ガイドコメント
米スミソニアン・フォークウェイズ所蔵の民族音楽コレクション“ユネスコ・シリーズ”の番外編となる特別編集盤の“世界の儀礼音楽と詠唱”編。世界津々浦々の葬儀、収穫祭、宗教儀式などで演奏されるめずらしい儀礼音楽や詠唱を収録している。
収録曲
01Uunu (Song-leader and men's choir、Kwaifalu) (Solomon Islands)
02Solo on the Susuku Bundle Panpipe (Aeresuuga) (Solomon Islands)
03Women's Wu-ungka Songs (excerpt) (Utekn、Yuimuk) (Australia)
04Tarawangsa (excerpt) (Pak Supria、Pak Amat) (Java)
05Phleng Khlom (excerpt) (The Pinpeat Orchestra of Siemreap-Angkor、conducted by Prach Chhuon) (Cambodia)
06Pheng Phi Fa (excerpt) (Phu Thao Tene、Thao Sene、Thao Seng、Thao Bunkeud) (Laos)
07Invocation to the Goddess Yeshiki Mamo (excerpt) (The Lamas of the Nyingmapa Monastery of Dehra Dun) (Tibetan Ritual)
08O-fune-matsuri nerikomi bayashi (O-Suwa-Daiko Ensemble、Daihachi Oguchi) (Japan)
09Son de la Media Bamba (Dance of the Negritos) (Totonac dance group from Papantla、Veracruz) (Mexico)
10Marido paru (Excerpt) (Group of Bororo men、Mato Grosso) (Brazil)
11Dance of the Elephant Mask (Baoule men and women、Lolobo village、Yamoussoukro) (Cote d'Ivoire)
12Ze ze ze kuluze (Two Ngbaka men) (Central African Republic)
13Zar (Omar Yussof Traibi) (Yemen)
14Akh Tagorye H'achirye (excerpt) (Evelyne Daoud) (Syria)
15Na't (Sufi Abu Bakr) (Afghanistan (Herat))
16Why Do You Weep、Why Do You Lament? (Folk ensemble of Alexeyevka village、Starosyniavs'kiy District、Khmelnytskyi) (Ukraine)
17Ourah ler sourp yeghehetzi (Choir of the Mekhitarist Community of San Lazzaro) (Armenia)
18Pesrev in makam Bayati (excerpt) (Kudsi Erguner) (Turkey)
19Gloria (C.Genco、G.Genco、M.Lombardo、P.Mendola、G.Milazzo、G.Pace、A.Randazzo、C.Randazzo、R.Randazzo) (Sicily)
20Invocations of the Nudi and of the Faithful (Good Friday procession participants、Assoro、Sicily) (Sicily)