Fatma Said - El Nour /النور

Erato

£14.67

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 0190295233600
Release Date: 16 October 2020
Genre: Classical

The young Egyptian soprano Fatma Said, praised for the luminosity and rich colours of her voice, makes her recording debut for Warner Classics with El Nour. Her enticing and absorbing recital programme crosses cultures, combining art songs by French, Spanish and Egyptian composers with Egyptian folk songs and popular songs from the Middle East. As she explains, “‘El Nour’ in Arabic means ‘Light’, and this album sheds light on how music that has been interpreted many times can be perceived in a different light. The idea is to connect three cultures – Arabic, French and Spanish – and to show how much, despite cultural, geographical and historical differences, they have in common when it comes to music”.

1-3. Maurice Ravel | Shéhérazade, Three Songs on Poems of Tristan Klingsor
I. Asie
II. La flûte enchantée
III. L'indifférent
4. Manuel de Falla | Tus ojillos negros
5. José Serrano | La Cancion del Olvido - No. 2, Cancion de Marinela
6. Fernando J. Obradors | Dos cantares populares – No. 2, Del cabello más sutil
7. Hector Berlioz | Zaïde
8. Philippe Gaubert | Le Repos en Égypte
9-11. Federico Garcia Lorca | from: Trece Canciones Españolas Antiguas
No. 1, Anda jaleo
No. 6, Sevillanas del siglo XVIII
No. 8, Nana de Sevilla
12. Ğamāl Abd al-Rahīm | Ana Bent es-Sultan (Daughter of the Sultan)
13. Georges Bizet | Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe
14. Aatini Al Naya Wa Ghanni
15. El Helwa Di
16. Sahar El Layali (Kan Enna Tahoun)
17. Yamama Beida

Fatma Said, soprano

Malcolm Martineau, piano (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12 & 13)
Rafael Aguirre, guitar (4, 5, 6, 9, 10 & 11)
Burcu Karadağ, ney flute (2, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17
Tim Allhoff, piano, Itamar Doari, percussion, Henning Sieverts, double bass, Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun (14, 15, 16 & 17)
vision string quartet (17)

(12) Music by: Gamal Abdel-Rahim / Lyrics by: K. Ayoub / Publisher: copyright control
(14) Music by: Najib Hankache / Lyrics by: Jebran Khalil Jebran / Publisher: A. Chahine & Fils, Beirut
(15) Music by: Said Darweesh / Lyrics by: Badee’ Khairi / Publisher: copyright control
(16) Music by: Elias Rahbani / Lyrics by: Elias Rahbani / Publisher: A. Chahine & Fils, Beirut
(17) Music by: Dawoud Hosni / Lyrics by: Mohamed El Qady / Publisher: copyright control