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Kare'at el Fengan - EP

Abdel Halim Hafez

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This live document of the singer, composer, and bandleader Abdel Halim Hafez is of unknown origin in terms of its recording date. It was captured live in front of the Kariat Al Fengan Belly Dancing festival, and the performance is notated by one single track. Initially, one has to wonder if this is the right recording, since the band is featured for the first 12 minutes without the amazing voice of the master to accompany them. At about that mark, the great one enters the room, the applause is thunderous, and he proceeds to work his truly singular magic for the rest of the hour-long concert. He runs through a series of his hits, as well as movie songs and even some traditional folk songs before it's all over. Sound quality is better than marginal and can even be called good stereo, and the digipack is quite beautiful, though the linter notes — a strictly biographical essay — are all in French. This is not the best place to start with Halim Hafez, but it is a beautiful place to go once one has encountered his spooky, heartbreaking magic.

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unreal prices

why are these songs split into parts? this is very expensive, some cost up to ten dollars to buy...disgusting
i love her voice and the music...but the greed of the on line company is unreal.

Biography

Born: June 21, 1929 in El-Halawat, Egypt

Genre: World

Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s

Despite a fairly short career, singer/movie-actor Hafez was one of the most influential Egyptian stars of the 1950s and '60s. His mellow, resonant voice, subtle vocal style and notably clean intonation marked him out, along with a liking for long, seemingly endless musical phrases. When Mohamed Abdel Wahhaab switched from singing to composition, he pretty much stepped into his shoes. Born in 1929, Abdel Halim studied at Cairo's Institute of Arabic Music and the Higher Institute for Theatre Music,...
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