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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Lily Afshar - Classical guitar

References[edit]

^ 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[edit]

[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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