Echoes from Ugarit

ReleasedMay 25, 2009 (DDD) (US)
June 27, 2009 (Stereo) (SYR)

RecordedMoscow Radio House
July 11–16, 2008

GenreClassical music, World music, Film music

Length45:21

Echoes from Ugarit
Studio album by Malek Jandali
Released	May 25, 2009 (DDD) (US) June 27, 2009 (Stereo) (SYR)
Recorded	Moscow Radio House July 11–16, 2008
Genre	Classical music, World music, Film music
Length	45:21
Label	Soul b Music US-QRC (DDD) US-QRC 2009 (Stereo) US-QRC 08-00001
Producer	Malek Jandali

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The piece “Echoes from Ugarit”, whose name bears the album, is the oldest music notation in the world that was discovered in the city of Ugarit, Ras Shamra - Syria, on cuneiform tablets dating back to the fourth century BC. Malik Jandali, the Syrian pianist, was the first musician in the world to deal with this notation, add rhythm and harmony to it, and play it on the piano accompanied by international orchestras. The album “Echoes from Ugarit” is the outcome of his attempts to mix oriental maqams in an academic manner with classical music. He recorded it in Moscow with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra.