Hemispheres (Lily Afshar album)

Hemispheres
Hemispheres
Studio album by Lily Afshar
Released	2006
Genre	Contemporary classical music
Length	55:08
Label	Archer Records
Producer	Lily Afshar
Lily Afshar chronology

Hemispheres is the fourth studio album by the classical guitarist Lily Afshar, released in 2006 through Archer Records.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music
1.	"Kara Toprak"	Aşık Veysel, arr. by Ricardo Moyano
2.	"Schnee in Istanbul"	Carlo Domeniconi
3.	"Gozaar (Calligraphy No. 5)"	Reza Vali
4.	"Triptych, Op. 102: Prelude"	Gerard Drozd
5.	"Triptych, Op. 102: Eternal Song"	Gerard Drozd
6.	"Triptych, Op. 102: Dreams of a Clown"	Gerard Drozd
7.	"Prelude"	John Schneider
8.	"Fugato"	John Schneider
9.	"Adagio, Op. 44"	Gerard Drozd
10.	"Danza del Altiplano"	Leo Brouwer
11.	"Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song "Morgh-eh-Sahar" (Bird of Dawn)"	Garry Eister
12.	"Morgh-eh-Sahar (Bird of Dawn)"	Morteza Neydavoud
13.	"Misionera"	Fernando Bustamante

Reception

The album was well received, called "A skillful combination of contemporary classical music with Persian traditional music".^[2] A reviewer wrote of "The naturally warm, rich and resonating guitar sound",^[3] and another described the album as "...melodic, with [...] ethnic rhythms".^[4]

Personnel

Lily Afshar - Classical guitar

References

^ Hemispheres at AllMusic
^ [1] Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ UHF Magazine No. 77 September 2006
^ Oakland Tribune: August 4, 2006 by Stephanie von Buchau

External links

[1] Hemispheres at AllMusic

[2] [1] Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[3] UHF Magazine No. 77 September 2006

[4] Oakland Tribune: August 4, 2006 by Stephanie von Buchau

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