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Abdi - Hafez (2pk) [2 CD]

Abdi - Hafez (2pk) [2 CD]

Release Date: /// NAXOS

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The music of Iranian composer Behzad ABDI fuses dastgah (the Iranian modal system) with Western classical forms. He wrote Iran's first national opera, Rumi (Naxos 8.660424-25), and Hafezalso exemplifies his approach to the medium. The opera's subject is the great Persian poet and mystic Hafez, whose sonnets and poetry are still widely read across the Persian-speaking world today. Behrouz Gharibpour's libretto traces the poet's tribulations, memories of keeping his poems from being destroyed by a despotic government, and subsequent exile. ABDI's polytonal technique serves to reflect the unique concepts of Hafez's 14th-century poetry with passion, lyricism and power.

Tracklist:

  1. Hafez, Act I Scene 1: Sultan Mobarezedin's Attack
  2. Hafez, Act I Scene 2: Disaster And Killing Sultan Abu Eshaq
  3. Hafez, Act I Scene 2: Elegy
  4. Hafez, Act I Scene 3: Pub And Obeid Zakani
  5. Hafez, Act I Scene 4: Saqinameh
  6. Hafez, Act I Scene 5: Prison Of Sultan Mobarezedin
  7. Hafez, Act I Scene 6: Hafez's Aria I
  8. Hafez, Act I Scene 6: Obeid And Sultan Mobarezedin
  9. Hafez, Act I Scene 7: Hafez's Aria II And Arrest Hafez
  10. Hafez, Act II Scene 1: Revolt
  11. Hafez, Act II Scene 2: Victory
  12. Hafez, Act II Scene 3: Departure Of Hafez
  13. Hafez, Act II Scene 3: Dialogue
  14. Hafez, Act II Scene 4: Shakh-E Nabat
  15. Hafez, Act II Scene 5: Death
  16. Hafez, Act II Scene 6: Final

UPC: 730099042673
Label: NAXOS
Release Date: 8.13.21
Format: CD

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