Baligh Hamdi - Indo-Arabic Variations (feat. Magid Khan)

Altercat

£25.56

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: ALT016
Barcode: 0048753258743
Release Date: 20 May 2022
Genre: World/Reggae/Middle East

01: Gazairia (feat. Magid Khan)
02: Sahara (feat. Magid Khan)
03: Achark (feat. Magid Khan)
04: Lahore (feat. Magid Khan)
05: Ennai (feat. Magid Khan)
06: Magnouna (feat. Magid Khan)

Unique fusion of the Indian and Egyptian music cultures devised by Baligh Hamdi, the most prominent of all modern composers in the Arab-speaking world. Hamdi, who penned dozens of hit compositions for Umm Kulthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Warda and Sabah amongst others, also shaped the future of Arabic music in a way that's difficult to overestimate.

Directed by Hamdi, the renowned Indian sitar player Magid Khan joins the Egyptian musicians of Abdel Halim Hafez's orchestra in re-reading some of Hamdi's compositions from a new perspective – here sitar and tabla dance together with arghoul, ney and other Arabic instruments.

An east-meets-east masterpiece in which Hamdi once again pushed the boundaries of Arabic music in his tireless quest for a broader, more global reach.

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