On the Wind - Peyman Yazdanian
Total Time 69:14
 
Peyman Yazdanian: Piano
Reza Asgarzadeh: Duduk, Accordeon
Kiya Tabassian: Setar Improvisation
Pasha Hanjani: Ney
Bardia Kiarass: Violin, Viola
Madjid Esmaili: Cello
Darshan Anand: Tabla
Ali Rahimi: Tombak
Alireza Miragha: Trumpet
Kaveh Nassehi: Guitar
The Noban String Ensemble

   Featuring original soundtracks of Reward of Silence (Maziar Miri), A Piece of Bread (Kamal Tabrizi) and Friday's Soldiers (Massoud Kimiai), Peyman himself explains: I have a special relationship with each of these scores. Reward of Silence made it possible to pay homage to the magic wind instrument duduk. When the director of Friday's Soldiers painted the world of his movie for me, I started composing the score in a way that was diametrically opposed to the geography and lore of its setting. In A Piece of Bread I was inspired by a long forgotten maqam called Sahari, revived by my friend and cousin Kiya Tabassian. It allowed me to enter an abstract world of ancient music. All these were opportunities that the magic screen afforded me. 

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Monad - Hossein Alizadeh / Pejman Hadadi
Total Time 69:14
 
Hossein Alizadeh: Setar
Pejman Hadadi: Tombak

   Hossein Alizadeh's enchanting and abstract improvisations on Setar accompanied by Pejman Hadadi's virtuoso Tombak, was  captured live in two sessions, one in Avaz-e-Dashti and the other in Avaz-e-Isfahan mode.

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Clouds - Various Artists
Total Time CD1 76:19
Total Time CD2 76:29
 
  Clouds are fragments of music emanating from the mind and body of musicians of three generations. They paint a horizon for their listeners. A gift, let's say for those who appreciate music under the vernal sky.
Artists and Ensembles appearing on Clouds:
Djivan Gasparyan, Pejman Haddadi, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Christophe Rezai, Peyman Yazdanian, Azad Hakim Rabet, Kiawasch Sahebnassagh, Arvin Sedaghat Kish, Kamran Rastegar, Hooshyar Khayam, Mehrdad Pakbaz, Kiya Tabassian, Ziya Tabassian, Ankido Darash,  Alireza Mortazavai, Bardia Kiarass,  Bazar Bla, Mish Mash, Bazaari's and Constantinople.

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The Companion - Ali Akbar Moradi / Ulas Ozdemir
Total Time 40:14
 
Ali Akbar Moradi: Tanbour
Ulas Ozdemir: Baglama

   The Companion is a live recording where the mystic Persian Tanbour meets the Turkish Baglama.
 

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Trio-1 - Various Artists
Total Time 44:09
 
   Composers of this collection of Duets are moving towards that least instrumental element of music, the Sound. For the seven young musicians appearing in this album, Sound is the mainspring of music and theirs to attempt to discern its hidden meaning.  
   Nikou Youssefi, Arash Ahmadi, Negar Behbahani, Madjid Tahriri, Alireza Ansari, Hami Haghighi and Alireza Fashami are modern, so they think modern and their theories are born through their musical creation.
 

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Tatari - Hooshyar Khayam
Total Time 53:07
 
   Tatari is a collection of compositions for piano intended as  concert pieces, challenging the pianist with difficult but fluent  techniques.
   Some fall into the known collections traceable to Bach’s Well  Tempered Klavier, some to the roots of Persian Folklore in its  abrupt formal structure, its obstinacy, and its fluid inner rhythm,  some enjoying techniques of mute notes and complex rhythms  close to the music of the Boushehr musical style of the Persian  Gulf region as well as vibrant pieces in the spirit of the music of   Ravi Shankar and Hossein Alizadeh, though on a Western    instrument.
  The seriousness of expression and abstract structure, its new    as well as old pianism, and its roots deep in Persian music, deserves critical attention to Tatari.

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Symphony No. 3 - Alireza Mashayekhi
Total Time 60:16
 
   The album  features three of Mashayekhi’s internationally  recognized compositions of the 1970’s:
- “Symphony No. 3 op.76” (An Old Fashioned Symphony for  Computer) premiered in 1979
- “Permanent op. 38” premiered in 1970 in France
- “Blind Owl Ballet” premiered in 1973  in Tehran performed by  the Tehran Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Farhad Meshkat) based on the remarkable masterpieces of the Persian  contemporary Literature of the same name written by Sadegh Hedayat.

