The Two Tenors

Fakhri and Al Safi are among the greatest living vehicles for the music of the old Arab world. But their performance here transcends regional nostalgia to achieve universal appeal. Combine that with Shaheen's electrifying contemporary instrumentals and you have a landmark world music recording, as grand and glorious as anything I've heard in years. (Afropop editor Banning Eyre) —Courtesy Calabash Music