Janna Baty

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.

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