Format Details:
Release Date: 14 March 2006
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093074052129
Genres: World Music Far East & Asia
Description
Amid the mosques and minarets of Samarkand and Bukhara, generations of vocalists set the mystical, Sufi-inspired verse of Hafiz and other classical poets to lyrical melodies, creating a spiritual art music of great refinement and sublime beauty called Shashmaqâm, confirming its important place among the great art music traditions of Eurasia. A bonus DVD documents the musical tradition of the Shashmaqâm in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. This recording received a 2006 GRAMMY Award Nominee for Best Traditional World Album. 18 tracks. 70 minutes. 44-page booklet, photos, and bilingual lyrics; DVD contains series introduction, 24-minute film, interactive glossary, and map. Music of Central Asia is a co-production of the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, and the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The aim of the series is to present leading exponents of Central Asia's rich and diverse musical heritage to listeners outside the region.
Tracklisting
Jerron Paxton
Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin
Dan + Claudia Zanes
Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
The Po' Ramblin Boys
Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell & Ed Young
Sonya Cohen Cramer
A Moving Sound & ETHEL
Guo Gan, Huong Thanh & Fumie Hihara
El Khat
Tri Nguyen
Munojat Yulchieva
Oghlan Bakhshi
Bayarbaatar Davaasuren
Various Artists
