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Journey To Persia
From the Dastan Ensemble of Iranian musicians based around the non-Persian world comes Journey to Persia, an album of traditional Persian music based largely on the Mahur mode, but modulating a bit from one mode to another along the course of the pieces. The trio is made up of setar, barbat (similar to the oud), and tombak. The styles of playing are essentially traditional, based on Persian classical music before it was influenced by Arabic aesthetics (hence the use of the barbat rather than the oud). The players are all outstanding; though the tone of the barbat brings it to the clear forefront ahead of the setar, and the tombak provides accompaniment only as punctuation in many parts. The ...
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