Janna Baty, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Fawzi Haimor – Reza Vali: The Being of Love (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Janna Baty, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Fawzi Haimor – Reza Vali: The Being of Love (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:40 minutes | 949 MB | Genre: Classical
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Award-winning composer Reza Vali is a native of Iran but is now based in the United States after studies in Europe. Vali’s distinctive cross-cultural style is founded in a quiet rebellion that saw him return to his Persian musical heritage. Following the dazzling concert opener Ravân, Vali has taken a text by 13th-century poet and mystic, Rumi, two traditional texts, and words by Vali himself, to create the moving cycle The Being of Love, with each song evoking a different aspect of love. Isfahan uses Persian modes and forms, and is among Vali’s most striking microtonal works, pushing the orchestra beyond its usual twelve-note sound-world in an exciting way.

The Iranian composer, Reza Vali, studied in Europe and is now based in the US. Vali’s cross-cultural style fuses Persian modes and forms, Western classical music and the use of microtones – pushing the boundaries of orchestral playing in an exciting way. Mezzo-soprano Janna Baty is the soloist in the orchestral song cycle The Being of Love, sung in Persian.

Tracklist:
1-01. Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen – Ravân (07:09)
1-02. Janna Baty – Folk Songs, Set 16 “The Being of Love”: No. 1, Entezâr (02:39)
1-03. Janna Baty – Folk Songs, Set 16 “The Being of Love”: No. 2, Mástom Mástom (02:03)
1-04. Janna Baty – Folk Songs, Set 16 “The Being of Love”: No. 3, Sogvâreh (04:07)
1-05. Janna Baty – Folk Songs, Set 16 “The Being of Love”: No. 4, Dokhtár Shirâzi (05:43)
1-06. Janna Baty – Folk Songs, Set 16 “The Being of Love”: No. 5, Mehr bood (09:46)
1-07. Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen – Calligraphy No. 16 “Isfahan” (23:09)

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