Fatma Said - El Nour / النور

Warner Classics

£20.66

Format: LP
ICPN: 0190296715709
Release Date: 24 Sep 2021
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”.

TRACKLIST LP – El Nour / النور
SIDE A
1-3 Maurice Ravel | Shéhérazade, Three Songs on Poems of Tristan Klingsor
1. I. Asie
2. II. La flûte enchantée
3. III. L'indifférent
4. Fernando J. Obradors | Dos cantares populares – No. 2, Del cabello más sutil
5. José Serrano | La Cancion del Olvido - No. 2, Cancion de Marinela
6. Sahar El Layali (Kan Enna Tahoun)

SIDE B
1 -2 Federico Garcia Lorca | from: Trece Canciones Españolas Antiguas
1. No. 1, Anda jaleo
2. No. 6, Sevillanas del siglo XVIII
3. Manuel de Falla | Tus ojillos negros
4. Georges Bizet | Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe
5. Aatini Al Naya Wa Ghanni
6. Yamama Beida

Artists
Fatma Said, soprano

Malcolm Martineau, piano (Side A: 1 to 3 / Side B: 4)
Rafael Aguirre, guitar (Side A: 4, 5 / Side B: 1 - 3)
Burcu Karadağ, ney flute (Side A: 2, 6 / Side B: 4 - 6)
Tim Allhoff, piano (Side A: 6 / Side B: 5,6)
Itamar Doari, percussion
Henning Sieverts, double bass
Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun
vision string quartet (Side B: 6)