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| Silent City | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 1 reviews) Sales Rank: 40842 Category: Music
Artists: Kayhan Kalhor, Brooklyn Rider Publisher: World Village USA Studio: World Village USA Manufacturer: World Village USA Label: World Village USA Format: Import Media: Audio CD Discs: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 468078 UPC: 713746807825 EAN: 0713746807825 ASIN: B0018OKH1Y
Release Date: September 9, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| | Ascending Bird - Kayhan Kalhor, Traditional | | | Silent City | | | Parvaz | | | Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged - Kayhan Kalhor, Jacobsen, Colin |
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  A Masterpiece December 27, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently heard a track from this CD on WRUV-FM at the University of Vermont. I had to stop everything I was doing and listen in awe. Iranian Kayhan Kalhor is internationally renowned for his magic with the kamancheh (a Persian spiked fiddle). Brooklyn Rider is a string quartet based in New York City but with an international reputation as well.
This collaboration has it's roots in musical friendships formed at Tanglewood in 2000, where musicians had gathered for Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. A trip to Iran followed in 2004, and then three of the pieces were developed in 2005-2008. Arrangement of the longest piece, "Silent City" (29:10) was commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation.
The result of the musician's efforts is a work of musical beauty that brings together Persian myths and classical traditions with contemporary Western music of the classical form. The musicians are listed as: Kayhan Kalhor - kamancheh, setar; Colin Jacobsen - violin; Jonathan Gandelsman - violin; Nichilas Cords - viola; Eric Jacobsen - cello; Jeff Beecher - bass; Mark Suter - percussion.
Believe me, I wouldn't take the time to write this if I wasn't simply enthralled with this CD.
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