Recording Details

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




102 Sakha Animal Imitations
German Khatilaev and Kavdia Khatilaev
Duration:1:55




103 Tuvan Round-Up
n/a
Duration:1:48




104 Fantasy on the Igil
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
Duration:5:33




105 Birds and Bird Imitations
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Alexei Saryglar
Duration:2:21




106 Xöömei on Horseback
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular
Duration:2:32




107 Borbangnadyr with Steam Water
Anatoli Kuular
Duration:2:43




108 Xomuz (Jew's Harp) Imitating Water
Anatoli Kuular
Duration:1:38




109 Home on the (Mountain) Range
n/a
Duration:1:28




110 Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Öttüneri (Imitation of Wild and Domestic Animals)
Albert Saspyk-ool
Duration:1:49




111 Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Öttüneri (Reprise)
Alexander Chambal-oglu Tülüsh
Duration:2:12




112 Harmonics in the Wind
n/a
Duration:2:59




113 Sonic Landscape
Grigori Mongush
Duration:1:49




114 The Legacy of Ancestors
Tos-Khol
Duration:7:32




115 Cave Spirits
Sayan Bapa
Duration:0:56




116 Kyzyl Taiga (Red Forest)
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
Duration:2:19




117 Talking Xomuz
Anatoli Kuular
Duration:1:53




118 Chiraa-Xor
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Sayan Bapa
Duration:4:29




119 Epilogue
n/a
Duration:0:59