Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 is an album by the Kronos Quartet, in collaboration with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi. The album is released by Folkways Records as a co-production between the Smithsonian Institution and the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia.
Track listing
Credits
Musicians David Harrington - violin John Sherba - violin Hank Dutt - viola Jeffrey Zeigler - cello Homayun Sakhi - Afghan rubab Salar Nader - tabla Abbos Kosimov - doyra, qayraq Alim Qasimov - vocal (tracks 2–6) Farghana Qasimova - vocal, daf (tracks 2–6) Rafael Asgarov - balaban (tracks 2–6) Rauf Islamov - kamancheh (tracks 2–6) Ali Asgar Ammadov - tar (tracks 2–6) Vugar Sharifzadeh - naghara (tracks 2–6)
Production Track 1 recorded at Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, March 2009 Joel Gordon - recording engineer
Tracks 2–6 recorded at Livingston Recording Studios, London, England, September 2008 Scott Fraser - recording engineer Joel Gordon - mastering Sebastien Schuytser - photography Jay Blakesberg - photography Rachel Bleckman - photography Aida Huseynova, Anna Oldfield - translation (Azerbeijani lyrics)
See also Kronos Quartet discography
References