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Piano Solo - Delbar Hakim Ava
Total Time 74:12
 
   Piano Solo is a live recorded recital in which Delbar Hakim Ava performs pieces from Aminollah Andre Hossein (Iran/France), Azad Hakim Rabet (Iran) and Komitas Vartabed (Armenia).

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Crossing - Peyman Yazdanian
Total Time 46:03
 
   Crossing is a collection of four featured film soundtracks, all composed by Peyman Yazdanian, including Look at the sky sometimes (Kamal Tabrizi), Wednesday Fireworks (Asghar Farhadi), Portrait of a Lady from far away (Ali Mosaffa) and The little Birdboy (Rahbar Ghanbari) for which Peyman was awarded for the best Original Soundtrack at the 5th Olympia film festival (December 2002) in Greece.
   "Every Film interprets life and writing music for is more than just a simple job, but rather enjoying a new existence, with new ethics and different fates. Each, a new chance to cross from one incident to another and from life to the next…"
                                                              Peyman Yazdanian

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Dialogue - Mehrdad Pakbaz
Total Time 51:13
 
Mehrdad Pakbaz: Classical Guitar, Oud
Hossein Hamidi: Duduk

   Dialogue reflects Mehrdad's compositions since 1991. As a graduate in Guitar performance, Pakbaz always aimed to tie his western classical music experiences to the rich treasures of the Persian musical traditions. Playing the Oud as well as learning the Persian Musical Repertoire helped him discover new horizons in his compositions.

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Lunatic - Ahmad Pejman
Total Time 46:20
 
Ahmad Pejman: Piano, Synths
Shervin Mohajer: Kamancheh
Vahid Khosravi: Tar
Marjan Vahdat: Back Vocal
& the members of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

   The Album covers original soundtracks of Weeping Willow (2004, Dir.: Majid Majidi) and Little Kiss (2004, Dir.: Bahman Farman Ara)

Weeping Willow (Dir.: Majid Majidi)
  A middle aged university Professor, who became blind since childhood, recovers his sight after treatment in France. Back home now, he has to face the reality of his surroundings which is far different from what he had experienced and imagined.

Little Kiss (Bahman Farman Ara)
  Two old writers, one close to finish his latest story about death and the other who returned to Iran after 38 years because of the death of his son, undertake a dramatic journey.

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Tonal Practice - Hamidreza Ardalan, Tehran Experimental Orchestra
Total Time 72:48 
Shahram Tavakoli: Violin
Bahram Jamali: Setar
Golnaz Jamshidi: Santur
Bita Razavi: Setar, Shourangiz
Nazanin Rousta: Bass Tar
Mehdi Oloumi: Kamancheh
Milad Omranlou: Percussion
Babak Modaressi: Ney
Gelareh Ghassemi: Piano

   Being founded and conducted by Hamidreza Ardalan, the Tehran Experimental Orchestra is trying to build up new interpretations on the rich treasure of the Traditional and Folklore musical repertoire in Iran. Using Persian musical textures and instrumentations in a kind of experimental composition, Tonal Practice tries to merge the borders of traditional and modern music.
  In recent experiences the relation of music with work is emphasized and therefore some of the pieces on this album come under the heading "Work and Music".

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Chehrenama - Kamran Rastegar
Total Time 45:55 
Kamran Rastegar: Oud, Guitar, Samples
Zafer Tawil: Percussion
Kamrooz Aram: Percussion
Sami Shumays: Violin
Katie Taylor: Double Bass
Golriz Dadedel: Voice

   The name of this album refers to an illustrated persian-language newspaper published in Cairo (1904-1950), one of many publications that called for freedom and reform in Iran. Pieces in this collection are selected from three soundtracks which Rastegar wrote for three young Palestinian filmmakers since 2001 and also pieces he wrote, inspired by some short stories published in Chehrenama.

