Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8

Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8
Studio album by Kronos Quartet
Released	2010 (2010)
Recorded	September 2008–March 2009
Genre	Contemporary classical, mugham, ashiq
Label	Smithsonian Folkways (#40527)
Producer	David Harrington, Theodore Levin, Fairouz R. Nishanova
Kronos Quartet chronology
Floodplain (2009) Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 (2010) Uniko (2011)

Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 is an album by the Kronos Quartet, in collaboration with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi. The album is released by Folkways Records as a co-production between the Smithsonian Institution and the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rangin Kaman" (Homayun Sakhi)	28:58
2.	"Köhlen Atim" (Alim Qasimov)	7:45
3.	"Mehriban Olaq" (Alim Qasimov)	4:49
4.	"Getme, Getme" (Alim Qasimov)	12:31
5.	"Leyla" (Alim Qasimov)	1:43
6.	"Qashlarin Kamandir" (Alim Qasimov)	9:45

Credits

Musicians

• David Harrington - violin
• John Sherba - violin
• Hank Dutt - viola
• Jeffrey Zeigler - cello
• Homayun Sakhi - Afghan rubab
• Salar Nader - tabla
• Abbos Kosimov - doyra, qayraq
• Alim Qasimov - vocal (tracks 2-6)
• Farghana Qasimova - vocal, daf (tracks 2-6)
• Rafael Asgarov - balaban (tracks 2-6)
• Rauf Islamov - kamancheh (tracks 2-6)
• Ali Asgar Ammadov - tar (tracks 2-6)
• Vugar Sharifzadeh - naghara (tracks 2-6)

Production

Track 1 recorded at Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, March 2009

• Joel Gordon - recording engineer

Tracks 2-6 recorded at Livingston Recording Studios, London, England, September 2008

• Scott Fraser - recording engineer
• Joel Gordon - mastering
• Sebastien Schuytser - photography
• Jay Blakesberg - photography
• Rachel Bleckman - photography
• Aida Huseynova, Anna Oldfield - translation (Azerbeijani lyrics)

See also

• Kronos Quartet discography