Broken Branches Karim Sulayman & Sean Shibe

• John Dowland (1563 - 1626): Time Stands Still:
• 1 Dowland: Time Stands Still 05:29
• Jonathan Harvey (1939 - 2012): Sufi Dance:
• 2 Harvey: Sufi Dance 02:18
• Giulio Caccini (1551 - 1618): Dalla porta d’oriente:
• 3 Caccini: Dalla porta d’oriente 03:23
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Sì dolce è’l tormento:
• 4 Monteverdi: Sì dolce è’l tormento 04:27
• La mia turca:
• 5 Monteverdi: La mia turca 02:15
• La prima vez (Arranged Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe):
• 6 La prima vez (Arranged Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe) 03:58
• Lamma bada yatathanna (Arranged by Sean Shibe):
• 7 Lamma bada yatathanna (Arranged by Sean Shibe) 02:24
• El helwa di (Arranged by Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe):
• 8 El helwa di (Arranged by Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe) 03:33
• Fairuz (b. 1935): Li Beirut (Arranged by Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe):
• 9 Fairuz: Li Beirut (Arranged by Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe) 04:07
• Layale Chaker (b. 1990): A Butterfly in New York:
• 10 Chaker: A Butterfly in New York 04:42
• Tōru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996): In the Woods:
• 11 Takemitsu: In the Woods: I. Wainscot Pond 03:29
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Songs from the Chinese:
• 12 Britten: Songs from the Chinese: No. 1 The Big Chariot 02:00
• 13 Britten: Songs from the Chinese: No. 2 The Old Lute 02:47
• 14 Britten: Songs from the Chinese: No. 3 The Autumn Wind 01:25
• 15 Britten: Songs from the Chinese: No. 4 The Herd-boy 01:30
• 16 Britten: Songs from the Chinese: No. 5 Depression 02:05
• 17 Britten: Songs from the Chinese: No. 6 Dance Song 01:16
• Total Runtime 51:08

Info for Broken Branches

Tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe present Broken Branches, a conceptual album with music ranging from Dowland, Monteverdi, Britten, Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Harvey, and Chaker to traditional songs from the Middle East, scrutinizing the close cultural and musical ties between East and West. This musical exploration ties in with the artists’ personal experience of a dynamic, in-between identity, as they grew up in the West having ethnic roots in the East (Lebanon and Japan respectively). Broken Branches explores the wood of the guitar and its relatives, as well as the splintering of history known as diaspora.

Karim Sulayman has garnered international attention as a sophisticated and versatile artist, and won a Grammy Award for Classical Solo Vocal in 2019. Multi-award-winning guitarist Sean Shibe brings a fresh and innovative approach to the traditional classical guitar, while also exploring contemporary music and repertoire for electric guitar. He continues his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE after his well-received Camino(2021) and Lost & Found (2022).

Karim Sulayman, tenor
Sean Shibe, guitar

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