Farid Al Atrache
Singer/instrumentalist/composer al-Abash was notable for a deep voice with an evocative quality of poignancy, the fact that within the pop field he sang in styles regarded as "authentic" in both Egypt and the Levant, and above all for his extensive use of the ud. He was born in Syria, but moved to Egypt with his mother, when he was around nine years old. Atrash was part of a musical family: His mother, "Aliyah," supported the family by singing, and his sister, Asmahan, appeared with him in many movies. Aside from his singing prowess, Atrash was a virtuoso ud player: he studied the instrument at Cairo's Institute of Arab Music and in fact began his professional career accompanying and older singer. Atrash revived the dying use in concert of improvised instrumental solos (tagasim) as part of a longer piece, by lengthening the instrumental introductions to his songs and building tagasim into them. Through recordings of his concerts he thus became the most famous ud player in the Arab world and earned the nickname "King of the Ud."
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Les Grands Classiques
World - Released by Kitabal Aghani on 25/09/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Les Grands Classiques , Vol. 2
Oriental Music - Released by Kitabal Aghani on 25/09/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Al Rabieh
Oriental Music - Released by Kitabal Aghani on 30/10/2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Awel Hamsa (Live)
Oriental Music - Released by Kitabal Aghani on 30/10/2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The King of Oud
World - Released by Sound and Vision on 18/04/2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
En Habbetny Ahebbak Aktar
World - Released by Jasmine Music on 9/06/2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Addi errabi
Oriental Music - Released by Kitabal Aghani on 24/05/2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sa' Alny Ellail, Pt. 1 (Live)
World - Released by Jasmine Music on 9/06/2010
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Sa' Alny Ellail, Pt. 2 (Live)
World - Released by Jasmine Music on 3/03/2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Youm bila ghad / Hekayet gharami (Live)
Oriental Music - Released by Kitabal Aghani on 12/02/2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo