| The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 57869
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: 40438
UPC: 093074043820
EAN: 0093074043820
ASIN: B000063NDQ
Release Date: April 23, 2002
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Mahur (Iranian) - Bruno Caillat | | • | Fakhri Havasi (Azeri) - Edalat Nasibov | | • | Balbyraun (Kazakh) - Aygul Ulkenbaeva | | • | Dance Of Tamir Agha (Armenian) - evorg Dabaghian | | • | Dilkash (Azeri) - Elshan Mansurov | | • | Uchun Dur (Uzbek/Tajik) - Jurabek Nabiev | | • | Choban Bayati (Azeri) - Mailik Mansurov | | • | Mokhalef (Iranian) - Hoseyn Qavami | | • | Shushtari (Iranian) - Hasan Kasa'i | | • | Lullaby From Itsuki (Japanese) - Kojiro Umezaki | | • | Ker-Tolgoo (Kyrgyz) - Samara Tokhtakunova | | • | Xiao Yue Er Gao ('High Little Moon') (Chinese) - Wu Man | | • | Jiu Kuaang ('Wine Mad') (Chinese) - Yao Bingyan | | • | Kharagay ('The Pine Tree') (Khakas) - Svetlana Chebodaev | | • | Ilme ('Hook') (Kazakh) - Aygul Ulkenbaeva | | • | The Gallop Of Jonon Khar (Mongolian) - Baterdene | | • | The Nightingale (Kyrgyz) - Ruslan Jumabaev | | • | The River Herlen (Mongolian) - Baterdene | | • | Nava (Uzbek) - Turgun Alimatov | | • | Woy Bala ('Hey, Kid') (Uyghur) - Nur Mahammat Tursun | | • | Meskin II (Uzbek) - Abdurahim Hamidov | | • | Ufar-e Bayat (Tajik/Uzbek/Bukharan Jewish) - Barno Is'hakova | | • | Chabbiyat Tazi Marghul (Uyghur) - Uyghur Muquam Ensemble | | • | Shawm And Percussion Band (Chinese) - Gongxiao Dasha Ensemble |
Disc 2
| • | The Nomadic Sound: Jew's Harp Melody (Kazakh) - Edil Huseinov | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Khai (Khakas) - Evgeni Ulugbashev | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Tepen Kok (Kazakh From Mongolia) - Kelek Kumaqay | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Kogmen (Khakas) - Slava Kuchenov | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Excerpt From Alpamish Epic (Uzbek) - Jaule Bakhshi | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Beyish Namasi ('Meoldy Of Paradise') (Qaraqalpak) - Qalbeke Uzaqbergenova | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Terme (Kazakh) - Almas Almatov | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Lament (Turkmen From Iran) - Dordi Torik | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Mashq-e Javanan (Tajik/Uzbek) - Sirajoddin Juraev | | • | The Nomadic Sound: Kuu (Kyrgyz) - Nurlanbek Nishanov | | • | Traditions Of Festivity: Sanam (Uyghur) - Abdurashid Nadirev | | • | Traditions Of Festivity: Charzarb (Tajik) - Abdullah Nariev | | • | Traditions Of Festivity: Mizghan-i Siyah ('Black Eyelashes') (Afghan/Tajik) - Muhammud Rahim Takhary | | • | Traditions Of Festivity: Love Song (Azeri From Iran) - Ibrahim | | • | Traditions Of Festivity: Qara Olu (Kazakh) - Edil Huseinov | | • | Spiritual Music: Kertolghau (Kazakh) - Sayan Aqmoldaev | | • | Spiritual Music: Dargilik (Tajik) - Khodapanah Berdov | | • | Spiritual Music: Madh (Tajik) - T. Soltan Qalbov | | • | Spiritual Music: Zikr (Uyghur) - Naqshbandi Afaqi Brotherhood | | • | Spiritual Music: Kyrgyz Wisdom Song (Kyrgyz) - Akli Sekebaev | | • | Spiritual Music: Allah Madad (Iranian/Afghan) - Abdollah Sarvar Ahmandi | | • | Spiritual Music: Alevi Song (Turkish) - Ashiq Faizullah Chinar | | • | Spiritual Music: Sufi Hymn (Turkish) - Jarrahi Dervishes And Others |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
What if Marco Polo had owned a tape recorder? And what if his epic travels along the Silk Road had taken place not at the end of the 13th century, but at the beginning of the 21st? Far-fetched conjectures to be sure, but our compilation The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan offers a glimpse of the rich musical life that an intrepid and curious traveler like Marco Polo might find in the lands of the Silk Road today.
Amazon.com
"What if Marco Polo had owned tape recorder?" This intriguing concept is raised in the liner notes to this impressive two-CD set, which wanders along ancient Asian trade routes known as the Silk Road. The first disc, Masters & Traditions, deals with formal styles performed by and for sophisticated connoisseurs. Meanwhile, the music on Minstrels and Lovers is played by amateurs who are part of daily life and thus reach a wider audience. The imaginary caravan passes through Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and Afghanistan, encountering nomads, mystics, and bards along the way. The instruments are scratchy, pungent, and/or serene, while the singers weave a potent spell out of a millennium's worth of slow-changing rural and urban vistas. In the opening essay, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the project's artistic director, pleads for intercultural communication and empathy. This compilation provides an exotic, brave, entertaining first step in that direction. --Christina Roden
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Just what I was looking for! May 8, 2008
When I needed music from the Middle East and Asia, this was the perfect purchase. I especially appreciated the detailed descriptions in the booklet that accompanied the 2 CD set. It was so colorful, informative, and well done! There is vocabulary, maps and pictures from all over Asia.
What a fabulous compilation of musical goodness!
 Be a Marco Polo of music May 6, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Its rather difficult to review this in the regular like it/don't like it way. This is the endemic music of the people along the silk road the runs across Asia. Some of it sounds very strange compared to Western music, like study for an Anthropology course, while some of it very enjoyable.
Northern Exposure March 30, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This anthology is an outstanding survey of the northern section of the so-called Silk Road, taking us from Turkey, Azerbaijan,and Iran, through Uzbekistan, southern Siberia, China, and finally to Japan, but not in order, as the CD set is organized instead by category of musical function and the localities seem random. Although there are significant gaps in the styles, and I particularly miss the sweet lyric songs of Kyrgyz women, the powerful mugham voice of Qasimov of Azerbaijan, and more examples of the kylkobyz fiddle of Kzakhstan, the set provides a fine introduction of the musics of inner Asia and particularly the instruments. A glossary of instruments is provided, but unfortunately their images are often lacking. All the examples are short by necessity, when many traditional pieces are far longer in duration. For the uninitiated, it will take repeated listening to distinguish the uniqueness of timbre and rhythm from one land to the other; but this similarity of sounds helps demonstrate the role of the trade routes in sharing instruments and styles, such that the Japanese biwa, the Chinese pipa, and the Arabic oud all are related. If you want to attain some feel for the musics of inner Asia, then certainly these disks will meet the requirement.
 Sparse Great Songs March 29, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Some of the pieces on the first cd are "take away" great.
The secound cd is ...
I enjoy "world culture" music and sound however, the secound cd in this double collection was a monotonous let down.
The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan January 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thank you for this part of my research on Central Asia.
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