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Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8

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Released
  
2010 (2010)

Artist
  
Kronos Quartet

Label
  
Smithsonian Folkways

Rainbow Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 (2010)
  
Uniko (2011)

Release date
  
30 March 2010

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Recorded
  
September 2008-March 2009

Producer
  
David Harrington, Theodore Levin, Fairouz R. Nishanova

Genres
  
Mugham, Classical music, Contemporary classical music

Similar
  
Kronos Quartet albums, Contemporary classical music albums

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.

Contents

Musicians

  • 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)
  • Fargana Qasimov - 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

    Track 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)

    • Songs

    1Rangin Kaman28:59
    2Köhlen Atim7:45
    3Mehriban Olaq4:49

    References

    Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 Wikipedia
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