nusrat fateh ali khan

Pakistani qawwali music would be far less known today if not for its most extraordinary voice, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. His jazzlike improvisations of Sufi texts made their first beautiful noise in the West with a historic 1985 concert in Paris, which forms the initial two discs of this five-CD set. Discs 3 through 5 are culled from a 1988 live performance, though to chain the whole batch together on a multidisc CD player erases any seams. Ali Khan was a breakthrough artist whose octave-spanning voice and bottomless reservoir of passion made the leap from sacred music to movie soundtracks via Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and the score to Shekhar Kapur's 1994 cult film, Bandit Queen. Though schooled in the classic style by his father, renowned qawwal Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Nusrat was far from a purist, even cutting the extraordinary pop music CD Nightsong with British producer Michael Brook. But he's at his peak in these electrifying concerts backed by his brothers and troupe on accompanying vocals, tabla, handclaps, and harmoniums. Long, stately pieces like volume 3's 33-minute "Nat-I Sharif" bend time and space as Ali Khan conveys serenity, ecstasy, yearning, and satiety in a performance with as many organic changes as the course of a major river. The shorter "Ghazal" love songs on volume 2 nudge heaven with breathtaking vocal elasticity. With a price in the range of many double-CD sets, this five-disc epic presentation is the ultimate expressive vehicle for this epic artist. --Bob Tarte
This is a 5 cd set of 2 live shows Nusrat performed back to back in paris. It is recorded superbly, and almost every song performed is a great hit. These songs are in their full, live length, with full intros, etc. This is why some songs run a full 33 minutes long or more. The singing on this cd is unmatched. For anyone getting into Nusrat this is a really good place to start. You really get a full understanding of qwualli music with this set. The only complaint that I have is that Rahat, his student does not play on these live shows, so that you miss his great singing and the teacher student soloing duels which are great. Other then that, this collection is perfect MPC & OGG (H.Q) Kbps All Covers & Booklet 560 MB TRACK LISTINGS Disc: 1 1. Louange à Dieu 2. O Meilleur des Hommes! Celui Qui T'Amie Est le Véritable Croyant 3. Louange à Ali 4. Manaqib Khawaja Mueenuddin Chishti Disc: 2 1. Poème de Djelalleddin Rûmi 2. Oraison à I' Imam Husseïn 3. O Echanson Je Boirai Même Ta Colèe de Qateel Shafahi 4. Djvid-Nâma de Mohammed Iqbal 5. Hi et Ranjhan de Bulleh Shah Disc: 3 1. O Dieu Vivant et Eternel 2. O Mustafa, Lumière du Droit Chemin Disc: 4 1. O Muhammand, Appelle-Moi à Médine 2. Allah! Muhammad, Les Quarte Amis, Hajji Khwaja Qutb Farid 3. Poème Pesan d'Amir Khusrau Disc: 5 1. Je Me Suis Eprise d'Un Indifférent, et J'Ai Dû Pleurer en Cashette 2. O Je Partiral Avec le Yogi 3. Dieu Vrai, Ali Est le Guide Download Part1 Download Part2 Download Part3 Download Part4 Download Part5 Download Part6 PW : WeLove-music