093074049228

Mahagitá: Harp And Vocal Music Of Burma

Inle Myint Maung and Yi Yi Thant

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40492

Release Date:  21 January 2003

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074049228

Genres:  World Music  

  • Description

    Burma's preeminent player of the arched harp and one of Burma's most respected singers provide a beguiling sampling of the Burmese thachìn gyì (classical song) repertoire in these stunningly beautiful recordings made in Rangoon in 2000. The Burmese arched harp, a little known treasure among Asian musical instruments, figures prominently in Burma's classical music tradition. That tradition, developed over several centuries in Burma's royal courts, exhibits the restraint, subtlety, and elegance of many aristocratic traditions—but in an idiom uniquely Burmese. Extensive notes, photos. 76 minutes.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. In praise of the Burmese harp
      • 2. The glory of the king
      • 3. Rain and a princess
      • 4. Lonely in the forest
      • 5. A huntsman enchanted
      • 6. Longing in a forest glade
      • 7. The twelve royal gates
      • 8. The king's potency
      • 9. Waiting