Nice, exotic instrumental music
Marie St. George and Anthony Garcia | Oceanside, CA United States | 09/30/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This should prove a good buy for those interested in musics from around the world. Ara Topouzian plays the qanun (kanun) well, as does Dick Barsamian the ud. This cd has no singing, its all ud and qanun. The recording would be better if it were done in a really good studio with a great audio engineer, but its not bad either. As the title implies, its pretty relaxing - nice for an Armenian, Persian, or Turkish dinner or just listening. Qanun has a unique sound and its curious more people don't list to it."
Great music - heard on PBS around the US!
Bob Takhdabedian | US | 06/11/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I first heard this CD on the PBS documentary The Armenian Americans in New York. Both Ara and Dick have a quick appearance in the film, but most of the music on it is from this album. I went to Amazon and bought it. Wow! great stuff - the oud and kanun sound so nice together. A great buy!"