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Celebration - Alireza Mashayekhi
Total Time 56:52 
Iranian Orchestra for New Music
Farimah Ghavamsadri: Piano
Sanam Gharachedaghi: Cello

   Alireza Mashayekhi and Farimah Ghavam Sadri co- founded "Tehran's Group for Contemporary Music" in 1993 to introduce contemporary music in Iran. As a second step Alireza Mashayekhi established "Iranian Orchestra for New Music" in 1995. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the ensemble, the Orchestra performs five pieces composed and conducted by Mashayekhi.

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Safar - The World Wind Band
Total Time 50:54 
Dirk Campbell : Wind Instruments
Jan Hendrickse: Wind Instruments

   Dirk Campbell and Jan Hendrickse have travelled around the world and studied wind instrument traditions for many years. The World Wind Band combines the diverse and colourful sounds of Asia, the middle East, Africa and Europe.
 

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Rira - Soheil Nafissi
Total Time 36:58 
Soheil Nafissi : Compositions, Vocals, Guitars
Pouya Mahmoodi: Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Pierre Baranger: Flute
Christophe Rezai: , Harmonium, Arrangements
Reza Asgarzadeh: Rhodes Keyboards, Arrangements

   Soheil Nafissi is experiencing a form of Persian Chansons by using famous contemporary Iranian poetries (from Ahmad Shamlou, Nima Yushij, S. Akhavan Saless, Nasser Zamani, Ebrahim Monsefi & Manouchehr Atashi) accompanied by his acoustic guitar.       
 

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Alba - Nour Ensemble
Total Time 68:12 
Christophe Rezai : Tenor, Harmonium, Conductor
Mostafa Mahmoudi: Vocal (Persian, Kurdish)
Pierre Baranger: Tenor
Reza Asgarzadeh: Baritone, Duduk, Dohol
Ali Boustan: Oud, Shuranguiz, Back Vocal
Pierre-Yves Binard: Baritone, Percussion
Hamid Khosroshahi: Bass Vocal
Ali Rahimi: Daf, Tombak, Percussion
Saba Alizadeh: Kamancheh

   The concept of the Nour Ensemble's repertoire is based on Persian, Kurdish and Medieval Vocal Music. Supervised by Christophe Rezai, they perform Persian and Kurdish folk melodies, Spanish Cantigas and Gregorian Chants.  
   Alba has been recorded at the ruins of the 1600 year old Ardeshir Babakan Castle, southern Iran.       
 

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 So Close So Far - Mohammadreza Aligholi
 Total Time 50:12 

   So Close So Far is a collection of three original motion picture soundtracks which are all directed by one of Iran's well-known movie directors of the new generation (Reza Mirkarimi).
   The Album covers Under the Moonlight, Here a shining light and So Close So Far which the last one brought Aligholi the Fajr Film Festival Award for best soundtrack in early 2005.  
 

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 Persian Trilogy - Behzad Ranjbaran
 Total Time 78:21 

   Persian Trilogy is an Orchestral work inspired by stories from the great Persian epic poem (Shahnameh, The Book of Kings) written by the legendary poet Ferdowsi (940-1020 c.).
  Ranjbaran used three episodes from this epic as the basis for his music (The stories of Seemorgh, The Blood of Siavash & Seven Passages of Rostam). He spent 11 years to finish this masterpiece which has been performed by the famous London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jo Ann Falletta).
 

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Spring in Niavaran - Various Artists
Total Time 65:47 

   During May & June 2004, Hermes Records organized several concerts in collaboration with Iranian artists as well as bands from abroad. This Album covers the highlights of those live performances including tunes from Bazar Bla (Sweden), Hamon Martin Quartet (France), Christophe Joneau Trio (France), Persiano (Iran, Norway) and their Jam sessions.

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Egosystem - Peter Soleimanipour
Total Time 62:09 

   Egoystem is a book of musical lyricism composed in appraisal of those human inter-ego and intra-ego relations that lead to beauty.
   Peter (who plays the Double-Bass, Flute, Saxophone, Guitars and Percussions) is accompanied by Saeed Nayeb Mohammadi (Oud), Aydin Ahmadinejad (Cello), Homayoun Nassiri (Percussions), Babak Riyahi Pour (Bass), Ali Rahimi (Daf) & Kasra Ebrahimi (Udu)

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Endless Vision - Hossein Alizadeh - Jivan Gasparyani
Total Time 60:33 

