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Silk road journeys : when strangers meet

Ma, Yo-Yo 1955- (Author). Silk Road Ensemble. (Added Author).
CD Music recording  - 2001
EA 781.62 Ma
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Subject
Music > Asia.
Folk music > Asia.
Cello with instrumental ensemble.
Genre
Sound recordings.
  • Physical Description sound disc
    1 audio disc (78:54 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher [New York] : Sony Classical ; Toronto : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment (Canada), [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact disc.
Traditional Asian music, and contemporary music by Asian composers, played chiefly on traditional Asian instruments.
"The Silkroad Project".
Program notes by Yo-Yo Ma and Theodore Levin in English with French and German translations (26 p. : ill., maps) inserted in container.
GMD: compact disc.
Formatted Contents Note: Mongolian traditional long song (1:28) -- Legend of Herlen / Byambasuren Sharav (11:17) -- Blue little flower / Chinese traditional ; arr. Wu Ton, Li Cang (4:22) -- Mido Mountain / Chinese traditional ; arr. Wu Ton, Li Cang (3:51) -- Moon over Guan Mountains / Zhao Jiping (11:48) -- Five Finnish folksongs. No. 3, Miero vuotti uutta kuuta (1:58) ; No. 5, Joiku (2:26) / Michio Mamiya -- Avaz-e dashti / Persian traditional (6:01) -- Habil-sayagy (In Habil's style / Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (13:23) -- Blue as the turquoise night of Neyshabur / Kayhan Kalhor (15:33) -- Chi passa per'sta strada / Filippo Azzaiolo (4:43) -- Crouching tiger, hidden dragon. Desert capriccio / Tan Dun (1:35)
Participant or Performer Note: Yo-Yo Ma, cello and morin khuur ; and the Silk Road Ensemble (Siamak Aghaei, santur ; Edward Arron, cello ; Nicholas Cords, Leo Suzuki, viola ; Sandeep Das, tabla ; Stephen Dunkel, James Pugh, John Rutherford, trombone ; Joel Fan, piano and percussion ; Joseph Gramley, Mark Suter, percussion ; Colin Jacobsen, Todd Reynolds, violin ; Siamak Jahangiri, ney ; Kayhan Kalhor, kemancheh, setar ; Xu Ke, erhu ; Ganbaatar Khongorzul, long song vocals ; Wu Man, Yang Wei, pipa ; Edgar Meyer, bass ; Shane Shanahan, tabla and percussion ; Wu Ton, sheng)
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 18.99