℗ 2017 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
| Released | April 7, 2017 |
| Duration | 1h 09m 40s |
| Record Label | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
| Catalogue No. | SFW40577 |
| Genre | World (Middle Eastern) |
Letters from Iraq: Oud and String Quintet
Rahim AlHaj
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
|
1.1
|
Letter 1. Eastern Love – Sinan
Rahim AlHaj |
6:54 | |||
|
1.2
|
Letter 2. Forbidden Attraction – Tiama
Rahim AlHaj |
12:17 | |||
|
1.3
|
Letter 3. Running Boy – Fuad
Rahim AlHaj |
13:07 | |||
|
1.4
|
Letter 4. The Last Time We Will Fly Birds – Riyadh
Rahim AlHaj |
9:25 | |||
|
1.5
|
Letter 5. Going Home – Rahim
Rahim AlHaj |
7:42 | |||
|
1.6
|
Letter 6. Unspoken Word – Laila
Rahim AlHaj |
6:17 | |||
|
1.7
|
Letter 7. Fly Home – Fatima
Rahim AlHaj |
8:36 | |||
|
1.8
|
Letter 8. Voices to Remember – Zainab
Rahim AlHaj |
5:22 |
Letters from Iraq expresses the love and pain of lives lived by the people of war-torn Iraq. Actual mailed letters and their stories are transposed into eight gripping programmatic compositions by Iraqi-American composer and oud player, Rahim AlHaj with string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass) and percussion. He says, “Music can make us laugh, make us cry, make us march into war. I want to make music to make us realize peace.”
These recordings are of deep emotion and great beauty, melding mastery of Iraqi and Western classical genres alike to form something entirely new.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.40 -0.46 to -0.25 | -18.63 -20.87 to -16.40 | -15.95 -18.30 to -13.90 | 12 10 to 13 | |
| 1 | Letter 1. Eastern Love – Sinan | -0.40 | -18.38 | -15.4 | 11 |
| 2 | Letter 2. Forbidden Attraction – Tiama | -0.42 | -20.87 | -18.3 | 13 |
| 3 | Letter 3. Running Boy – Fuad | -0.25 | -19.02 | -16.1 | 11 |
| 4 | Letter 4. The Last Time We Will Fly Birds – Riyadh | -0.46 | -19.02 | -16.5 | 12 |
| 5 | Letter 5. Going Home – Rahim | -0.46 | -20.18 | -17.3 | 13 |
| 6 | Letter 6. Unspoken Word – Laila | -0.39 | -18.31 | -15.5 | 11 |
| 7 | Letter 7. Fly Home – Fatima | -0.40 | -16.90 | -14.6 | 11 |
| 8 | Letter 8. Voices to Remember – Zainab | -0.39 | -16.40 | -13.9 | 10 |