Tuva, Among the Spirits: Sound, Music, and Nature in Sakha and Tuva

Tuva, Among the Spirits is a sonic journey to the steppes of southern Siberia, the wellspring of Tuvan and Sakhan music, where the spiritual power of nature is manifested through its sounds. In these unprecedented on-site recordings, master musicians imitate and interact with the natural acoustic environment. Recorded in 1995-1998 on horseback, in creek beds, caves, canyons, and grasslands. Extensive notes, photographs, and discography. 1999 New Age Voice Music Awards: awarded finalist for Best Traditional World Album of 1999.

AWARDS
2000Crossroads music Awards Silver Star for World-Traditional. 1999 New Age Voice Music Awards finalist for Best Traditional World Album of 1999

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Track Listing

101	A Reverberant Valley	Joel Gordon	01:57
102	Sakha Animal Imitations	German Khatilaev and Klavdia Khatilaev	01:55
103	Tuvan Round-Up	Joel Gordon	01:48
104	Fantasy on the Igil	Kaigal-ool Khovalyg	05:33
105	Birds and Bird Imitations	Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Alexei Saryglar	02:21
106	Xöömei on Horseback	Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular	02:32
107	Borbangnadyr with Steam Water	Anatoli Kuular	02:43
108	Xomuz (Jew's Harp) Imitating Water	Anatoli Kuular	01:38
109	Home on the (Mountain) Range	Tuvan children	01:28
110	Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Öttüneri (Imitation of Wild and Domestic Animals)	Albert Saspyk-ool	01:49
111	Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Öttüneri (Reprise)	Alexander Chambal-oglu Tülüsh	02:12
112	Harmonics in the Wind	Joel Gordon	02:59
113	Sonic Landscape	Grigori Mongush	01:49
114	The Legacy of Ancestors	Tos-Khol	07:32
115	Cave Spirits	Sayan Bapa	00:56
116	Kyzyl Taiga (Red Forest)	Kaigal-ool Khovalyg	02:19
117	Talking Xomuz	Anatoli Kuular	01:53
118	Chiraa-Xor	Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Sayan Bapa	04:29
119	Epilogue	Joel Gordon	00:59