Alim & Fargana Qasimov

Alim & Fargana Qasimov
Piris Eliyahu, Spirit of the East




Album : Spirit of the East, Vocal Music by Piris Eliyahu
Performer : Alim & Fargana Qasimov, Esli Kenan Ofri, Däm Ensemble, Israel Chamber Orch. of Ramal-Gan
Release date : 2000
Label : Magda
Number of discs : 1
Genre : world
Total size : 147 MB (mp3), 321 MB (FLAC)
Total time : 01:04:22

Tracks :
1 Song of Birds (Nava)
2 Song of Majnun (Shur)
3 Song of Leili (Bayat-e-Qajar)
4 I shall raise my eyes (Shur)
5 Poem Chahargah
6 Duet of Leili and Majnun (Zabol Segah)

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Spirit of the East is a collection of vocal works composed from 1998 to 2000 by the Israeli composer Piris Eliyahu. Born in Daghestan, Eliyahu has been active in Israel in a variety of frameworks, teaching and performing the classical music of the East since he immigrated to Israel in 1989. The compositions on this CD reflect the influence of several eastern musical cultures, in particular classical Persian music, Azeri and Turkish music. His compositions combine elements from these traditions, especially the use of the modal system (makam) and rhythmic cycles (usul), metered compositions in fixed forms, a preference for unison textures, mixture of eastern and western instruments and spaces for improvisation by the performers. This fascinating combination of traditions results in this Israeli composer's unique style.
Eliyahu's sensitive vocal composition demands virtuoso performers. The composer created the compositions on this CD for the voices of outstanding vocalists from the East, such as Alim Qasimov and his daughter Ferghana, as well as for Israeli specialists in the eastern tradition such as Esti Kenan Ofri. Numerous instrumental soloists are featured in the performances of the compositions included in this CD. Most of these musicians are new immigrants from the former Soviet Union. These instrumentalists have worked together with Piris Eliyahu over the years in several ensembles. One of these groups, the DŠm Ensemble, is sponsored by the Confederation House as one of its house ensembles. Its establishment is part of the Confederation House's project aimed at encouraging and preserving the Jewish musical traditions of Central Asia in Israel. The recent musical compositions by Eliyahu are an original contribution and a landmark in modern Israeli music. They synthesize a variety of closely related eastern musical sources, made possible in part by the composer's familiarity with them, as well as his access to some of the finest native performers from Central Asia who until now were unavailable to Israeli composers.

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