Silent City (album)
Silent City is an album by New York City-based string quartet, Brooklyn Rider and Iranian Musician Kayhan Kalhor, released by World Village Records in 2008.
| Silent City | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | July 28, 2008 |
| Recorded | Knoop Studios, River Edge, New Jersey |
| Genre | Classical, Traditional Middle Eastern Folk |
| Length | 52:59 |
| Label | World Village Records |
| Producer | Kayhan Kalhor |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | Not rated[1] |
| Pitchfork Media |    |
Kalhor met members of Brooklyn Rider in 2000 at Tanglewood, where they took part in the cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project.
The title track is a Kalhor composition originally Included on Yo-Yo Ma's New Impossibilities,[3] it is an elegy for Halabjah, a Kurdish city razed by Saddam Hussein.[1][4]
Track list
- "Ascending Bird" (Siamak Aghaei,C. Jacobsen) – 6:54
- "Silent City" (Kayhan Kalhor) – 29:10
- "Parvaz" (Kalhor) – 6:23
- "Beloved, do not let me be discouraged" (C. Jacobsen ) – 10:34
Personnel
- Brooklyn Rider
- Additional musicians
- Jeff Beecher – Bass
- Mark Suter – Percussion
- Siamak Aghaei – Tombak, Santur on "Parvaz"
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Top Classical Crossover Albums | 18[5] |
References
- Sullivan, Pat. "Silent City". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- Tangari, Joe (23 Jan 2009). "Silent City". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- "Silent City". worldvillagemusic.com. World Village. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- Schweitzer, Vivien. "A Master Iranian Musician Plays Cultural Ambassador". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- "Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 Aug 2014.
External links
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