Endless Vision Explained

Endless Vision
Type:	live
Artist:	Hossein Alizâdeh and Djivan Gasparyan
Cover:	Endless Vision.jpg
Released:	3 February 2005 14 February 2006 (US)
Recorded:	September 2003, Niavaran Palace, Tehran, Iran
Genre:	World Music, Middle Eastern music
Label:	Hermes Records World Village records (US)
Producer:	Hossein Alizâdeh

Endless Vision is a collaborative album by Hossein Alizâdeh and Djivan Gasparyan.It was released on 3 February 2005, through Hermes Records^[1] in Iran and released on 14 February 2006 by World Village Records in the United States. It was recorded at the Niavaran Palace on Tehran in 2003.^[2]

Alizâdeh plays on this album, the six-stringed shurangiz and Gasparyan plays the Duduk.^[3]

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album at the 49th Grammy Awards.^[4]

Personnel

• Hossein Alizâdeh – Shurangiz
• Djivan Gasparyan – Duduk, Vocal on "Mama"

Hamavayan Ensemble

• Afsaneh Rasaei – Vocal
• Hoorshid Biabani – Vocal
• Ali Boustan – Shurangiz
• Mohammad-Reza Ebrahimi – Oud
• Ali Samadpour – Dammam, Vocal, Udu
• Behzad Mirzaee – Daf, Tombak, Naqareh

Additional Musicians

• Vazgen Markaryan – Duduk
• Armen Ghazaryan – Duduk

Accolades

Grammy Awards

|-| width="35" align="center"|2006 || Endless Vision || Best Traditional World Music Album^[5] || |-

References

1. Web site: Endless Vision. Hermes Records. 14 June 2014. 1 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141101123622/http://www.hermesrecords.com/En/Catalogue/EndlessVision. dead.
2. Web site: Endless Vision . World Village Records . 14 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216072520/http://www.worldvillagemusic.com/albums?id=64 . 16 December 2014 .
3. Web site: Under the Radar but Well Worth Their Grammy Invitations. The New York Times. 14 June 2014. 7 February 2007.
4. Salutes this year's GRAMMY Independent Label Nominees. Billboard. 6 Jan 2007. 119. 63. 14 June 2014.
5. Web site: Final Nominations List 49th Annual Grammy Awards . grammy.com . 15 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213230829/http://www2.grammy.com/images/49th_Press_List.TXT . 13 December 2013 .