Sufi Splendor - Music For Whirling Meditation (2002)
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Sufi Splendor - Music For Whirling Meditation (2002)
Sufi Splendor - Music for Whirling Meditation
Artist: Manish Vyas & Dina Awwad
Release Date: 3 Сентябрь 2002 г.
Genre: International
Label: White Swan Records / IODA
Tarcklist:
1. Allaho akbar, ya rahimo ya rahman 28:16
2. La illaha illa allah 29:16
3. Ya rabbi salli alal habib mohammaden 12:35
Цитата:
Like
most religions that include a highly detailed and demanding ritual
component, Islam has a mystical offshoot, the practitioners of which
concern themselves more with achieving an ecstatic union with God than
with the close observation of legalistic ritual. One subset of the Sufi
sect, known as the Whirling Dervishes, achieves that state of mystical
ecstasy by means of a spinning dance, followed by a period of prostrate
contemplation. Multi-instrumentalist and composer Manish Vyas is joined
by a small ensemble of Indian musicians on Sufi Splendor: Music for
Whirling Meditation, a program of music inspired by the practice of
these ancient mystics; each of the three tracks is a song based on one
of the Sufi mantras, all of them simply and beautifully sung by Dina
Awwad. Unlike his work with Prem Joshua, this music involves no Western
club beats or lush synthesizer washes; the primary instruments are the
santoor (a kind of hammered dulcimer), sarod, flute, and an African
drum called a djembe. The melodies are haunting and lovely, and even
the half-hour-long ones contain enough variation and complexity to make
them seem to slip by quickly. Recommended. ~ by Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
