

Safwan Bahlwan
Private Concert
SIDE A
- Yalli Btnadi Alifak (The One Who Calls Your Beloved)
- Koulli Dah Kan Leh (Concert) (Why Was All This?)
- Allamouh Kayfa Yajfou (They Taught Him How to Be Distant Suddenly)
SIDE B
- Koulli Dah Kan Leh (Concert) ( (Why Was All This?)
- Ya Wabour Elli Rayeh Fen (Oh Steamship, Tell Me Where You're Going)
- Abdan Aou'ti Al Hawa (Never Give Up on Love)
- Ya Touyor Al Houb Ghanni (Oh Birds of Love, Sing)
- Ya Stt Al Habaieb (Oh Lady of Beloveds)
- Min Azzabak (Who Tormented You?)
Location Issued
Damascus, Syria
Artist Origin
Arwad Island, Syria
More Info
A recording of a private concert by the Syrian artist Safwan Bahlawan, a skilled oud player, singer, songwriter and orchestral composer born in 1953. He specialized in the songs of Mohammed Abdel Wahhab and incorporated facets of his Western musical studies to enrich his Arabic singing. Among his most famous compositions is the symphony The Seaman and the Storm, which was presented by the Symphony Orchestra in Berlin and played in some European capitals such as Paris and Vienna. He also composed a number of poems such as the epic Lana Al Ard, sung by the great Syrian singer Ruba Al-Jamal with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra.