami

9. Muqaddima et Taqsim de Qanun

10. Qasida: Adimi S-Salata Ala L-Habib

11. Suite de Muwashshah-S et de Qadd-S

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars syrian whirling dervishes, July 2, 2000

By	RICHARD JENKINS (FRANKSTON Australia) - See all my reviews

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT ALBUM STARTING OFF WITH A BEAUTIFUL CALL TO PRAYER.THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO THE MUSIC OF THE WHIRLING DERVISHES OF TURKEY WILL FIND THIS VERY DIFFERENT,THE MUSIC IS IN THE STYLE OF ARAB MAQAM RATHER THAN TURKISH,THE ARAB NEY FLUTE HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SOUND TO THAT OF TURKEY & ON THIS ALBUM KETTLE DRUMS ARE REPLACED BY HAND HELD TAMBOURINES.THE VOCALS ARE SUBLIME ESPECIALLY DURING THE DHIKR & ALTOGETHER THE OVERALL SOUND IS VERY RICH & EXOTIC.IT IS NICE TO HEAR THE QANUN(ZITHER) EMPHASIZED,ESPECIALLY THE SOLO INSTRUMENTALS.SHEIKH HAMZA SHAKKUR HAS A BEAUTIFUL MOVING VOICE.THIS CD SHOULD INTEREST ANYONE WHO IS SERIOUS ABOUT SUFI MUSIC.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real class act... Sufi music at its most perfect, January 22, 2005

By	Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Beautifully packaged, with classy, luscious graphic design and copious, highly informative liner notes, this handsome 2-CD set presents some of the world's greatest Sufi music from one of the most revered modern ensembles, the Ensemble Al-Kindi of Damascus, Syria. Sufi worshippers and fans of world music alike will find these albums quite compelling -- the music is drenched in transcendant, ecstatic spirituality, quite heartfelt and melodically rich. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.