Release Date: 16 May 2025
Label: Dreyer Gaido
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260014871638
Genres: World Music Classical
Description
The live album by Syrian clarinettist Kinan Azmeh is dedicated to the memory of his father, who died in 2024, but it also celebrates the musical friendship between the four musicians, who first played together in New York in 2006.
Many of the pieces on his album were composed during the Syrian uprising in 2011 and are characterised by anger and sadness, but also by unwavering optimism and hope. Azmeh is convinced that making music is an act of freedom and has ultimately prevailed against violence and tyranny in Syria.
Taken from a live recording from a performance in Berlin.
Tracklisting
Aynur
Johnson, Carlos/Schwarz, Hans-Christian
Wu Man & Wu Wei
Kinan Azmeh and CityBand
Wu Wei; Ingolf Burkhardt; Florian Weber (Silk Jazz Trio)
Noemie Chemali; Shaleah Feinstein; Raffi Boden; Yann Chemali
Grand Trio Vilnius
Guy Braunstein; Sistanagila
Malcolm Sargent; Kathleen Ferrier; Ruggiero Ricci; Clifford Curzon
John Ogdon
William Morgan; Mark Nathan; Ellie Laugharne; Sioned Gwen Davies; Yvonne Howard; Richard Suart; Ben
Jessica Pratt; Simone Piazzola; Raffaella Lupinacci; John Osborn; David Astorga; Ignas Melnikas; Fu
Benjamin Bernheim; Kathryn Lewek; Christian Van Horn; Kate Lindsey; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staat
Asmik Grigorian; Sean Panikkar; Violeta Urmana; Peixin Chen; Juan Francisco Gatell; Nicole Chirka;
Bogdan Volkov; Ausrine Stundyte; Vladislav Sulimsky; Iurii Samoilov; Xenia Puskarz Thomas; Konzertv
Pietro Paganini
