Heyrani (Bewilderment) – Shahram Nazeri & Keykhosrow Pournazeri

Heyrani (“Bewilderment”) is an album composed by Keykhosrow Pournazeri and sung by Shahram Nazeri, steeped in the mystical music of Iran. The pieces are performed by the Shams tanbur ensemble, with Keykhosrow Pournazeri as composer and ensemble leader in charge of the artistic direction. It was released by Hamavaz Ahang. Some parts are sung in Persian and others in Kurdish.

Tanbur: Keykhosrow Pournazeri (composer, ensemble leader and bass tanbur), Tahmoures Pournazeri, Sohrab Pournazeri, Afshin Ramin, Abdolreza Rahnama, Hasan Abdali, Ghasem Talebi, Iraj Maroufi, Kamran Hosseini
Daf: Ardeshir Fahimi (on “Shod ze Ghamat”), Siavash Nazeri, Hafez Nazeri · Recording: Tahmoures Pournazeri
Painting: Hossein Rahkouh · Photography: Behrouz Bayat · Design: Mostafa Moazzami
Label: Hamavaz Ahang (1996; digital edition 2010)