Middle Eastern Music Recordings

General

Live in concert / William and Mary Middle Eastern music ensemble. CD9610

Arabic

Arab music. LP 8406
Arabic and Druse music. LP 1781
An Introduction to the music of the Near East : [a selection of songs and taqasim] / Bulos. Afif Alvarez. LP 17514
Music of South Arabia / Wolf Leslau. LP 1793
The Oud : music of the Near and Middle East. / H. Aram Gulezyan. LP 15100

Alphabetical By Country

Armenia

Armenian popular songs ; Armenian echos. LP 8020
Armenia's chamber chorus. LP 8014

Bahrain

Pêcheurs de perles et musiciens du Golfe Persique. LP 3753

Egypt

Egypte; les musiciens du Nil. LP 3735 v.1
Egyptian rai / Hossam Ramzy and his Egyptian ensemble. CD 05834
The music of Islam. CD 8112
Spirit of African Sanctus. CD 03601

Iran

The art of the Persian santur. LP 9512
Classical music of Iran / compiled and edited by Ella Zonis. LP 84612
Folk music of Iran. LP 16279
L'Iran : le ney. / Hassan Kassaï. LP 4425
Kurdish folk music from western Iran. LP 8460
The music of Iran. LP 8409
The music of Islam. CD 8112
Musique iranienne. CD 00588
A Persian heritage : classical music of Iran. LP 16194
The Persian santur; music of Iran. / Nasser Rastegar-Nejad. LP 5337
Santur recital : vol. 2. / Nasser Rastegar-Nejad. LP 16209
Sounds of the santour : two Persian moods in classical dastgahs. LP 3982

Iraq

Music of Islam, 1 [-3]. LP 6961 v.1

Israel / Jewish Diaspora

Al S'fod : Do not lament. CD 09818
An hour in the garden of Eden / The Zamir Chorale of Boston. CD 08314
Ballads of the Sephardic Jews. CD 08038
Beyond the pale / Brave Old World. CD 05687
The bride unfastens her braids, the groom faints : Ladino love songs. CD 07962
Bridges of song : music of the Spanish Jews of Morocco / Voice of the Turtle. CD 02175
Dance me to the end of love / The Klezmer conservatory band. CD9467
Fifty gates of wisdom / Ofra Haza. CD 06482
From the belly of Abraham / Hasidic New Wave & Yakar Rhythms. CD 10452
Hear our voices : songs of the ghettos and the camps / The Zamir Chorale of Boston. CD 08312
In the fiddler's house / Itzhak Perlman. CD 05311
Invocations / Frank London. CD 08887
Jews with horns / Klezmatics. CD 05646
Jüdische Lebenswelten = Patterns of Jewish life. / Brave Old World. CD 04447
A jumpin' night in the Garden of Eden / The Klezmer Conservatory Band. CD 06244
Khevrisa : European klezmer music. CD 08316
Klezmer music: a marriage of heaven & earth. CD 06518
Klezmer music / Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra. CD 05647
Klezmer music / Brave Old World. CD 05681
Klezmer music 1910-1942 : recordings from the YIVO Archives / compiled and annotated by Henry Sapoznik. LP 10053, CD 8651
Klezmer pioneers : European and American recordings. CD 05779
Lights : music for Chanukah / The Zamir Chorale of Boston. CD 08311
Mâaramaros: the lost Jewish music of Transylvania. CD 06524
The majesty of holiness / The Zamir Chorale of Boston. CD 08313
Music from the Yiddish radio project. CD 10196
Old world beat / Klezmer Conservatory Band. CD 05680
Oy Chanukah! / Klezmer Conservatory Band. CD 05682
Partisans of Vilna. CD 06505
Religions of the Middle East : Christian, Jewish, Islamic / Deben Bhattacharya. LP 16100
Rhythm + Jews / Klezmatics. CD 05727
Salamone Rossi Hebreo: baroque music for the synagogue and the royal court / The Zamir Chorale of Boston. CD 08310
Shpil es nokh a mol: musique juive d'Europe centrale / Orchestre Klezmer. CD 06245
Songs of our fathers : traditional melodies / Andy Statman, David Grisman. CD7656
Songs of Solomon: Jewish sacred music from 17th century Italy.
- Vol. 1: Music for the Sabbath. CD 8965
- Vol. 2: Holiday and festival music. CD 8964
Tradition / Itzhak Perlman [plays popular Jewish melodies] CD 00669
Vorbei: Beyond recall. CD 09922 OVERSIZE

Palestine

Arabic and Druse music. LP 1781 [SIND]

Qatar

The music of Islam. CD 8112

Turkey

Folk and traditional music of Turkey. LP 261
Folk music of Turkey / [collected and edited by Wolf Dietrich]. CD 06493
Lalezar - Music of the Sultans, Sufis & Seraglio. CD 10952
Music from Turkey. LP 16195
Music of Islam, 1 [-3]. LP 6961 v.1
The music of Islam. CD 8112
Mysteries of Turkey. CD 05755
Seyahatname / Mercan Dede. CD 11021
Song creators in Eastern Turkey. CD 05792
Sufi music of Turkey / Kudsi Erguner. CD 03196 [SUFI]
Trance 1 : Sufi dervish rite, Tibetan overtone chant, Indian dhrupad. CD 06199
Turkey : echoes of Anatolia : music from Istanbul. CD 0685
Turkey; a musical journey; [traditional songs, dances & rituals]. LP 1446
Turkish folk songs and instrumental music. CD 05791
Turkish village music. LP 5417
Turkish sufi music: folk lute of Anatolia. CD 06488
Turquie : musique Soufi : ilâhî et nefes. CD 03186 [SUFI]

United Arab Emirates

Pêcheurs de perles et musiciens du Golfe Persique. LP 3753

Yemen

The music of Islam. CD 8112

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More Middle Eastern music recordings can be found by searching the library catalog (VIRGO) or listen online using Smithsonian Global Sound.