Tuva: Voices From the Center of Asia
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1992-07-13
Music Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Soundtracks:
- Steppe Kargiraa
- Sigit
- Sigit "Alash"
- Sigit With Igil [Bowed Instrument]
- Khoomei
- Khoomei
- Tespeng Khoomei
- Kozhamik (Medley) With Khoomei, Sigit, and Kargiraa
- Kargiraa Duet "Artii-Syir"
- Khomuz Melodies Performed by Trio of Khomuz Players
- Borbannadir
- Borbannadir
- Borbannadir With Finger Strokes Across Lips
- Borbannadir
- Ezengileer
- Sigit With Khomuz
- Medley of Various Throat-Singing Styles
- Kargiraa "Artii-Sayir"
- Melody on the Amirge (Hunting Horn): Luring of the Stag
- Imitation of: Roe Deer/Musk Deer/Reindeer/Owl/Wolf's Howl/Appeal ...
- Domestication of Sheep to Lamb
- Domestication of Goat to Kid
- Domestication of Cow to Calf
- Domestication of Camel to Calf
- Excerpt From Shamanic Healing Ritual
- Funeral Lament
- Lullaby
- Wooden Jew's Harp
- Lullaby With Khoomei
- Long Song: "Don't Frighten the Crane"
- Long Song: "When I Graze My Beautiful Sheep"
- Kozhamiktar (Antiphonal Quatrains)
- Ceremonial Song "Hymn to the Mountains"
Music reviews of Tuva: Voices From the Center of Asia
Music Review: Amazing recording
Rating: 5 Stars
I thought I'd look around for some recordings of Tuvan throat singing (and they're not that easy to find) but, thanks to the ability to download .MP3s from Amazon, I thought I'd give this disc a try. I'm not disappointed. I despise recordings of world music that utilize Western instruments and ideas in order to make something more palatable to the closed minded: this recording makes absolutely no attempt to do so and is absolutely fantastic! Yes, this music is extremely different than what most are used to listening to but, just the same, it provides an enthralling glimpse at how other cultures not only make music but also how they produce it using their own voices. For those that are unfamiliar with Tuvan throat singing (which usually feature men as they seem to be able to best produce the unique sounds heard here - due to the manner in which their throats differ from that of women), the music that is produced is extremely unique - those trained in this manner of singing can produce more than one sound at a time with the fundamental (lower) sound predominating but with an much higher sound (overtones) also very evident. Absolutely fascinating!
If you are interested in listening to a very unique form of music (and, no, it's not "funny"), I would recommend this recording to others.
I'm very grateful to have discovered this little gem on Amazon and
Description of Tuva: Voices From the Center of Asia
These highly acclaimed recordings, made in Tuva in 1987, reveal a remarkable and beautiful tradition of bi- and multi-phonal "throat singing". These traditional songs capture the style and role of music among the scattered herding communities in Tuva, a territory lying to the northwest of Mongolia, where music is part of the relationship of humans with the natural and supernatural worlds.General CDs
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