Folk Music of Kashmir

The Kashmir Valley, which separates the Himalayan and Pir Panjal mountain ranges, is a meeting point between northwestern India, eastern Pakistan, and Central Asia. The grandeur of this environment manifests itself in Kashmiri folk music—as the liner notes describe, "Heard across the lakes and waters at night as it echoes over surrounding mountains, it has a haunting, romantic appeal." Folk Music of Kashmir presents Kashmiri singing and traditional instruments such as the santur, the bamboo flute, the tabla, and the mutkah, a percussive clay pot renowned for its resonance. Liner notes include a description of Kashmir, track notes, illustrations of instruments, and pictures.

Track Listing

101	Santur	Santur player	03:27
102	Title Music	Soloists with chorus and instrumental ensemble	03:54
103	Title Music	Instrumental ensemble with flute	02:47
104	Love and the Beauty of Nature (Instrumental)	Ensemble with sarangi, rubab, dilrubah, mutkah, tabla, flute	03:54
105	Instrumental	Ensemble with sarangi, rubab, dilrubah, tabla, flute	03:11
106	Song of the Boatmen	Mixed voices with instrumental ensemble	04:15
107	Love Duet	Male and female duet with instrumental accompaniment	03:51
201	Song of the Nightingale	Female singer with flute	05:14
202	Instrumental	Rubab player, tabla player	02:23
203	Romantic Music (Instrumental)	Rubab player, tabla player	02:20
204	Song of the Silkworms	Male soloist with chorus and instrumental ensemble	09:29
205	Beautiful Kashmir	Soloists with chorus and instrumental ensemble	04:00
206	Song of Spring	Male singer, unaccompanied	02:39