Credits to "Calaf" =)
Quotes
Numerous musicians, poets, scholars, critics and singers around the world were deeply impressed by the voice and performance of Fairuz. The admiration of several of them is expressed in the following quotes:
* "To the Arab world Fairouz came suddenly, as a miracle. At a time when Arabic singing was weighed down with convention and predictability, and spirits were nationally at their lowest, her voice rang, as though from the beyond, the notes of salvation and joy. Arabic music has never been the same since. Nostalgic but vibrant, sad but defiant, folkloric and yet so new, hers has been for nearly 30 years perhaps the only voice that seems so capable of jubilation in an almost cosmic sense. By turns mystic and amorous, elegiac and fiery, her singing has expressed the whole emotional scale of Arab life with haunting intensity. Often singers give listeners pleasure, as they expect. She often gives them, beyond their expectation, ecstasy" Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
* "The voice of Fairouz knows no boundaries and is enormously capable of rendering all singing styles. Her voice is soon going to be distinguished as the voice that is more capable of rendering modern music than any other around the world." (Fairuz's early mentor Halim El Roumi)
* "In the songs of Fairuz we sense an art that is dedicated to the human being, to the pains of the human being, and to the hopes of people for an honorable and pleasant life." (Fouad Badawi)
* "After Years of thirst, a voice like fresh water has arrived. A cloud, a love letter from another planet: Fairuz has overwhelmed us with ecstasy. Names and figures of speech remain too small to define her. She alone is our agency of goodwill to which those of us looking for love and poetry belong. When Fairouz sings, mountains and rivers follow her voice, the mosque and the church, the oil jars and loaves of bread. Through her, every one of us is made to blossom, and once we were no more than sand; men drop their weapons and apologize. Upon hearing her voice, our childhood is molded anew." (Prominent Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani)
* "The glory does not only lie in the fact that I live in the age of Fairuz, but also that I belong to her people. I have no country but her voice, no family but her people and no sun but the moon of her chanting in my heart." (Prominent Lebanese journalist Ounsi el- Hajj)
* "Quite simply, Fairuz is one of the world's nonpareil musicians and outstanding Artists, an international treasure of the order of Rostropovich, Sills, Ravi Shankar, Miles Davis, Sutherland, Pavarotti and Dylan." (Harvard University scholar Barry Hoberman)
* "The voice of Fairouz is the single most beautiful voice I have ever heard. In her voice the Orient and the West meet and mix." (Hungarian Opera Singer Anna Korsek)
There are a few number of live albums released by Fairouz (apart from the musical plays), considering the great number of concerts she has made in the entire world and 'At the Olympia' must be one of the greatest among these albums. The number of the songs is very big, more than 25 and there is also a number of instrumentals. The concert(s) was held in the Olympia, Paris, France on the 3rd and 4th of May 1979.
Inside the booklet there are some documents and articles on Fairouz and the Rahbina, their beginnings, tours, etc... , but all in French (which I only know of 'Je n'parle pas le Francias mais Je parle l'englaih', I am not even sure about the spelling). There are also some pictures taken from the concert, the airport? and the Olympia hall.
The quality of the album is unbelievable. If you have a good sound system setup, close your eyes and play this album and you'll feel as if you're IN the concert.
| EAC-FLAC - 820 MB | Booklet Scans | MP3 320 Kbps - 310 MB |
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc: 1
(01) [Fairuz] Prélude Musical
(02) [Fairuz] Hymne à Paris
(03) [Fairuz] Pandore et les amoureux
(04) [Fairuz] Dabke de l'amour
(05) [Fairuz] Amours de été (Habbeytak Bessayf)
(06) [Fairuz] Ya tayr al warwar
(07) [Fairuz] Rues interdites
(08) [Fairuz] La lune sous l'abricot
(09) [Fairuz] Pandore et les durs
(10) [Fairuz] Bayni oua baynak
(11) [Fairuz] La danse des jarres
(12) [Fairuz] Rudani ela biladi
(13) [Fairuz] Les amis sont absents
(14) [Fairuz] Heylah ya wasseh
(15) [Fairuz] Mawal ya markab al rih
(16) [Fairuz] Ya ghaym essayf 'Dabke'
Disc: 2
(01) [Fairuz] Sheherazade
(02) [Fairuz] Hymne à Paris
(03) [Fairuz] Raksat al manadil
(04) [Fairuz] Akher asSahriye
(05) [Fairuz] Ma hada
(06) [Fairuz] Al Mashhad al badawi
(07) [Fairuz] Raksat ashabab
(08) [Fairuz] Khedni
(09) [Fairuz] Al Bosta
(10) [Fairuz] [3B]- Talel ala 'dabke'
(11) [Fairuz] Attahiah
(12) [Fairuz] Bhebbak ya Loubnan
(13) [Fairuz] Zourouni
(14) [Fairuz] Rues interdites
(15) [Fairuz] Hkili hkili
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