Various Artists - Egyptian Taqasim, Vol. 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Yarit Etjiny Yaghaly [I Wish You Would Come to Me, My Beloved] 2. Wein Ergady [If Only I Could Go to Sleep] 3. Nally Addeit [I Am the One Who Passed By My Beloved's Tent] 4. Leit El Ghaly Leya Ye Oud [I Wish My Precious One Would Return] 5. Sharetny Oyounha [Her Eyes Bewitched Me] 6. Loumi Ala Leiyam [I Blame the Days for His Absence]/Men Kotr Ghalak Ala 7. Min Nar Oyounik Ya Nesma [Because of the Fire in Your Eyes, Nesma] 8. La, la, la, Omri Manhounik [No, No, No, I Would Never Give You Up Easil 9. Weinak Ya Awwal Habib? [Where Are You, My First Love?] 10. Gypsy Dance [Instrumental]

Album Tracks 1. Beshmellah Bdina 2. Mimouna - Groupe Sidi Mimoun 3. Farhat Allika 4. Guebahi 5. Rihlat Essayf - Groupe Sidi Mimoun 6. Achraka Nour 7. Guazia 8. Guafla - Groupe Sidi Mimoun 9. Lemjarrad/Maoussim Lehsad 10. Marhba Belarssane 11. Moussa Bahri

The 1982 album Rabab Egyptian Singing and Epic Songs highlights the rababa, a two-stringed spike fiddle made from a coconut shell that is used to accompany the lead singers (rais) of vocal ensembles and epic poets (shaer). Nadi Osman, one of the performers featured on the album, assumes both roles here. The other featured artist, Hamdi Metkal Kanawi, learned to play the rababa from his father, a master musician. He accompanies his mother in a maoual, or narrative melody, and shares an instrumental work intended to accompany a dance that represents a sword duel. Liner notes include song lyrics in both Arabic and English. Album Tracks 1. Ya Hamam (O Pigeon) 2. Ya Habibi, Ya Asal,? (O Honey Hasting Love) 3. Ya Abu Lassa Wa Taquiya (O You with the Turban and the Taquiya) 4. Maoual 5. Abu Zeid El Hilali (My First Word Is to Thank God) 6. Hamdi Matkal Kenawi