Sabri Moudallal, Omar Sarmini et l'Ensemble Al-Kindi The Aleppian Music Room - L'Art du Muwashshah, Chant Classique Arabe A nice introduction to the music café culture of Syria. The Aleppian music rooms are essentially a venue of cafés or private abodes wherein musical parties may take place. Here, the ensemble plays in the palace of the qanun player (originally from France) Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss. The performers run through a number of the various vocal styles in the repertoire, along with a few instrumental passages (the taqsim-s). The instrumentalists certainly perform at the level necessary to make a nice album, and the power of the vocalists adds to that, completing a nice ensemble of musicians. What one will hear on this album is a nice mix of vocal styles, all performed by a pair of masterful singers. Without knowledge of Arabic, the music might become slightly redundant after a time, with song lengths stretching further than the average Western pop, but that's to be expected in the Middle Eastern styles. Any incoming listener wishing to know what the sounds of Syrian classical forms are would find this a valuable double album to listen to. The variety of various Islamic musics is stunning, and this is another installment that one ought to look up when covering the whole of the spectrum (though the Music of Islam series on Celestial Harmonies might lend itself to such a quest better). The bilingual and extremely extensive liner notes make an added bonus. ~ Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide 
The traditional school of the Muwashshah, a type of classical arab song expressing joy and creativity with great fluidity, is represented here by Sabri Moudallal, the sprightly eighty year old acknowledged master of the genre; whilst the younger generation is represented by Omar Sarmini, an artist of great sensitivity. Genuine, as it gathered for the first time two true masters of this art - a stroke of genious in itself - this programme, recreates the luxuriously intimate, highly charged atmosphere of the 19th century Arab music room, with its cushions and sofas, richly coloured rugs and nargilehs. Under the direction of Julien Jâlâ Eddine Weiss, the two singers indulge in some wonderful vocal interplay, displaying their talents to the best advantage, with instrumental interludes of the musicians of the Al-Kindi Ensemble. Just as Venice, in the 18th Century, was renowned for its connoisseurs of lyrical art, the city of Aleppo is famous for its formidable knowledgeable music-lovers. It is known that, in the early 20th C. great singers from Cairo, as Oum Khalthoum or Abdelwahab, starting their carreer, were to get the imprimatur of this raffinated and hard to please audience. Settled for the past few years in a 14th C. Mamelouk Palace close to Bab Qenissrin, one of the old city of Aleppo's gate, Julien Weiss perpetuates the tradition of these musical gatherings organizing every month a music room opens to everyone, opportunity for musicians and audiences to commune in a warm, emotional atmosphere (the so-called tarab) in which the listeners' satisfaction and appreciation gush out in spontaneous outbursts : "Allah !" or "Yâ Salâm !".
Formation : Sabri Moudalal, Omar Sarmini - Singer Julien Jâlal Eddine Weiss - Arabic zither (Qânun), artistic direction Ziyâd Kâdî Amin - Reed Flute (Ney) Qadri Dalal Luth - Lute (luth) Adel Shams el-Din - Percussion (riqq) Maher Moudalal, Qadri Dalal - Choir (Munshiddin) | MP3 VBR H.Q kbps | Incl. Covers | 190 MB |
TRACK LISTINGS Disque : 1 [01].Samâî [Prélude Instrumental] [02].Taqsîm`Ud [Improvisation de luth] [03].Mûwashshah [Rythme 9-8Adhdhibûni (Faites-Moi ...) [Chant Mesuré] [04].Qasîda Ra'aytu-l-hilâla ... [Improvisation Vocale Sur Poème Classique] [05].Mûwashshah [Rythme 138 Dhârâfât]T [Chant Classique Mesuré] [06].Mûwashshah [Rythme 108 Samâ [Chant Classique Mesuré] [07].Muwashshah Ilâhî Yâ Rahmân Yâ Basîr (O ...) [Chant Classique Mesuré] [08].Qadd Al Yana Bil-GharâmYâ Mas `Ad ... [Chants Populaires Alépins] [09].Mawwal Hayyâk Ya ... [Improvisation Vocale Sur Poème Dialectal Hay] [10].Dawr [Chant Neo-Classique D'origine EgyptienneYa Qalbi Leh (Pourquoi) ]
Disque : 2 [01].Taqsim Nay Sama I Rast [Prelude Instrumental] [Improvisation de Flute] [02].Taqsî Qânûn [Improvisation de Cythare Weiss, Julien Jalâ Eddine] [03].Layâli [Improvisation Vocale] [04].Mûwashshah [Rythme 108 ...] [Chant Classique Mesuré] [05].Muwashshah [Rythme 194 Awfar Masri [Chant Classique Mesure] [06].Mûwashshah [Rythme 144 Muhajjar] [Chant Classique Mesuré] [07].Mûwashshah [Rythme 204 Fâkht] (Bi- [Chant Classique Mesuré] [08].Qasi-S Ya Qalbu (O ...) [Improvisation Vocale Sur Poeme ClassiqueYa Q] [09].Taqsim U et Qasida-S Mawzuna [Improvisation Vocale Mesuree Sur Poeme C] [10].Qadd Hebbi Malak (Mon Ange Chéri) [Chant Populaire Alépin (Anonyme) ]
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