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Tuva / Voices From the Center of Asia
 
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Tuva / Voices From the Center of Asia

Tuva Audio CD
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listen  1. Steppe KargiraaFedor Tau 1:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. SigitMergen Mongush0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Sigit "Alash"Mergen Mongush 1:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Sigit with Igil (bowed instrument)Anatolii Kuular 2:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. KhoomeiFedor Tau0:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. KhoomeiSundukai Mongush0:26$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Tespeng KhoomeiSundukai Mongush0:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Kozhamik (medley) with khoomei, sigit, and kargiraaTumat Kara-ool 2:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Kargiraa duet "Artii-Sayir"Tumat Kara-ool and Andrei Chuldum-ool 1:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Khomuz melodies performed by trio of Khomuz playersAnchimaa Sonat, Anchimaa Khert, Achyimaa Targin Chandanmaa Torten-ool 1:49$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. BorbannadirMikhail Dopchun0:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. BorbannadirTumat Kara-ool0:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Borbannadir with finger strokes across lipsTumat Kara-ool0:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. BorbannadirAnatolii Kuular 1:26$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. EzengileerMarzhimal Ondar 1:22$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Sigit with khomuzOleg Kuular0:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Medley of various throat-singing stylesEnsemble "Amirak" 2:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Kargiraa "Artii-Sayir"Vasili Chazir 1:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Melody on the amirge (hunting horn): luring of the stagVasilii Khuurak0:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Imitation of the roe deer, the musk deer, the reindeer, owl, wolf's howl; Appeal to the patron of hunters before the bear hunt; Reinder herdVasilii Khuurak, Shozhul Salchak, and Polina Ore-ool 3:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Domestication of sheep to lambDoluma Lopsanchap 1:13$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Domestication of goat to kidDoluma Lopsanchap0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Domestication of cow to calfKhuren Oorzhak0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Domestication of camel to calfShimet Soyan0:30$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Excerpt from shamanic healing ritualAlexander Davakai 2:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Funeral lamentTatyana Sat 1:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. LullabyTatyana Sat0:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Wooden jew's harpBalgan Kuzhuget0:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. Lullaby with KhoomeiBilchit-Maa Davaa 1:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Long Song: "Don't Frighten the Crane"Sundukai Mongush 1:50$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. Long Song: "When I Graze My Beautiful Sheep"Khuren Oorzhak 1:30$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Kozhamiktar (antiphonal quatrains)Group of men and women from Chadan, Dzun-Khemchik Region 1:03$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Ceremonial Song: "Hymn to the Mountains"Kazak Sandak 1:00$0.99 Buy Track


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Product Details

  • Audio CD (July 13, 1992)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Smithsonian Folkways
  • ASIN: B000001DGS
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,935 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Recorded in 1987, this highly-acclaimed release makes available to the world a miraculous and remarkable ancient musical tradition, including examples of the rare multiphonic "throat-singing" technique. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Folklife Programs, and the U.S.S.R. Union of Composers, it is an astonishing achievement. "Primal and forthright...a beguiling earful." — The New York Times

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ethereal., February 26, 2003
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This review is from: Tuva / Voices From the Center of Asia (Audio CD)
Very traditional Tuvan throatsinging. A MUST have for anyone interested in xoomei. Pretty Amazing stuff, but this CD has more ethnomusicological content, so you'd be safer getting a Huun Huur Tu CD (their Live #2, for instance, is phenomenal) if you're just looking for something good to listen to.

However, if you are truly interested in throatsinging, this is a must have.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An Archive of Tuvan Melodies, May 29, 2003
This review is from: Tuva / Voices From the Center of Asia (Audio CD)
This CD was one of the first to feature the unique musical tradition of Tuva. This CD was recorded in the yurts and natural areas of Tuva, so sometimes the sound quality isn't top notch. This is also more like a sampler. None of the tracks are very long and it moves through the different styles of throatsinging and melodies very fast. It does feature some of the revered masters of the styles though. I think this would be a good introductory disc to throatsinging, so a person can find what they like.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A very good selection of tuvan music, November 29, 1998
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This review is from: Tuva / Voices From the Center of Asia (Audio CD)
This cd comprises a very good selection of traditional tuvan music, both overtone singing and instrumentation. The recording quality is top-notch, and the melodies are varied and vibrant.
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