   Endless Vision is the Live Recording of a unique musical event where two World-known Artists and Virtuosos (Hossein Alizadeh from Iran and Jivan Gasparyan from Armenia) went on stage in an outdoor venue in Tehran (Sept.4-6, 2003), hosting more than 12,000 spectators. The artists were :
Hossein Alizadeh (Shurangiz)
Jivan Gasparyan (Duduk, Vocal)
accompanied by:
Vazgen Markaryan (Bass Duduk), Afsaneh Rasaee (Vocal), Hoorshid Biabani (Vocal), Armen Ghazaryan (Duduk), Ali Boustan (Shurangiz), Mohammadreza Ebrahimi (Oud), Ali Samadpour (Dammam, Udu, Vocal) and Behzad Mirzaee (Daf, Tombak)

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Music for Piano - Alireza Mashayekhi
Total Time 61:14 

   The compositions in this album fall into the category of Art Music. The repertoire (performed by Ms. Farimah Ghavamsadri) is inspired by Persian Music, composed in an universal musical medium.

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Second Take - Peyman Yazdanian
Total Time 50:04 

   Second Take covers soundtracks of three Iranian Movies including White (Bright) Nights (Dir.: Farzad Mo'tamen), Deserted Station (Dir.: Ali Reza Raeesian) and Wind Carpet (Dir.: Kamal Tabrizi). 
  Instruments used in each repertoire are:
- Oud, Gheychak, Guitar, Tanbour, Percussion, Piano and  
  Synthesizer (Deserted Station)
- String Quartet and Piano (White Nights)
- Flute, Gheychak, Oud, Percussion, Synthesizer (Wind Carpet)

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Ditirambi - Mohsen Kasirossafar - Veselin Mitev
Total Time 48:07 

    Atmospheres wrapped in the legend, peopled by fabulous creatures, are here evoked by the Kaval and Gaida of Veselin Mitev (Bulgaria) and the percussions of Mohsen Kasirossafar (Iran) 
    A spontaneous, happy and worthy union of the most genuine bucolic and pastoral tradition, reached to us from a remote and common past of the ancient Indo-European cultures. Fanciful melodies of sylvan songs come to the surface at times uncontaminated, from the noise of the centuries. The myth of the Arcadians seems to revive in deep and evocative notes of the pipes, in the refined rhythms of the Persian Tombak and Daf. 
  (Kaval is a traditional Bulgarian straight flute and Gaida the bagpipe)

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Moments - Kiawasch Saheb Nassagh
Total Time 75:41 

There is a harmony to find between the contrast of ebony and ivory keys. The Moments created by Kiawasch Saheb Nassagh's improvisations on Piano, pictures such a feeling. The passions and impressions of an artist far from his homeland
   

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Paris Tehran Project - Alain Brunet Orchestra & Shargh Ensemble
Total Time 57:44 

Since 1982, the 21st of June has been set as the Day of Music in France which rapidly spread through other countries and now more than 100 countries are celebrating music on this special day. 
    Hermes Records and the Cultural Center of the French Embassy in Iran celebrated the International Day of Music on June 21st and 22nd by organizing a live concert at the Niavaran Cultural Complex in Tehran.
   The concert used to be in 3 separate parts where each band should perform separately and at the end a jam session was planned, but the friendly atmosphere between the musicians made Alain Brunet offer a complete Jam Concert from the beginning to the end under the name of Paris-Tehran Project. This Album is a Live Recording of PTP in Tehran.  
   

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Now & Then - Alireza Mortazavi 
Total Time 54:07 

Now and Then is a companion of two brothers and artists who built a dialogue by improvising on Santur and Tombak, using their own words & phrases.
    No color and ambient was considered absolute in this album. The juxtaposition of using or not using the modes, following the rhythms or not, playing or just standing still … pictured a strange harmony in which they expressed the moments. What you will hear in Now & Then is a passing feeling of a passing moment. 
   

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Earth Whisper- Mohammad Reza Aligholi 
Total Time 52:30 
All Acoustic Instruments played by Mohammad Reza Aligholi

Earth Whisper is a journey through Iran. You will fly over this country and land on each part of it, where you will take a musical glimpse and continue flying. A combination of traditional themes and contemporary colorings.
The everlasting voice of Iran's religious singer (Moazen Zadeh Ardebili singing the Azan) is one of the highlights of this journey.

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