Tuva, Among the Spirits: Sound, Music, and Nature in Sakha and Tuva Various Artists (CD)

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.

1. A Reverberant Valley     n/a     01:57    
2. Sakha Animal Imitations     German Khatilaev and Kavdia Khatilaev     01:55    
3. Tuvan Round-Up     n/a     01:48    
4. Fantasy on the Igil     Kaigal-ool Khovalyg     05:33    
5. Birds and Bird Imitations     Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Alexei Saryglar     02:21    
6. Xöömei on Horseback     Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular     02:32    
7. Borbangnadyr with Steam Water     Anatoli Kuular     02:43    
8. Xomuz (Jew's Harp) Imitating Water     Anatoli Kuular     01:38    
9. Home on the (Mountain) Range     n/a     01:28    
10. Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Öttüneri (Imitation of Wild and Domestic Animals)     Albert Saspyk-ool     01:49    
11. Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Öttüneri (Reprise)     Alexander Chambal-oglu Tülüsh     02:12    
12. Harmonics in the Wind     n/a     02:59    
13. Sonic Landscape     Grigori Mongush     01:49    
14. The Legacy of Ancestors     Tos-Khol     07:32    
15. Cave Spirits     Sayan Bapa     00:56    
16. Kyzyl Taiga (Red Forest)     Kaigal-ool Khovalyg     02:19    
17. Talking Xomuz     Anatoli Kuular     01:53    
18. Chiraa-Xor     Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Sayan Bapa     04:29    
19. Epilogue     n/a     00:59