Rabih Abou Khalil

Later 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: Roots & Sprouts, Tarab, The Sultan's Picnic, Arabian Waltz, Odd Times, Yara

"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)

All of his albums on this page were released by Enja Records which is a German label. They have a web-site where you can purchase these CDs. You can also find his 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:

Anouar Brahem:
Conte de l'incroyable amour

Rabih Abou-Khalil:
Earlier Works

Anouar Brahem:
Thimar

Rabih Abou-Khalil:
Later Works

Marcel Khalife, Al Mayadine:
Jadal / Oud Duo

Juan Martin:
Musica Alhambra

Simon Shaheen,
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt:
Saltanah

Ahmed Abdul-Malik:
East meets West

click on the names to see the CDs from that country: