Al-Kindi Ensemble Discography of CDs

Al-Kindi Ensemble albums  

Al-Kindi Ensemble CD discography ALEPPIAN SUFI TRANCE observes each of these traditions, and listeners hearing this music will likely have the sense of having entered a sacred space. Building on subtle, pulsing rhythms and winding flute melodies, the music increases in intensity until it reaches shuddering, climactic crescendos. In addition to the spiritually charged music, the excellent sound quality, sophisticated packaging, and informative liner notes make this Ensemble Al Kindi recording a must-have for fans of Sufi, world, and meditation music. This superb two-record set is a mother lode of first-rate Sufi music. The Ensemble Al Kindi is one of the foremost contemporary groups performing and recording traditional Sufi music, and ALEPPIAN SUFI TRANCE represents some of their finest work. In the ancient tradition of Sufism, trance music is used for meditation, whirling dances, and achieving states of transcendence and ecstasy. Ensemble Al Kindi includes: Sheikh Habboush (vocals).

Al-Kindi Ensemble CD discography Recording information: Alep (03/10/1998-03/17/1998). Photographers: Sabine Châtel; Ferrante Ferranti; Julien Jalâl Eddine Weiss. Personnel: Omar Sarmini, Sabri Moudallal, Maher Moudallal, Omar Naha (chant); Julien Jalâl Eddine Weiss (qanoun); Ziyad Qadi Amin (nay). Liner Note Authors: Christian Poché; Salah Stétié; Jean-Louis Mingalon.

Al-Kindi Ensemble albums Al-Kindi Ensemble: Omar Sarmini, Dogan Dikmen (chant); Julien Jalaleddin (qanoun); Zyad Qadi (nay); Katerine Shamseldin (daf); Malik Mansurov (tar); Qadri Dalal, Ozer Ozel, Aslihan Ozel, Adel Shams El-Din (unknown instrument).

Al-Kindi Ensemble music CDs A nice introduction to the music café culture of Syria. The Aleppian music rooms are essentially a venue of cafés or private abodes wherein musical parties may take place. Here, the ensemble plays in the palace of the qanun player (originally from France) Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss. The performers run through a number of the various vocal styles in the repertoire, along with a few instrumental passages (the taqsim-s). The instrumentalists certainly perform at the level necessary to make a nice album, and the power of the vocalists adds to that, completing a nice ensemble of musicians. What one will hear on this album is a nice mix of vocal styles, all performed ...

Al-Kindi Ensemble discography Al-Kindi Ensemble includes: Omar Sarmini (vocals); Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss.

Al-Kindi Ensemble music CDs Shaykh Shakkur's voice is something to be marveled at and luxuriated in. At the same time, his musical vision and presentation of the spiritual music of the Great Mosque of the Umayyads in Damascus, Syria, where he is the munshid (hymnodist), is rather austere ...