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
Grand Trio Vilnius, Rafailas Karpis
Kinan Azmeh and CityBand
Wu Wei; Ingolf Burkhardt; Florian Weber (Silk Jazz Trio)
Noemie Chemali; Shaleah Feinstein; Raffi Boden; Yann Chemali
Grand Trio Vilnius
Tine Thing Helseth; Bergen Philharmonic; Petr Popelka
Engegard Quartet
Oslo Kammerakademi; David Friedemann Strunck
Berit Norbakken; Arctic Philharmonic; Hennig Kraggerud
Melanie Marshall; Roderick Williams; The Cambridge Singers; Taplow Young Voices; Royal Philharmonic
Bellot Ensemble; Lucine Musaelian; Kieran White
Julia Kogan; Britten Sinfonia; Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez
Sebastian Comberti; London Mozart Players; Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra; Jurgen Bruns
