Syria - Wajd Ensemble

Musiques d'Alep

Wajd Ensemble - Tarek Alsayed Yahya
Outhere Music 685

Contents:

1. Saz samaisi muhayyer kurdi (Sadi Isilay)
2. Hibbi Zurni (Darwish Alhariri)
3. Ya Gazal (Zuhair Mnini)
4. Lam Yakon Hajri (Abdulkader Hajar)
5. Qanun Improvisation (Youssef Nassif)
6. Ya Naesa Alajfann (Omar Batsh)
7. Dhal Ahyafo Almojab (Omar Batsh)
8. Khadouka Alnadi (Omar Batsh)
9. Ya Nasmtan men souadi
10. Alouyoun Alnarjisea
11. Oud Improvisation (Tarek Alsayed Yahya)
12. Haya Wa Nadim
13. Ader Rahaty
14. Dhikr
15. Wa Alish
16. Qamaron
    Bilahi
17. Qudoud Hijaz
    Ney Improvisation (Tammam Alramadan)

Performers: Khaled Alhafez (vocals, percussion), Tammam Alramadan (ney, vocals), Youssef Nassif (qanun, vocals), Fawaz Baker (double bass, vocals), Tarek Alsayed Yahya (oud, vocals)

Playing time: 67'12"

Recording date: January 2016 (Belgium); released: 2016

The Wajd ensemble was formed in Syria in 2009 by five musicians who later became refugees in Belgium. The program includes what are described as "lesser-known vocal and instrumental genres" added to more traditional pieces, and features a Sufi emphasis. Aleppo is portrayed in the brief liner notes as a major crossroads for Sufism, an emphasis reflected in the ensemble's style. (#14 is a riveting track in that context, and the longest on the album.)

Unattributed pieces above are labeled as "traditional."

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