Sold Date: October 6, 2020
Start Date: April 22, 2020
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One of the greatest Arabic records EVER!
Baligh Hamdi and Abdul Halim Hafez, with their orchestra al-Firqaal-Maiyya (The Diamond Orchestra) which featured, among others, the legendaryguitarist Omar Khorshid, Magdi al-Husseini on the Arabic org, Samir Sourour onsaxophone and Faruq Salama, who was credited with being the first accordionistto modify his instrument to accommodate “quartertones”. All of these musicianswere discovered and recruited by Baligh Hamdi to interpret his vision tomodernize the sound of his compositions.  This ensemble under the direction of Hamdi,would create a new melodic direction using western instruments and creating anew musical language.  The greatestexample of this period would be the masterpiece live recording of Mawoodsung by Abdul Halim Hafez, words by the poet Mohammed Hamza and composed byHamdi.  Mawood, is as an iconic arelease as any in the Arabic musical canon. It is rightfully considered one of the crowing achievements from allinvolved.



Abdul Halim Hafez Mawood Baligh Hamdy Omar Khorshid SONO CAIRO, UMM Kalthoum, OUM Kalsoum, Fairuz, SABAH,  soutelphan Elias Rahbani, Ziad Rahbani, Mohamed Matar,Taroub,
Joseph Nemnom, Iman El Bahr Darwish, Ihsan Al Munzer, Mohammed Jamal, Assa'd Khoury With His Oriental Electronic Organ & Band, Ammar El Shariyi, and Farid Atrache, Georgette Sayegh, Bendali Family, Mike Hegazi,