The first piece, ”Mitaravad Mahtab” consists of three consecutive parts: ”Mitaravad Mahtab”, ”khab” and ”Miderakhshad Shabtab.”
The ninth piece on the album, ”Bidad, Oshag & Forud” is a vocal scheme which is the outcome of experimentation we did with idea of ”answering the vocal melodies with the whole group.” Because the recording in Iran is conventionally done with musicians recording the parts separately, using over-dubbing technique, due to the difficulties the live recordings usually face- of many of which we were well aware – and in order to realize what we had in mind, we finally decided on recording the pieces live in studio.
Say anything (Datgah e Homayoun)
Composer: Ehsan Zabihifar
Vocal: Mojtaba Asgari
performed by: Mahtab ensemble
Publisher: Mahoor Institute of Culture and Arts
Date of Publishing: 2014
Mahtab ensemble performers:
Ehsan Zabihifar: Kamanche
Hamed Afshari: Bass-Qeychak
Ehsan Emami: Tar
Hamid ghanbari: Tombak
Majid burbur: Daf
Targol Khalighi: Robab
Solmaz Badri: Santur
Shima Shshmohammadi:Alto-Qeychak
Azarnoush Khoddami: Oud
Backing Vocals:
Solmaz Badri, Hana Kamkar, Targol Khalighi, Akbar Esmaeilipour, Ehsan Zabihifar, Hamed Afshari
Recording & Mixing: Siavash Kamkar