Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 is an album by the Kronos Quartet, in collaboration with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi. The album is released by Folkways Records as a co-production between the Smithsonian Institution and the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia.
| Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 | ||||
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| Released | 2010 | |||
| Recorded | September 2008–March 2009 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary classical, mugham, ashiq | |||
| Label | Smithsonian Folkways (#40527) | |||
| Producer | David Harrington, Theodore Levin, Fairouz R. Nishanova | |||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Rangin Kaman" (Homayun Sakhi) | 28:58 |
| 2. | "Köhlen Atim" (Alim Qasimov) | 7:45 |
| 3. | "Mehriban Olaq" (Alim Qasimov) | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Getme, Getme" (Alim Qasimov) | 12:31 |
| 5. | "Leyla" (Alim Qasimov) | 1:43 |
| 6. | "Qashlarin Kamandir" (Alim Qasimov) | 9:45 |
Credits
editMusicians
edit- David Harrington - violin
- John Sherba - violin
- Hank Dutt - viola
- Jeffrey Zeigler - cello
- Homayun Sakhi - Afghan rubab
- Salar Nader - tabla
- Abbos Kosimov - doyra, qayraq
- Alim Qasimov - vocal (tracks 2-6)
- Farghana Qasimova - vocal, daf (tracks 2-6)
- Rafael Asgarov - balaban (tracks 2-6)
- Rauf Islamov - kamancheh (tracks 2-6)
- Ali Asgar Ammadov - tar (tracks 2-6)
- Vugar Sharifzadeh - naghara (tracks 2-6)
Production
editTrack 1 recorded at Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, March 2009
- Joel Gordon - recording engineer
Tracks 2-6 recorded at Livingston Recording Studios, London, England, September 2008
- Scott Fraser - recording engineer
- Joel Gordon - mastering
- Sebastien Schuytser - photography
- Jay Blakesberg - photography
- Rachel Bleckman - photography
- Aida Huseynova, Anna Oldfield - translation (Azerbeijani lyrics)
References
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