SFW40452
Tuva, Among the Spirits: Sound, Music, and Nature in Sakha and Tuva
Various Artists
Notes -
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.
Country(s) - Russia
Culture Group(s) - Tuvan
Keyword(s) - Throat singing; World music
Instrument(s) - Dunger; Fiddle; Igil; Jew's Harp; Kupsuur; Kyryympa; Maraca; Violin; Xomuz
Year of Release -
1998
Record Label -
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive -
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits -
Field Worker Ted Levin ; Produced by Ted Levin ; Produced by Joel Gordon ; Mastered by Joel Gordon ; Design by Scott Stowell
Tracks -
101
A Reverberant Valley
n/a
Duration:1:57
35880
False
102
Sakha Animal Imitations
German Khatilaev and Kavdia Khatilaev
Duration:1:55
37395
False
103
Tuvan Round-Up
n/a
Duration:1:48
37396
False
104
Fantasy on the Igil
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
Duration:5:33
37397
False
105
Birds and Bird Imitations
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Alexei Saryglar
Duration:2:21
37398
False
106
Xöömei on Horseback
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular
Duration:2:32
37399
False
107
Borbangnadyr with Steam Water
Anatoli Kuular
Duration:2:43
37400
False
108
Xomuz (Jew's Harp) Imitating Water
Anatoli Kuular
Duration:1:38
37401
False
109
Home on the (Mountain) Range
n/a
Duration:1:28
37402
False
110
Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Öttüneri (Imitation of Wild and Domestic Animals)
Albert Saspyk-ool
Duration:1:49
37403
False
111
Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Öttüneri (Reprise)
Alexander Chambal-oglu Tülüsh
Duration:2:12
37404
False
112
Harmonics in the Wind
n/a
Duration:2:59
37405
False
113
Sonic Landscape
Grigori Mongush
Duration:1:49
37406
False
114
The Legacy of Ancestors
Tos-Khol
Duration:7:32
37407
False
115
Cave Spirits
Sayan Bapa
Duration:0:56
37408
False
116
Kyzyl Taiga (Red Forest)
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
Duration:2:19
37409
False
117
Talking Xomuz
Anatoli Kuular
Duration:1:53
37410
False
118
Chiraa-Xor
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Sayan Bapa
Duration:4:29
37411
False
119
Epilogue
n/a
Duration:0:59
37412
False