Oriental Traditional Music from LPs & Cassettes: Maqom

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Tuesday, 21 August 2018

Arifkhan Khatamov, Khakimdzhan Faiziyev & Akhrarkhon Khatamov ‎– Classical Songs of the Uzbek People - LP published in Soviet Uzbekistan in 1972

Here an LP by the great Arifkhan Khatamov (Orifxon Xatamov), the most important representative of the Maqom tradition of the Ferghana Valley of his generation. Unfortunately the LP came with a generic cover. We had posted in 2017, 2015 and 2012 already two MP3 CDs and some tracks found in the internet by the artist. The musicians here are: Arifkhan Khatamov (Vocal & Tanbur), Khakimdzhan Faiziyev (Vocal & Dotar) and Akhrarkhon Khatamov (Vocal).

Side 1:

Mustaxzod (muz. nar.— Xuvajdo

Ulandan sur (muz. nar,— Amiri)

Karimkulʙegi, Kaşkarcai uşşok Sodirxon (muz. nar.— A. Navoi)

Side 2:

Va'da ajlaʙ ( muz. nar.— Munis)

Guluzorim mening (A. Xatamov — A. Navoi)

Suvora (muz. nar.— A. Navoi)

Track details from http://records.su/album/40339

The words behind the titles mean first: music traditional (only on side 2 in track 2 the name of the composer is given: our singer A. Xatamov) and the second name is the name of the poet.

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Friday, 22 December 2017

Orifxon Xatamov - Vol. 2 - MP3-CD from Uzbekistan by the great Maqom master

Orifxon Xatamov was perhaps the greatest Maqom singer (and Tanbur player) of his time. He is in the line of the greatest masters of the Maqom of the Ferghana Valley, connecting his teacher Jurakhan Sultanov and his brilliant disciple Mamurjan Uzakov to his own disciple, the last complete master Fattoxxon Mamadaliyev.

In 2015 we had posted a MP3-CD by the master and in 2012 a cassette. See our post from 2015 for information on the artist.

Now we present the second volume of his complete works. This is one of the most beautiful collections of Uzbek Maqom music, a rich testimony to an era and a world unfortunately lost. It also contains quite a number of wonderful instrumental pieces. The MP3-CD has three folders: 1. Orif Xatamov, containing 73 tracks, 2. Beknazar Do'stmurodov, containing 8 tracks & 3. Abdunabi Ibragimov, containing 2 tracks. I guess that the artists of folders 2 and 3 are disciples of Orifxon Xatamov. In order to make downloading more convenient, we split the MP3-CD into two parts: part 1 containing tracks 1 to 35 plus the cover scans and part 2 containg tracks 36 to 73 plus the two other folders.

It was again our very dear friend Danny who brought this MP3-CD years ago from a visit to Uzbekistan and shared it so generously.

Download part 1

Download part 2

Saturday, 16 December 2017

Mamat Karimov - Old Masters of Arts of Uzbekistan - Vol. 8 - LP published in Soviet Uzbekistan in 1980

Here another volume of the "Old Masters of Arts of Uzbekistan" series in which older LPs of great masters were reissued. I don't know anything about the singer except that he is the same singer who also goes under the name of Muhammadjon Khoji Karimov. Here the cover of a MP3-CD by him, which we might post one day:

I guess that he belongs to the tradition of Maqom of the Ferghana Valley. The recordings seem to be well before 1980. His voice is much softer then the very powerful voices of most of the other Maqom singers of those times. Here noteworthy is also the small ensemble with its perfect balance and retained minimalism, so typical of older Uzbek Maqom music.

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Sunday, 10 December 2017

Fattoxxon Mamadaliyev - The last great master of the Maqom of the Ferghana Valley - MP3-CD from Uzbekistan

Fattoxxon Mamadaliyev (Fatahkhon Mamadaliev, Fattohxon Mamadaliev, Fattohhon Mamadaliyev, Фаттоххон Мамадалиев) was the last great, complete master of the Maqom of the Ferghana Valley. I think he was a disciple of the great Orifxon Xatamov. See our posts from 2012 and 2015.

