Rabih Abou Khalil
Earlier Works
Since there are so many recordsings of Rabih Abou-Khalil, it was impossible to review them seperately. We have chosen to divide them to two broad categories as "Earlier Works" and "Later Works." The album covers above are lined up in chronological order: Nafas, Between Dusk and Dawn, Bukra, Al-Jadida, Blue Camel
"The musician and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil grew up in the cosmopolitan climate of Beirut in the sixties and seventies. As a child he learned to play the oud, the Arab short-neck lute which in the Arab world is the instrument of composition, enjoying the same overall popularity as do guitar and piano together in ours. The civil war in Lebanon forced Abou-Khalil to leave his country in 1978. He first studied classical flute at the Academy of Music in Munich under Professor Walther Theurer. This analytical preoccupation with the European classical tradition equipped him to also appreciate traditional Arab music from a theoretical perspective, opening his eyes to the possibility of operating simultaneously within divergent systems of musical coordinates. Yet while Abou-Khalil pursues his own approach, not clinging to established patterns of musical form, content and purpose, the aesthetic contours of his work nonetheless reflect Arab musical culture." (from a review on Enja Records' web-site)
His first album "Nafas" was relased by ECM Records. They are a German label and you can purchase this CD on their web-site. The rest of his albums were released by Enja Records which is another German label. They also have a web-site where you can purchase his CDs. You can also find these CDs in some of the on-line distributors, we have links to these distributors on our "Oud CDs" page.
Artists and their recordings in this category:
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Anouar
Brahem: |
Rabih
Abou-Khalil: |
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Anouar
Brahem: |
Rabih
Abou-Khalil: |
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Marcel
Khalife, Al Mayadine: |
Juan
Martin: |
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Simon
Shaheen, |
Ahmed
Abdul-Malik: |
click on the names to see the CDs from that country: