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Endless Vision
Alizadeh, Gaspariyan
Endless Vision
Genre: International Music
 
Any recording featuring elderly Armenian duduk (an ancient, nine-holed shawm-oboe made of apricot wood) virtuoso Djivan Gasparyan is worth treasuring. But this time out, he was heard in particularly august company and unde...  more »

     
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All Artists: Alizadeh, Gaspariyan
Title: Endless Vision
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: CD BABY.COM/INDYS
Original Release Date: 12/26/2006
Release Date: 12/26/2006
Genre: International Music
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Endless Vision
UPC: 6260521700160

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Any recording featuring elderly Armenian duduk (an ancient, nine-holed shawm-oboe made of apricot wood) virtuoso Djivan Gasparyan is worth treasuring. But this time out, he was heard in particularly august company and under extraordinary circumstances. In September, 2003, the maestro, along with Grammy-nominated Iranian plucked string virtuoso Hossein Alizedeh and a hand-picked group of collaborators, gathered at Teheran's Niavaran Palace. The personnel included Alizedeh's own Hamavayan Ensemble, with Armen Ghazarian and Vazgen Markaryan on duduk and bass duduk, plus vocalists Afsaneh Rasaei, Hourshid Biabani, and Ali Samadpour. Alizedeh is a renowned composer and a foremost living exponent of the tar and other members of the Persian lute family. However, for this recital, he is heard on the six-stringed shurangiz, a relatively recent and notably resonant descendent of that clan. Gasparyan?s mature grace ignites Alizadeh's impetuosity as the two men negotiate the highest peaks of passion and inspiration; both are captured at their best and that?s saying a lot. But aside from the musical brilliance on hand, the event also constituted a social breakthrough, in which a female singer performed live with an otherwise male roster and appeared before a mixed-sex audience. --Christina Roden
 

CD Reviews

Masterpiece
E. hosseini | atlanta | 12/22/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a rare collaboration between legendary Gasparyan and Alizadeh. If you like Persian music you will definitely like this CD. Make sure you listen to tracks 4 and 7 first though!"
Incredible performance
Igor F. | 05/22/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The concert recorded on this disc has perhaps the most incredible composition I've ever heard, either in Persian or Western repertoire. Alizadeh's playing is incredible, and the duduk is a haunting and memorable addition. Some parts are very beautiful, others equally sad. The melodies will stay with you for a long time."
Excellent
Karina Lima | the woods in Putnam county | 05/12/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"both the music and the songs masterfully arranged and performed, emotionally uplifting; strumming the strings of your heart?"