In 2011 we posted already a cassette by Fattoxxon Mamadaliyev.

On the CD "Traditions Orales d'Ouzbekistan - Oral Traditions of Uzbekistan", released 1997 by the French label Playasound, was one solo track by him and two tracks accompanying one of his students on Tanbur. On the CD accompanying the book "Musiques d'Asie Centrale - L'Esprit d'une Tradition" by Jean During is one track by him. These seem to be the only recordings published in the West. The book is an excellent introduction to the music of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Here we present a MP3-CD by the great master. The CD contains two folders: one by Fattoxxon Mamadaliyev with 39 tracks and another one by Inomjon Mamadaliyev, probably a son of Fattoxxon Mamadaliyev, with 16 tracks. One can see here very clearly the difference between the old generation and the new one. Only very few musicians keep today the traditional music, especially the small traditional ensemble with its perfect balance and very retained minimalism (a perfect example is the exceptional Munajat Yulchieva). The old singers had a great and very subtle art to build up culmination points. Their music was like an unlimited ocean alternating constantly between high tide and low tide, constantly building up new culminations. That is the reason why this format of MP3-CDs of many hours length is the perfect format for this music: the longer one listens to this music the more one gets into it and the more difficult it becomes to leave this universe of beauty and depth.

I include here the folder by the son just for comparison. It is still good music, but compared to Fattoxxon Mamadaliyev it completely fades and lacks the fathers greatness.

My dear friend Danny brought this CD years ago from a trip to Uzbekistan. Many thanks to him for sharing so generously.

Fattoxxon Mamadaliyev

Inomjon Mamadaliyev

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Jurakhan Sultanov (1893-1964) - Old Masters of Arts of Uzbekistan, Vol. 18 - LP published in Soviet Uzbekistan in 1986 (1950s)

Jurakhan Sultanov (Jura-Khon Sultanov, Джурахон Султанов) was considered the greatest voice in classical Maqom music in Uzbekistan in mid twentieth century. He had an extremely powerful and beautiful voice. In 2011 we posted a double LP which had one track by him. See here. He belonged to the Maqom tradition of the Ferghana Valley. Unfortunately there are not many recordings by him. Partly this is due to a Russian who was the director of the radio at that time. He always thought that the singer had a sore throat and asked him to come back when he felt better.

Here we present an LP re-released in 1986. It was originally published in the 1950s. At least one track (no. 4) was recorded already in 1938.

For a long time he sang together with his best student Mamurjan Uzakov (1904-1964). See the two cassettes we posted in 2011 here. Around 1955, Mamurjan Uzakov started a career on his own.

On this LP one hears in most tracks two singers in perfect "vocal unison" (jura avazi), also called "in a single breath" (ham nafas).

Information partly taken from the booklet of the wonderful CD "Ouzbekistan - Les Grandes voix du passé (1940-1965)", unfortunately no longer available for many years (Ocora, C 560142, 1999). This CD has three tracks by the singer. The booklet was written by Jean During.

Here the track information of our LP in transcription and translation:

1. Okh, kim (folk music - Z. Furkat); 2. V sadu (folk music - Z. Khabibi); 3. Besh parda suvora (classical melody - Agakhi, A. Navoi); 4. Sodirkhoi ushshogi (folk music - Dzhami); 5. Savti suvora (classical melody - Agakhi); 6. Gde moya lyubimaya (folk music - Lutfi); 7. Khanuz (folk music - A. Navoi); 8. Bulmish (A. Khatamov - A. Navoi).

The names in the brackets are the poets of the songs. The first name in the last track is probably the composer of the song, the famous singer Orifxon Xatamov. See our posts of this great singer here.

The accompanying singers are:

Mamatbuva Sattarov, Zakirdzhan Ergashev (7), Mamurdzhan Uzakov (4), Arifkhan Khatamov (Orifxon Xatamov) (8).

Accompanied by an ensemble of folk instruments.

Recorded in the 1950s.

Seriya «Stareyshiye mastera iskusstv Uzbekistana» (Old Masters of Arts of Uzbekistan), vypusk 18 (volume 18).

