DESCRIPTION:
SALIM AL NUR (born in Baghdad in 1920) started composing as a teenager and his song Ayyuha as-Saqi (1937) was performed by the famous Iraqi singer Salima Murad. The album Al Nur makes all his unrecorded music available for world audiences for the first time. The production was initiated by Dr. Yehuda Kamari, a physician and an Oud player, who gathered an impressive collection of Arab and Jewish musicians from Israel, to pay tribute to the composer. This recording includes five instrumental pieces (four in the Sama'i genre) and three Iraqi songs.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/al-nur/id327872376
The Egyptian singer Ragaa Abdu sang Al Nur's composition Tha' Al-Wilif in her performances in Baghdad and Cairo, but this song was never recorded.

Elias SHASHA: a unique interpreter and performer of Iraqi vocal music, was born in Baghdad, where he studied with the renowned musician Sharif Muhyi al-Din. He joined the Arab Broadcasting Authority Orchestra in Israel both as singer and violinist.

ضاع الولف (تلحين: سليم النور, كلمات: إفرايم زعرور)
ضَاع الوِلِف مَا لُه أَثَر يا قلبي ظِلّ اشبَع قَهر
أنا القضّيت عُمري بسِجِن أنا عَلى بُعدَك أجنّ
قلّي القلب ايمتى يحنّ ونعود سِوا بَعدِ الهَجِر
كيف يسلّوني بالصبر قلبي عليك مثل الجمر
يوم انتظِر يوم احتِص ِر الله يعين الينجبر
لو أدري منّك هل غَدِر ما كان وَلَفتَك يا بَدِر
بعد العِسر لا بدّ يِس ِر ونعيش سِوا طول العُمر
Vocals: Elias Shasha
Violins: Ihab Nimer, Elias Zabeda, Naseem Dakwar
Qanoun: Abraham Salman, Mahran Moreb
Oud: Yehuda Kamari
Doublebass: Hagai Bilitzky
Riq: Zohar Fresco
Chorus: Shadia Al-Carmel, Rachel Ziv-Li, Yehuda Kamari, Naim Rejwan

Yehuda Kamari: Producer
Naim Rejwan: Assistant music producer
Liora Ziv-Li: Assistant producer, music consultant
Aliza Ashkenazi Hayon: Designer
Zohar Zaltz: Sound engineering
Recorded at ESHEL studios, Tel Aviv.