The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan

What if Marco Polo had owned a tape recorder? And what if his epic travels along the Silk Road had taken place not at the end of the 13th century, but at the beginning of the 21st? Far-fetched conjectures to be sure, but our compilation The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan offers a glimpse of the rich musical life that an intrepid and curious traveler like Marco Polo might find in the lands of the Silk Road today (During, Levin 2001).

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Track Listing

101	Mahur Dariush Safvat and Bruno Caillat	03:11
102	Fakhri Havasi Edalat Nasibov	03:50
103	Balbyraun (Honey Fingers) Aygul Ulkenbaeva	01:25
104	Dance of Tamir Agha Gevorg Dabaghian	02:30
105	Dilkash Elshan Mansurov	03:39
106	Uchun Dur Jurabek Nabiev and Shuhrat Nabiev	04:20
107	Choban Bayati Malik Mansurov and Mahmud Salah	01:52
108	Mokhalef Hoseyn Qavami and Ali Tajvidi	03:13
109	Shushtari Hasan Kasa'i	04:08
110	Itsuki no Komoriuta (Lullaby from Itsuki) Kojiro Umezaki	02:50
111	Ker-Tolgoo Samara Tokhtakunova	02:57
112	Xiao Yue Er Gao (High Little Moon) Wu Man	02:20
113	Jiu Kuang (Wine Mad) Yao Bingyan	02:19
114	Kharagay (The Pine Tree) Sabjilar	03:27
115	Ilme (Hook) Aygul Ulkenbaeva	02:13
116	The Gallop of Jonon Khar Baterdene	02:19
117	The Nightingale Ruslan Jumabaev	02:01
118	The River Herlen Khongorzul and Baterdene	04:04
119	Nava Turgun Alimatov	03:51
120	Woy Bala (Hey, kid) Nur Mahammat Tursun	02:16
121	Meskin II Abdurahim Hamidov and Shuhrat Razzaqov	02:45
122	Ufar-e Bayat Barno Is'hakova	03:54
123	Chabbiyat Tazi Marghul Uyghur Muqam Ensemble	03:29
124	Shawm and Percussion Band from Southern Liaoning Gongxiao Dasha Ensemble	02:49
201	Jew's Harp Melody Edil Huseinov	01:49
202	Khai Evgeni Ulugbashev	02:11
203	Tepen Kök Kelek Kumaqay-olu	01:19
204	Kögmen Sabjilar	03:21
205	Excerpt from Alpamish Epic Jaule Bakhshi	03:32
206	Beyish Namasi (Melody of Paradise) Qalbeke Uzaqbergenova	02:29
207	Terme Almas Almatov	03:38
208	Lament Dordi Torik and Rahman Qilich Yomudi	04:49
209	Masq-e Javanan Sirajoddin Juraev	02:49
210	Kuu Nurlanbek Nishanov	01:21
211	Sanam Abdurashid Nadirev and Abdughani Tukhtiev	04:38
212	Charzarb Abdullah, Isma'il, and Davlat Nazriev	03:53
213	Mizghan-i Siyah (Black eyelashes) Muhammud Rahim Takhary, Faqir Muhammad, Bahauddin	03:28
214	Love song Asheq, Sohrab, and Ibrahim Hasan	03:38
215	Qara Olu Edil Huseinov	02:04
216	Kertolghau Sayan Aqmoldaev	02:21
217	Dargilik Ensemble from Khorog	03:32
218	Madh T. Soltan Qalebov and S. Tawarov	04:25
219	Zikr (Remembrance) Naqshbandi Afaqi Brotherhood	03:45
220	Kyrgyz Wisdom Song Akil Sekebaev	02:31
221	Allah Madad Abdollah Sarvar and M. Salar Ahmadi	03:22
222	Alevi Song Ashiq Faizullah Chinar	04:05
223	Sufi Hymn Jarrahi dervishes and others, Konya, Turkey	04:38