Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia

Recorded in 1987, this highly-acclaimed release makes available to the world a miraculous and remarkable ancient musical tradition, including examples of the rare multiphonic "throat-singing" technique. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Folklife Programs, and the U.S.S.R. Union of Composers, it is an astonishing achievement. "Primal and forthright...a beguiling earful." — The New York Times

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Track Listing

101	Steppe Kargiraa Fedor Tau	01:20
102	Sigit Mergen Mongush	00:33
103	Sigit "Alash" Mergen Mongush	01:38
104	Sigit with Igil (bowed instrument) Anatoli Kuular	02:12
105	Khoomei (1) Fedor Tau	00:34
106	Khoomei (2) Sundukai Mongush	00:26
107	Tespeng Khoomei Sundukai Mongush	00:46
108	Kozhamik medley with khoomei, sigit, and kargiraa Tumat Kara-ool	02:00
109	Kargiraa duet "Artii-Sayir" Tumat Kara-ool and Andrei Chuldum-ool	01:08
110	Khomuz melodies performed by trio of Khomuz players Anchimaa Sonat, Anchimaa Khert, Achyimaa Targin Chandanmaa Torten-ool	01:49
111	Borbannadir (1) Mikhail Dopchun	00:54
112	Borbannadir (2) Tumat Kara-ool	00:48
113	Borbannadir with finger strokes across lips Tumat Kara-ool	00:42
114	Borbannadir (3) Anatoli Kuular	01:26
115	Ezengileer Marzhimal Ondar	01:22
116	Sigit with khomuz Oleg Kuular	00:56
117	Medley of various throat-singing styles Ensemble "Amirak"	02:56
118	Kargiraa "Artii-Sayir" Vasili Chazir	01:05
119	Melody on the Amirge (Hunting Horn): Luring of the Stag Vasilii Khuurak	00:46
120	Imitation of the Deer, Reindeer, Owl, and Wolf’s Howl / Appeal before the Bear Hunt / Reindeer Herder’s Calls to the Reindeer Vasilii Khuurak, Shozhul Salchak, and Polina Ore-ool	03:32
121	Domestication of sheep to lamb Doluma Lopsanchap	01:13
122	Domestication of goat to kid Doluma Lopsanchap	00:33
123	Domestication of cow to calf Khuren Oorzhak	00:33
124	Domestication of camel to calf Shimet Soyan	00:30
125	Excerpt from shamanic healing ritual Alexander Davakai	02:19
126	Funeral lament Tatyana Sat	01:20
127	Lullaby Tatyana Sat	00:55
128	Wooden jew's harp Balgan Kuzhuget	00:46
129	Lullaby with Khoomei Bilchit-Maa Davaa	01:08
130	Don't Frighten the Crane (Long Song) Sundukai Mongush	01:50
131	When I Graze My Beautiful Sheep (Long Song) Khuren Oorzhak	01:30
132	Kozhamiktar (antiphonal quatrains) Group of men and women from Chadan, Dzun-Khemchik Region	01:03
133	Hymn to the Mountains (Ceremonial Song) Kazak Sandak	01:01