Alexander Rahbari: My Mother Persia
Symphonic Poems Vol.2: Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Mohammad Motamedi (tenor)
Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari
The vocal lines do sound exotic to our ears, and take some getting used to, but Mohammad Motamedi is fabulous; his singing in No. 5, “In Love With the World,” is absolutely thrilling. There...
Alexander Rahbari: My Mother Persia
Symphonic Poems Vol.2: Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Mohammad Motamedi (tenor)
Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari
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The vocal lines do sound exotic to our ears, and take some getting used to, but Mohammad Motamedi is fabulous; his singing in No. 5, “In Love With the World,” is absolutely thrilling. There...
About
My Mother Persia is a cycle of eight symphonic poems by the distinguished Iranian-born composer and conductor Alexander Rahbari (the first three poems are on 8.574064). Three of the works on this album set some of the finest Iranian poetry and are cast for the tenor voice employing traditional sung forms. Rahbari’s music utilises the lavish sound world of the symphony orchestra but contains many of the essential elements – scales, rhythms and colours – of Iranian music.
Contents and tracklist
Work length27:14
This work is only available as an album download.
- Mohammad Motamedi (tenor)
- Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
- Alexander Rahbari
- Mohammad Motamedi (tenor)
- Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
- Alexander Rahbari
- Mohammad Motamedi (tenor)
- Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
- Alexander Rahbari
- Mohammad Motamedi (tenor)
- Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
- Alexander Rahbari
- Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
- Alexander Rahbari
Awards and reviews
March/April 2020
The vocal lines do sound exotic to our ears, and take some getting used to, but Mohammad Motamedi is fabulous; his singing in No. 5, “In Love With the World,” is absolutely thrilling. There is some variety from one piece to the next; No. 8 (the only one with no vocal part) is an Iranian clone of Ravel’s Bolero, in which an Arabic theme is repeated over and over with ever-increasing dynamics and orchestral forces.
