Voice of Cairo Audiovisual Company has begun recording 10 national albums of Umm Kulthum’s music, including 15 previously unreleased songs.
No-one has ever heard these tunes before, according to the London-based Al Sharq Al Awsat daily.
The songs are:
Uthkuru Sa’adan (Remember Sa’ad) sung by Umm Kulthum on the 40th anniversary of the death of Saad Zaghlool in 1927. Written by Ahmed Rami and composed by Mohammed Al Qasabji.
Nashid Al Jamia’ah (University Anthem), 1937. Written by Ahmed Rami and composed by Riyadh Al Sunbati.
Al Nil (The Nile), 1949. Written by Ahmed Shawki and composed by Riyadh Al Sunbati.
Bain Ahdain (Between Two Eras), 1949. Written by Ahmed Rami and composed by Riyadh Al Sunbati.
Zahrat Al Rabia (Spring Flower), 1945. Written by Mohammed Al Asmar and composed by Zakariyya Ahmed on the anniversary of the establishment of the Arab League.
Wafi Al Ardi Sharr Makadireh, 1946. Written by Ahmed Shawki and composed by Riyadh Al Sunbati on the topic of unity between Egypt and Sudan.
Al Malek Baina Yadaika Fi Iqbaleh. Written by Ahmed Shawki and composed by Sunbati, and sung at King Farouq’s coronation ceremony.
Ijmae’e Ya Misr Azhar Al Amani (Egypt, Collect Flowers of Hope), 1938. Written by Rami and composed by Sunbati.
Laha Noor Al Fajr Fi Eid Al Juloos (The Dawn Light Appears on the Crowning Day). Written by Rami and composed by Qasabji.
Ya Maliki Al Hosn Sajada Laka (My King, Beauty Bowed for You). Written by Bairam Al Tunisi and composed by Zakariyya Ahmed.
Waliduna Jamal Abdel Naser (Our Father Jamal Abdel Naser). Written by Nizar Qabbani and composed by Riyadh Al Sunbati - Albawaba.com
