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スミソニアン・フォークウェイズが所蔵する『UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music』コレクションから厳選された楽曲を集めた一枚。坤琴の旋律を箏で独奏した楽曲やパキスタンの美しいガザルなどを収録している。
収録曲
01Kacapi suling:Semarang and Banjaran (Uking Sukri、Ono Sukarna、Iim Ibrahim) (Indonesia)
02Lot fay tay lang (The Train Goes Down the Track) (Thao Salilath) (Laos)
03Coi-Giau (The Tray of Betel) (Ba Manh、Tu Van、Son Ma、Van Tich) (Viet Nam)
04Pu pu chiao (Graceful Steps of a Lovely Lady) (Hsiao Ming) (Hong Kong)
05Taizi you (The Prince's Voyage) (The Peartree Orchard (Liyuan Xi) Opera Troupe of Quanzhou) (China)
06Music for the ”Horse-Viele”-The Black Stallion Zhonon of the Khalka Mongols (D.Zhantsanchoy) (Mongolia)
07Dai hannya tendoku e (excerpt) (The Buzan Division of the Shingon Sect) (Japan)
08Suwa-ikazuchi (excerpt) (O-Suwa-Daiko ensemble、Daihachi Oguchi) (Japan)
09The Water Drum (Excerpt) (Baka children) (Cameroon)
10Li fugo nyige (Excerpt) (Bolonyen orchestra of Waragnene village) (Cote d'Ivoire)
11Eci ameya (Song for the Cult of the Twins) (Ongo ensemble) (Central African Republic)
12Za:uerli Sung in the Inn (Ernst Pfa:ndler) (Switzerland)
13La quarta spada (The Fourth Sword) (excerpt) (Don S.Curatolo、R.Failla、G. Minardi、R.Sciacca、G.Catanzaro) (Sicily)
14Le retour du jardinier (Jean Blanchard、Musette Bechonnet) (France)
15Arcan:”The Lasso” (Petro Terpeliuk and folk ensemble of song and dance ”Vesselka” of the House of Culture of Dolyna) (Ukraine)
16Toque abrapampen[~]o (Mario Mendoza) (Argentina)
17Roia kurireu (Excerpt) (Bororo men、women、and children) (Brazil)
18Melodic katajjait (Temegeak Pitaulassie、Nelli Apaqaq) (Canada)
19Ghazal (excerpt) (The Sabri Brothers) (Pakistan)
20Raga darbari kanada:Jod (excerpt) (Ustad Asad Ali Khan、Pandit Gopal Das、Mohamed Saklain) (North India)
21Kajri (Hiralal Yadav and party) (India)
22Invocation to the Goddess Yeshiki Mamo、Pt.2 (excerpt) (The Lamas of the Nyingmapa Monastery of Dehra Dun) (Tibetan Ritual)
23Mugam humayun (excerpt) (Bahram Mansurov) (Azerbaijan)
24Makam usshak (excerpt) (Kudsi Erguner) (Turkey)
25Mukhalif:Maqam Iraqi (excerpt) (Muhammad H.Jrifani、Mullah Adnan Ensemble) (Iraq)
26Communion Chant)”He Whom the Seraphim Fear to Behold” (Deacons of the Church of the Virgin of Qamishli) (Syrian Orthodox Church)
27Sama'i el-'aryan (The Takht Ensemble of Cairo) (Egypt)
28Song of the Meherza with Tebel Drum (Excerpt) (Meherza singers with percussion and flute) (Algeria)
29Faa ta gwouna (‘Au sisile panpipe ensemble) (Solomon Islands)
30Morning Star、Pigeon and Rain Songs (Excerpt) (Djapu (Yolngu) men and women、Caledon Bay、Northeast Arnhem Land) (Australia)