Etishdi from SELECTED PIECES by MUNOJAT YULCHIEVA

music by Shavkat Mirzaev; gazal by Hofiz Khorazmiy
A more lively and modern tune composed by Shavkat Mirzaev. The instrumental sections are marked by the blending of qoshnay, nay and ghijjak over the clinging sound of chang. The voice of Munojot begins from the lowest note of her tessitura and slowly and dramatically ascends taking the listener with her on the text of a gazal composed by XV century poet in turkî language from Khwarezm, who took the pen name (taxallus) of Hāfez with the avowed aim of producing turkî verses equivalents to the poetry of the great XIV century Persian classic poet.