A Century of Tar

A Century of Tar

CD Number [072]

Published [21/01/2002]

An Anthology of Contemporary Performance Styles

Tar : Mirza Abdollah , Aqa Hossein Qoli , Qolam Hossein Darvish , Ali naqi Vaziri , 
Musa Marufi , Yahya Zarpanjeh , Ali Akbar Shahnazi , Morteza Neydavoud , Abdolhossein Shahnazi ,
Nasrollah Zarinpanjeh , Lofollah Majd , Qolam Hossein Bigjeh Khani

Jalil Shahnaz , Farhang Sharif , Hushang Zarif , Mohammad Reza Lotfi , 
Ata Jankuk , Hossein Alizadeh , Daryoush Talai , Daryoush Pirniakan

(2 CDs ) 

Undoubtedly tar is the most important of our national classical instruments, for the formation, compilation, edition and inheritance of the most authentic and the most comprehensive and detailed versions of radif are all worked on this instrument. Many of the greatest of tar players have deeply influenced the general trends of Persian classical music and also the major styles and forms of it. The most prominent musicians who contributed to early musicosocial activities were also players of this instrument. ...