Tehran, Feb 23, IRNA - Sony Classical has announced a March 11 worldwide release for Untold, the much-anticipated major label debut from acclaimed Iranian composer, vocalist and virtuoso instrumentalist, Hafez Nazeri.An innovative synthesis of Middle Eastern and western elements, the album introduces Nazeri as one of modern musics most exciting new visionaries, the English-language daily ?Iran Daily? reported on Sunday.
Co-produced by Nazeri and David Frost, who was just awarded the Grammy for Producer of the Year, Classical, Untold is one of the first major releases celebrating the poetry and philosophy of the legendary 13th century Persian poet Molana Jalaleddin Rumi and his eternal message of peace, unity and love.
The album features 38 Grammy Award winning musicians and engineers and took over four years and more than 5,000 studio hours in five countries to complete.
One of the albums many highlights are the vocals of Hafez father, iconic Persian vocalist Shahram Nazeri, who was the first musician to incorporate Rumis poetry into song some forty years ago and whos sold over seventy-five million recordings to date. The albums liner notes features the poetry of Rumi as transcribed by best-selling author Deepak Chopra.
By IRNA
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