Silent City (album)

Silent City is an album by New York City-based string quartet, Brooklyn Rider and Iranian Musician Kayhan Kalhor, released by World Village Records in 2008.

Silent City
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 28, 2008
RecordedKnoop Studios, River Edge, New Jersey
GenreClassical, Traditional Middle Eastern Folk
Length52:59
LabelWorld Village Records
ProducerKayhan Kalhor
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicNot rated[1]
Pitchfork Media[2]

Kalhor met members of Brooklyn Rider in 2000 at Tanglewood, where they took part in the cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project.

The title track is a Kalhor composition originally Included on Yo-Yo Ma's New Impossibilities,[3] it is an elegy for Halabjah, a Kurdish city razed by Saddam Hussein.[1][4]

Track list

  1. "Ascending Bird" (Siamak Aghaei,C. Jacobsen) – 6:54
  2. "Silent City" (Kayhan Kalhor) – 29:10
  3. "Parvaz" (Kalhor) – 6:23
  4. "Beloved, do not let me be discouraged" (C. Jacobsen ) – 10:34

Personnel

Brooklyn Rider
Additional musicians

Charts

Year Chart Position
2009 Top Classical Crossover Albums 18[5]
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References

  1. Sullivan, Pat. "Silent City". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. Tangari, Joe (23 Jan 2009). "Silent City". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. "Silent City". worldvillagemusic.com. World Village. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. Schweitzer, Vivien. "A Master Iranian Musician Plays Cultural Ambassador". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. "Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 Aug 2014.
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