Aswat-Al-Fan: Classics Fri, 2010-09-17 00:07
Khyam Allami looks at Classical Arabic music, and key figures at the heart of Arabic music since the mid-20th century.
1.Artist: Simon Shahin (Simon Shaheen)
Title: Taqsim on Violin
Album: Turath
2.Artist: Fairuz (Fairouz)
Title: Sa?alunin Nas
Composed by: Ziad al-Ra?bani
Lyrics by: Man?ur al-Ra?bani
Links: Lyrics in Arabic and English, Search on YouTube in Arabic
3.Artist: ?aba? Fakhri (Sabah Fakhri)
Title: Qaddukal Mayyas (video on YouTube)
Extra information: Traditional (old song from Aleppo)
Links: Search on YouTube in Arabic
4.Artist: Mu?ammad ?Abdel Wahab (Mohammed Abdelwahab)
Title: Balash Tebusni
Composed by: Mu?ammad ?Abdel Wahab
Lyrics by: Mu?ammad ?Ali A?mad
5.Artist: ?Abdel ?alim ?afedh (Abdelhalim Hafez)
Title: Nebtedi Mnein il-Hikaya (excerpt)
Composed by: Mu?ammad ?Abdel Wahab
Lyrics by: Mu?ammad ?amza
Links: http://www.7alim.com, Search on YouTube in Arabic
6.Artist: Nadhem Al-Ghazali (Nathem al-Gazali)
Title: Ayya Shai?in Fil Eid (video on YouTube)
Poem by: Iliya Abu Madhi
Links: Search on YouTube in Arabic
7.Artist: Munir Bashir + Nuna al-Hana (Munir Bashir/Bachir + Nouna el-Hana)
Title: Wadda?a al-?abra
Album: Quartet
Composed by: Munir Bashir
Poem by: ?Umar al-Khayyam
Extra information: Poetry is from the Ruba?iyat of ?Umar al-Khayyam, as translated into Arabic by A?mad al-?afi al-Najafi
8.Artist: Um Kulthum (See top of page)
Title: Gaddeti ?ubbak Leih (excerpt)
Composed by: Riyadh al-?unbati
Lyrics by: A?mad Rami
Links: Search on YouTube in Arabic
9.Artist: Wadi? al-?afi (Wadi Essafi)
Title: Ah Ya Ibni
Music and Lyrics by: Wadi? al-?afi
Extra information: Taken from the theater play ??awa?in al-Layl? (Mills of the Night)