ガイドコメント
米スミソニアン・フォークウェイズが所蔵する民族音楽コレクション。ユネスコ・シリーズ特別盤となる本作は、慶事に欠かせないダンス音楽と祝祭音楽編。チリ、スーダン、マダガスカル、カメルーン、ウクライナ、モンゴル、日本など、世界諸国の音源を収録。
収録曲
01Cueca (Olga Guzman、Juan Negrete) (Chile)
02Languilayo qochachapi (Sonia Mamani、Victor Mamani Pucho) (Peru)
03Son de la Media Bamba (Totonac dance group from Papantla、Veracruz) (Mexico)
04Zapateo (Horizonte Campesino) (Cuba)
05Mazurka etter Jens Mykland (Vidar Lande) (Norway)
06The Mountain Top (Colm O Caodhain) (Ireland)
07Laderititou (Polka du Lac (Eric Montbel、Jean Blanchard)) (France)
08Bunyon (Fulani musicians、Tera Department、Niger) (Benin)
09Music for the Buma Dance (Excerpt) (Baka men and women performing buma ritual) (Cameroon)
10Dance Music (Excerpt) (Banda-Linda drummers) (Central African Republic)
11Afinandigi (Sayid Abdul Rahman and waza ensemble、Madbis clan、Ganis village) (Sudan)
12Ingoma-Abafana bonkhe (All men (Ngoni men and women、Zulu Village、Mchinji District)) (Malawi)
13Atete aty ragnotra (Come Nearer、 Sister[Brother]in Law!) (Excerpt) (Flute ensemble、Anorimbato village、Ampasina Maningory) (Madagascar)
14Kafa (Members of a traditional dance group in Futuna) (Vanuatu)
15Ketuk Tilu (Excerpt) (Bojong Jati Village Ketuk Tilu Ensemble led by Anda Suganda) (Java)
16Phleng (Excerpt) (The Pinpeat Orchestra of Siemreap-Angkor、conducted by Prach Chhuon) (Cambodia)
17Hatoma-bushi (Yamairi Tsuru) (Japan)
18Popular Dance of Western Mongolia (Barun mongol ardyn biyelgee) (Batbayar) (Mongolia)
19Hutsulka (Roman、Ivan、and Vasily Vatamaniuk) (Ukraine)
20Meydan saz (Ali Ekber Cicek) (Turkey)