RELEASED: June 19th 2017
TRACKS: 11
TOTAL LENGTH: 00:43:02
FORMAT: 320 kbps MP3
CATEGORIES: Devotional Music
GENRE: Devotional, Inspirational, Religious

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'The Ancient Beauty' is created in honor of the Bicentenary of the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh. The 11 songs on the album set the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh to music with piano, cello, santour, guitar and voice.The album cover has a beautiful laser cut rendering inspired by the inner gate at the entrance to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh and the album includes a short written introduction to the Life and Mission of Bahá'u'lláh.

Words from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Music composition: Elika Mahony
Piano and vocals: Elika Mahony
Additional editing, mixing & mastering: Jarome Matthew
Arrangement for Intimation: Farshid Samandari
Cover design: Elika Mahony & Nev

Additional Vocals:
Intimation: Martin Kerr
Advancing Civilization: Zhao Li
A Radiant Heart: Amelia Mahony
Amame: Ali Youssefi
Ancient Eternity: Arzhia Habibi
Rejoice with Exceeding Gladness: Elika Mahony (English & French), Auntieclare Rezin (Swahili), Sonbol Alavi Taefi (Arabic), Wang Jia Ni ???, Ali Youssefi (Spanish), Chorals: Elika Mahony, Nasim Enayati Maani, Ali Youssefi

Elika Mahony: Piano
Santour: Navid Goldrick
Cello: Heike Kagler (3,6,8)
Cello: Liu Man (7)
Cello : Stefan Hintersteininger (10)
Flute: Bruce Gremo
Guitar: Ali Youssefi (7)
Guitar: Larry Magee (2)
Percussion: Gustave Wayenece (7)