AmbroseBierce
02-01-2006, 16:00
Since this is my first contribution to this forum, first of all I'd like to say that I'm happy to be here. On a first glance I've already seen so many interesting things here - though I can't read Arabic and therefore don't understand much of what is being written in this place.
Anyway, I want to present my favourite Iranian singer, Mohammad Karimi, accompanied on the ney by Mohammad Musavi.
This is a Daramad in Dastgah Navâ, from the album "Iran - Les Maitres de la Musique Traditionelle Vol.2", recorded in Teheran 1980 and published on CD (it was on LP before) by Ocora in 1991.
Karimi, who passed away in 1984. was a student of 'Abdollâh Davâmi, but studied with masters of instrumental music also, particularly with Hâjji Aqâ Mohammad Irâni Mojarrad.
Karimi has published very little - except this album I have found only one 5-CD-set covering the complete radif in the tradition of 'Abdollâh Davâmi, vocal only with spoken explanations to each section. That was published as "Vocal Radif of Persian Classical Music - Mahmud Karimi, Vocal" by Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art in Teheran. In fact, the booklet to the Ocora CD mentions that besides that recording there are only private cassettes for his students - which must be the basis for the Mahoor CD set. But being a teacher at the National Conservatory of Teheran Karimi exerted a major influence on a large number of students and many of today's masters of Persian vocal music count him among their teachers.
Anyway, I want to present my favourite Iranian singer, Mohammad Karimi, accompanied on the ney by Mohammad Musavi.
This is a Daramad in Dastgah Navâ, from the album "Iran - Les Maitres de la Musique Traditionelle Vol.2", recorded in Teheran 1980 and published on CD (it was on LP before) by Ocora in 1991.
Karimi, who passed away in 1984. was a student of 'Abdollâh Davâmi, but studied with masters of instrumental music also, particularly with Hâjji Aqâ Mohammad Irâni Mojarrad.
Karimi has published very little - except this album I have found only one 5-CD-set covering the complete radif in the tradition of 'Abdollâh Davâmi, vocal only with spoken explanations to each section. That was published as "Vocal Radif of Persian Classical Music - Mahmud Karimi, Vocal" by Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art in Teheran. In fact, the booklet to the Ocora CD mentions that besides that recording there are only private cassettes for his students - which must be the basis for the Mahoor CD set. But being a teacher at the National Conservatory of Teheran Karimi exerted a major influence on a large number of students and many of today's masters of Persian vocal music count him among their teachers.