Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia (CD)

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

1. Steppe Kargiraa     Fedor Tau     01:20    
2. Sigit     Mergen Mongush     00:33    
3. Sigit "Alash"     Mergen Mongush     01:38    
4. Sigit with Igil (bowed instrument)     Anatoli Kuular     02:12    
5. Khoomei     Fedor Tau     00:34    
6. Khoomei     Sundukai Mongush     00:26    
7. Tespeng Khoomei     Sundukai Mongush     00:46    
8. Kozhamik (medley) with khoomei, sigit, and kargiraa     Tumat Kara-ool     02:00    
9. Kargiraa duet "Artii-Sayir"     Tumat Kara-ool and Andrei Chuldum-ool     01:08    
10. Khomuz melodies performed by trio of Khomuz players     Anchimaa Sonat, Anchimaa Khert, Achyimaa Targin Chandanmaa Torten-ool     01:49    
11. Borbannadir     Mikhail Dopchun     00:54    
12. Borbannadir     Tumat Kara-ool     00:48    
13. Borbannadir with finger strokes across lips     Tumat Kara-ool     00:42    
14. Borbannadir     Anatoli Kuular     01:26    
15. Ezengileer     Marzhimal Ondar     01:22    
16. Sigit with khomuz     Oleg Kuular     00:56    
17. Medley of various throat-singing styles     Ensemble "Amirak"     02:56    
18. Kargiraa "Artii-Sayir"     Vasili Chazir     01:05    
19. Melody on the amirge (hunting horn): luring of the stag     Vasilii Khuurak     00:46    
20. Imitation of the roe deer, the musk deer, the reindeer, owl, wolf's howl; Appeal to the patron of hunters before the bear hunt; Reinder herder's calls to reindeer     Vasilii Khuurak, Shozhul Salchak, and Polina Ore-ool     03:32    
21. Domestication of sheep to lamb     Doluma Lopsanchap     01:13    
22. Domestication of goat to kid     Doluma Lopsanchap     00:33    
23. Domestication of cow to calf     Khuren Oorzhak     00:33    
24. Domestication of camel to calf     Shimet Soyan     00:30    
25. Excerpt from shamanic healing ritual     Alexander Davakai     02:19    
26. Funeral lament     Tatyana Sat     01:20    
27. Lullaby     Tatyana Sat     00:55    
28. Wooden jew's harp     Balgan Kuzhuget     00:46    
29. Lullaby with Khoomei     Bilchit-Maa Davaa     01:08    
30. Long Song: "Don't Frighten the Crane"     Sundukai Mongush     01:50    
31. Long Song: "When I Graze My Beautiful Sheep"     Khuren Oorzhak     01:30    
32. Kozhamiktar (antiphonal quatrains)     Group of men and women from Chadan, Dzun-Khemchik Region     01:03    
33. Ceremonial Song: "Hymn to the Mountains"     Kazak Sandak     01:01