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Saturday, 28 November 2015

Orifxon Xatamov - MP3-CD from Uzbekistan by the great Maqom master

Orifxon Xatamov (born 1924 or 1925) - his name is given sometimes also as Orif or Arif Xatamov, and both versions can appaer in different spellings - belongs to the Maqom tradition of the Ferghana Valley and was a student of the legendary Jurakhan Sultanov (1912-1977), who was also the teacher of Mamurjan Uzakov.

Theodore Levin devoted a very beautiful chapter to Orifxon Xatamov in his very interesting book "The Hundred Thousand Fools of God - Musical Travels in Central Asia". Some excerpts from this chapter, named "The Avatar of a Master", which is based on talks with the master in the early 1990s, can be read here. Orifxon Xatamov is depicted here as a master musician deeply rooted in the musical and spiritual (Sufi) traditions of his country.

The recordings here - again from the collection of MP3-CDs which our dear friend Danny brought a couple of years ago from Uzbekistan - are probably from the 1960s to the 1980s and were probably published originally on Melodiya LPs during Sowjet times. There is also a second MP3-CD by him which we will post in the future.

We already posted in 2012 some tracks by him. See here. But the tracks there are all included in and probably taken from these two MP3-CDs.

This MP3-CD contains 5 folders named CD 1 to 5. The first two folders are contained in the download part 1 and folders 3 to 5 in part 2.

Download part 1

Download part 2

Only today (2nd of december 2015), when I listened to the complete MP3-CD again, I realized that I forgot to post the last part of this CD. There are two more folders on it named CD 11 and CD 13. Both can be downloaded here as part 3. CD 13 is by other singers in the same tradition: tracks 1 to 7 by Ismoilon & Mukhamadon Xotamovlar and tracks 8 to 16 by Beknazar Dustmurodov. Maybe two sons and a disciple of Orifxon Xatamov.

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Friday, 15 July 2011

Hafiz (master singers) of the Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan) - The traditional performing art of Central Asia - Double LP Melodiya M30 48513 007 (1988)

Recordings 1963 – 1985

With introductions (in Uzbek) by R. Abdulaev, spoken by M. Rahimova

LP 1 - Katta Ashula (Great Song)

Side 1:

1. Introduction (1:49)

2. Mamatbuva Sattorov (5:01)

3. Introduction (3:26)

4. B. Rajabov & H. Muhammedov (7:45)

5. Introduction (1:40)

6. S. Hoshimov & O. Soliev (3:56)

Side 2:

1. Introduction (1:47)

2. Sh. Boyqo’ziev & M. Yusupov (4:14)

3. Introduction (0:57)

4. H. Hikmatov, O. Sarimsoqov & T. Ergashev (4:25)

5. Introduction (0:13)

6. Not clear who sings (4:18)

7. Introduction (0:28)

8. T. Ergashev and others (3:24)

9. Introduction (1:00)

10. O. Yusupov & N. Sayidnazarov (3:38)

LP 2 - Maqom of the Ferghana Valley

Side 3:

1. Introduction (1:15)

2. Mamatbuva Sattorov (5:48)

3. Introduction (1:24)

4. Jurakhan Sultanov (4:16)

5. Introduction (1:43)

6. E. Ergashev (3:54)

7. Introduction (1:02)

8. Mamurjan Uzakov (4:28)

Side 4:

1. Introduction (1:26)

2. Rasul Qori Mamadaliev (4:51)

3. Introduction (1:01)

4. K. Hamroqulov (5:51)

5. Introduction (1:01)

6. Fattohkhan Mamadaliev (7:45)

Download LP 1 & Scans

Download LP 2

The first LP contains some fine examples of Katta Ashula (great song), a purely vocal genre of Uzbek song, performed by professional singers (Hafiz).

The second LP contains fine examples of the classical Maqam music of the Ferghana Valley, performed by a Hafiz, accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble.

On Katta Ashula see:

http://www.accu.or.jp/ich/en/reports/pdf/Uzbekistan2ndCommWS.pdf

Thanks to Zwan for helping with the transcriptions on the covers.