Om Kalsoum: A rare live recording of the Nightingale of Egypt

Posted on February 3, 2011 | 4 Comments


          Years ago a friend slipped me a cassette of a young Om Kalsoum recorded live in what sounds like a cafe full of spontaneously appreciative audience members.
          I’ve never heard Kalsoum sound so secular and sexy. The sound quality of the recording isn’t that great, but who cares? Her voice is youthful, sultry and exquisite.
          I made a cd of the cassette (about 38 minutes long) and managed to create a .wav file—it’s pretty large, but available for the downloading here:

http://www.freefilehosting.net/omkhalsoum_1

          It grows in intensity, so it pays to listen to it to the end.

 

 

Camille Martin

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4 responses to “Om Kalsoum: A rare live recording of the Nightingale of Egypt”

  1. barak | January 14, 2013 at 6:34 pm | Reply

    Thank you!! It’s very interesting.

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  2. rogueembryo | January 14, 2013 at 6:53 pm | Reply

    You’re welcome – I’m glad you enjoyed it – she’s amazing!

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  3. barak | January 15, 2013 at 4:38 pm | Reply

    Beautiful voice… She charmed me. It’s amazing how much she has done for 50 years!
    As I see here Oum Kalsoum is in the middle of her career. Her last recordings are absolutely different, but they are also very interesting.
    Thank you for your work!! Really rare live recording.

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  4. rogueembryo | January 16, 2013 at 5:26 pm | Reply

    You are very welcome. Maybe she is not so young in this recording as I imagined. She’s a virtuoso, and I agree, this recording is something very special!

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