Search - Mokhtar Al-Said :: Raks Sharki: Classic Egyptian Dance Music

Music for dancing

alsharq | Canberra, ACT Australia | 10/04/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Mohktar Al Said has worked as a musical director and composed pieces for famous Egyptian dancers such as Fifi Abdo and Dina. This CD is a collection of dance compositions played in the modern classical, and baladi(country), styles. Violins and a synthesiser/accordion are used on some tracks along with the trad drums, flute, and strings. Two of the baladi tracks - one trad and one by Said - use a mizmar(Egyptian folk oboe). Good dance pieces, including an instrumental version of Lissa Fakir, and 2 drum solos played by Khamis Henkesh. Keyboard is featured in many tracks, 3 of the pieces composed by Said explore the use of sounds made possible by synthesiser, this may be less attractive to those who like acoustic arabic music."