The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi

The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi

17 Tracks1 HR29 MIN2014

℗ Le Chant du Monde — Harmonia Mundi / The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This commemorative double CD-Book celebrates an eponymous special exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on the transformative music and life of Ostad Elahi.

Shekaste

Shekaste means “broken.” This piece belongs to the repertoire of Āzerbāījānī music that Ostad Elahi interpreted on the Turkish choghūr. He was quite fond of this melody, which he would sometimes set to various poems.

Tracklist

Reflection (CD 1)

Reverence (CD 2)

Shekaste

The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi

Shekaste

The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad ElahiReverence (CD 2)

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