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 |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | Not rated[1] |
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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 listing
edit- "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
edit- Brooklyn Rider
- Additional musicians
- Jeff Beecher – Bass
- Mark Suter – Percussion
- Siamak Aghaei – Tombak, Santur on "Parvaz"
Charts
editChart (2009) | Peak position |
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US Top Classical Crossover Albums[5] | 18 |
References
edit- ^ a b Sullivan, Pat. "Silent City". 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.