Has anyone heard the CD "Oud - East Mediterranean Musical Instruments" on the FM Records label? (Not the same as the "Outi" CD on the same label.) It
seems to be a compilation of tracks from different artists, but I have been unable to find a list of these artists so far.
Would be interested to hear people's opinions of this CD and whether it is worth buying.
Thanks
David
Download from eMusic.com
LeeVaris - 7-17-2006 at 08:42 AM
Hi David,
Check out: http://www.emusic.com do a search on "oud" and this album is the first one to come up. This web site is a subscripton based music download
service but I've found some real gems on it. Not a huge selection of ou specific recording but they have an ever growing collection of middle eastern
music of all kinds as well as some cool world beat and world fusion sorts of things. If you download only one album a month the service is worth
it.
This particular album is pretty good – a lot of variety in traditional oud music from different regions. Some solo taksims as well as small ensemble
playing in styles raging from arabic to turkish, greek and armenian. Unfortunately, if you download the album you don't get much info on the artists
as there is not CD pamphlet.David Parfitt - 7-17-2006 at 08:53 AM
Hi Lee
Thanks for the link. The audio clips sound good, but I would like to buy the CD rather than just the mp3s if possible, as hopefully there might be
some info on each artist.
Have you actually downloaded the tracks? Sometimes it's difficult to tell what they are like from a 30-second clip, as you never know whether a cheesy
synthesizer will kick in after 31 seconds!
By the way, I just ordered a nice CD by a Tunisian oud player called Ahmed el Kalai - have you heard this one yet?
I picked it up while I was in Istanbul, but haven't got around to listening yet. The copy I have is a small book with a bio and a description of the
music in greek, french and english. The CD is at the back cover.
I really should get to it and the other CDs soon.amtaha - 7-17-2006 at 10:24 AM
I've decided to listen to Kelai's CD ...
From the looks of the first two records, a Nahawand taksim and sama'i, I think it's going to be a delightful experience.LeeVaris - 7-17-2006 at 03:00 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by David Parfitt
Have you actually downloaded the tracks? Sometimes it's difficult to tell what they are like from a 30-second clip, as you never know whether a cheesy
synthesizer will kick in after 31 seconds!
Yes I downloaded all the tracks - some are better than others but they are all pretty good -- no cheesy synthesizers! Buy the CD if you can... it
would be nice to have the booklet.
