Tuva : voices from the center of Asia.

Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Smithsonian/Folkways ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Rounder Records, ℗1990.
Description1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Variant title Voices from the center of Asia
Contents Steppe Kargiraa (Fedor Tau) (1:16) -- Sigit (0:30) ; Sigit "Alash" (1:34) (Mergen Mongush) -- Sigit with igil (Anatolii Kuular) (2:07) -- Khoomei (Fedor Tau) (0:31) -- Khoomei (0:19) ; Tespeng Khoomei (0:43) (Sundukai Mongush) -- Kozhamik (medley) with khoomei, sigit, and kargiraa (Tumat Kara-ool) (1:57) -- Kargiraa duet "Artii-Sayir" (Tumat Kara-ool ; Andrei Chuldum-ool) (1:04) -- Khomuz melodies performed by trio of khomuz players (Chiraa-Bazhi ; Anchimaa Khert ; Achyimaa Targin) (1:37) -- Borbannadir (Mikhai Dopchun) (0:50) -- Bordannadir (0:47) ; Borbannadir with finger strokes across lips (0:41) (Tumat Kara-ool) -- Borbannadir (Anatolii Kuular) (1:21) -- Ezengileer (Marzhimal Ondar) (1:02) -- Sigit with khomuz (Oleg Kuular) (0:53) -- Medley of various throat-singing styles (Ensemble "Amirak") (2:50) -- Kargiraa "Artii-Sayir" (Vasilii Chazir) (1:00) -- Melody on the amirge (hunting horn) : Luring of the stag (Vasilii Khuurak) (0:45) -- Imitation of the roe deer (0:20) ; Imitation of the musk deer (0:16) ; Imitation of reindeer (0:15) ; Imitation of owl (0:22) ; Imitation of wolf's howl (0:33) (Vasilii Khuurak) -- Appeal to the patron of hunters before the bear hunt (Shozhul Salchak) (0:21) -- Reindeer herder's calls to the reindeer (Polina Ore-ool) (0:54) -- Domestication of sheep to lamb (1:10) ; Domestication of goat to kid (0:30) (Doluma Lapsanchap) -- Domestication of cow to calf (Dhuren Oorzhak) (0:26) -- Domestication of camel to calf (Shimet Soyan) (0:20) -- Excerpt from shamanic healing ritual (Alexander Davakai) (2:11) -- Funeral lament (1:05) ; Lullaby (0:49) (Tatyana Sat) -- Wooden Jew's harp (Balgan Kuzhuget) (0:35) -- Lullaby with khoomei (Balchit-Maa Davaa) (0:57) -- Lond song : "Don't frighten the crane" (Sundukai Mongush) (1:44) -- Long song : "When I graze my beautiful sheep" (Khuren Oorzhak) (1:26) -- Kozhamiktar (antiphonal quatrains) (Kok-ool Khovalig ; Sundaukai Mongush ; Soskur-ool Mongush ; Dosumaa Mongush ; Valentina Kuular ; Raisa Mongush ; Lenmaa Kuular ; Soskul Mongush) (0:57) --
General note"Miraculous singing from Siberia preserves an ancient sound world"--Container.
General note"Throat-singing" by musicians from rural parts of the Soviet Union.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteProgram notes ([2] p.) inserted in container.
General noteProgram notes, map, lyrics, bibliography, and discography (1 folded sheet : ill.) inserted in container.
Performer Various performers.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in Tuva in 1987 and 1988.
Other titleSteppe Kargiraa.
Other titleSigit.
Other titleSigit "Alash.".
Other titleSigit with igil.
Other titleKhoomei.
Other titleTespeng khoomei.
Other titleKozhamik.
Other titleKargiraa duet "Artii-Sayir.".
Other titleKhomuz melodies.
Other titleBorbannadir.
Other titleEzengileer.
Other titleSigit with khomuz.
Other titleMedley of various throat-singing styles.
Other titleKargiraa "Artii-Sayir.".
Other titleMedley on the amirge; hunting of the stag.
Other titleImitation of the roe deer.
Other titleImitation of the musk deer.
Other titleImitation of reindeer.
Other titleImitation of owl.
Other titleImitation of wolf's howl.
Other titleAppeal to the patron of hunters before the bear hunt.
Other titleReindeer herder's calls to the reindeer.
Other titleDomestication of sheep to lamb.
Other titleDomestication of goat to kid.
Other titleDomestication of cow to calf.
Other titleDomestication of camel to calf.
Other titleExcerpt from shamanic healing ritual.
Other titleFuneral lament.
Other titleLullaby.
Other titleDon't frighten the crane.
Other titleWhen I graze my beautiful sheep.
Other titleKozhamikar.
Other titleHymn to the mountains.
LCCN 92753621
UPC 9307400172
Publisher numberCD SF 40017 Smithsonian/Folkways

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