Mongolia: Living Music of the Steppes

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0600929300122 Label: Music Earth / Multic Manufacturer: Music Earth / Multic Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Music Earth / Multic Release Date: 1997-05-27 Studio: Music Earth / Multic
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Editorial Reviews:
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Superior Comment: In putting together a programme of World Music for Hong Kong's public radio station RTHK Radio 4, I came across this CD and a CD of similar material released by Ocora, the Radio France recording company. Most Ocora recordings of world music are superior products, but in terms of the variety of Mongolian music, their CD fell far short. Living Music of the Steppes is a womderful product and far superior to Ocora's; it contains a wider variety of instruments, has both male and female singers, and has some truly astonishing and gorgeous examples of Tuvan throat singing. My favorites are a track of unaccompanied throat singing, a track of the Mongolian Jew's Harp, and a track with throat singing "accompanied" by the Mongolian 2-stringed fiddle in a heterophonic texture. This is a fantastic product, marred only slightly by programme notes that are a bit hard to follow in their organization. Nonetheless, a must have for all those interested in non-Western music. More Reviews