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Lebanon (The Baalbek Folk Festival Featuring The Fabulous Fairouz)
Fairuz
- Artist
- Fairuz
- Label
- Monitor Records (2)
- Catalog number
- MFS(C) 383
- Format
- LP · Album · Stereo
- Country
- US
- Genre
- Folk, World, & Country
What’s on it
Lebanon (The Baalbek Folk Festival Featuring The Fabulous Fairouz) has 9 tracks. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
A1Issit Baalbek - The Story Of Baalbek
- Vocals [Recitative]
- Wadih El Safi
A2Sout El-Reeh - Voice Of The Wind
- Vocals
- Fairuz
- Vocals [Recitative]
- Wadih El Safi
A3Ghanni Li Baalbek - Singing To Baalbek
- Vocals
- Fairuz
B1Dabke /´Ayn Al-Mayy - The Water Spring / Ya Natoor - The Watchman / Yabu Al-Iyoon Al-Sood - Black Eyes
- Vocals
- Wadih El Safi
B2Tikhmeen Rahit Hilwit Al-Hilween - The Sweetness Of The Sweet Ones Is Gone
- Vocals
- Fairuz
B3Medley - Ya Karm - The Vineyard / Shatti Ya Dini - Rain Comes Down On Our Crops
- Vocals
- Fairuz
B4Khidni Lil Ardh Illi Rabbitna Lubanan - Take Me To The Beautiful Land Which Raised Me, Lebanon
- Vocals
- Fairuz
B5Lowayn? - Where To?
- Vocals
- Fairuz
- B6Finale - Dabke
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Where it came from
Released in the early 1960s by Monitor Records, this album captures the essence of the Baalbek International Festival, an iconic cultural event held at the Roman ruins in Lebanon. The recording serves as a historical document of the collaborative theatrical and musical productions of that era, which aimed to blend traditional Lebanese folklore with modern orchestral arrangements. It represents a period when Lebanese culture was increasingly positioned on the global stage as a bridge between the Middle East and the West.
The album showcases the voice of Fairuz, who was the central figure of the Rahbani brothers' musical projects. The design and production were intended to export the sophisticated, melodic sound of the Baalbek performances to international audiences who were captivated by the exoticism and artistic ambition of the Middle Eastern music scene at the time. The record remains a notable entry in the catalog of Monitor Records, which specialized in bringing global folk and classical traditions to American listeners.
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