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Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz combines diverse materials in his music, ranging from elegies for the dead (Jewish as well as Arab, and American on September 11, 2001, as well as Middle Eastern), to fusions of Arab and Western materials, to high-spirited neo-classic fun. The mixture has appealed to cultural theorists such as Gayatri Spivak, who in the booklet to this Naxos release calls Fairouz's music "musical labor, seemingly effortless." The intent is to present Middle Eastern cultures not as exotic, and not as victimized, but as whole, complex entities showing musical influences from a variety of sources. Certain turns of emotion on this album may seem to come out of nowhere, and some of the programmatic representations would be hard to guess without the titles or the attached notes. But the music is never dull, and a bit of chaos seems to be part of the idea, suggesting a sort of Arab Osvaldo Golijov. All these works are world premieres. The centerpiece and title work for violin solo was commissioned by the adventurous Rachel Barton Pine, and although she is suitably virtuosic the work may be a bit too thinly spread over the map for some tastes, with elements of Arab string music appearing in a haphazard way. Some of the shorter works, however, are entirely original. Chorale Fantasy (2010), for string quartet, is an ingenious short work combining the modal (in the broadest sense of the word) material of the Arab maqam system with the German chorale. That work and others are inspired by vocal models or simply vocal ranges, a key trait of Fairouz's music. The final Jebel Lebnan refers to the events of Lebanon's civil war, but nowhere on the album is the effect grim. Worthwhile for those interested in music encompassing elements and experiences from beyond the Western sphere.
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Tahwidah (Mohammed Fairouz)
David Krakauer, Artist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Mellissa Hughes, Artist, MainArtist
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Chorale Fantasy (Mohammed Fairouz)
Borromeo String Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Sonata for Solo Violin, 'Native Informant' (Mohammed Fairouz)
Rachel Barton Pine, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer
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Rachel Barton Pine, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Rachel Barton Pine, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Rachel Barton Pine, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Rachel Barton Pine, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Posh (Mohammed Fairouz)
Chris Thompson, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Steven Spooner, Artist
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Chris Thompson, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Steven Spooner, Artist
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Chris Thompson, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Steven Spooner, Artist
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
For Victims (Mohammed Fairouz)
Borromeo String Quartet, Ensemble - David Kravitz, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Borromeo String Quartet, Ensemble - David Kravitz, Artist, MainArtist - Mohammed Fairouz, Composer
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Jebel Lebnan (Mohammed Fairouz)
Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Imani Winds, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Imani Winds, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Imani Winds, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Imani Winds, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Mohammed Fairouz, Composer - Imani Winds, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
Album review
Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz combines diverse materials in his music, ranging from elegies for the dead (Jewish as well as Arab, and American on September 11, 2001, as well as Middle Eastern), to fusions of Arab and Western materials, to high-spirited neo-classic fun. The mixture has appealed to cultural theorists such as Gayatri Spivak, who in the booklet to this Naxos release calls Fairouz's music "musical labor, seemingly effortless." The intent is to present Middle Eastern cultures not as exotic, and not as victimized, but as whole, complex entities showing musical influences from a variety of sources. Certain turns of emotion on this album may seem to come out of nowhere, and some of the programmatic representations would be hard to guess without the titles or the attached notes. But the music is never dull, and a bit of chaos seems to be part of the idea, suggesting a sort of Arab Osvaldo Golijov. All these works are world premieres. The centerpiece and title work for violin solo was commissioned by the adventurous Rachel Barton Pine, and although she is suitably virtuosic the work may be a bit too thinly spread over the map for some tastes, with elements of Arab string music appearing in a haphazard way. Some of the shorter works, however, are entirely original. Chorale Fantasy (2010), for string quartet, is an ingenious short work combining the modal (in the broadest sense of the word) material of the Arab maqam system with the German chorale. That work and others are inspired by vocal models or simply vocal ranges, a key trait of Fairouz's music. The final Jebel Lebnan refers to the events of Lebanon's civil war, but nowhere on the album is the effect grim. Worthwhile for those interested in music encompassing elements and experiences from beyond the Western sphere.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : 78:22 - DDD - Enregistré en 2012 à Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, New York - Notes en anglais
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:25
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Mellissa Hughes
- Composer: Mohammed Fairouz
- Label: Naxos
- Area: Etats-Unis d'Amérique
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
- Period: Composers born after 1958
- Collection: Naxos American Classics
(C) 2013 Naxos (P) 2013 Naxos
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