Musique Malgache

 

MUSIQUE MALGACHE

MUSIC FROM MADAGASCAR

Ocora ORTF, 1982, OCR 24

Madagascar and its music have been the subject of numerous field recordings and some of them were published by Ocora. But this album is not part of Ocora catalogue anymore although it was reissued in 1984.
Charles Duvelle (1937-2017) who recorded the music, wrote the text, took the photos and produced the whole lot was a French ethnomusicologist who took part in the foudation of this label and who created as well his own label Prophet. He started to go to Africa in 1961 on behalf for the Office de Coopération Radiophonique (O.CO.RA)
The present recordings were made in 1963 over a period of two months and Duvelle's goal was to offer a kind of introduction to malagasy music with several instruments (but no valiha) and several ethnic groups. And we can feel the cultural richness of this island for sure.
Each track is well introduced in French and English and complete our desire for more.

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Кыргыз Күүлөрүнүн Антологиясы 5

 

Кыргыз Күүлөрүнүн Антологиясы

Биринчи бөлүм

ANTHOLOGY OF KYRGYZ MELODIES (PART ONE)

Melodiya, 1974, M30-35587-88

 

 This is the fifth album in this series. I borrowed it from the Soviet cultural center in Paris and as before I didn't copy the tracks in Kyrgyz (here I 1)
Note that this series was reissued on vinyl records in 1984 with a different cover.

 

Арноо Күүлөрү  

I1		Кириш сөз = Вступительное слово = Introduction Read By – Т. Абдракунов
I2		Моңолбай (I вариант) Dombra [Komuz] – Асанаалы Кыштообаев
I3		Моңолбай (II вариант) Dombra [Komuz] – Ыбрай Туманов
I4		Коңур каз (I вариант) Dombra [Komuz] – Жөлөгөн Чымырбаев
I5		Коңур каз (II вариант) Dombra [Komuz] – Ыбрай Туманов
I6		Бекташ Dombra [Komuz] – Асанаалы Кыштообаев
I7		Айкүмүштүн такилет Dombra [Komuz] – Асылбэк Эшмамбетов
I8		Кубагыш Dombra [Komuz] – Эркесары Бекбазаров
I9		Кара теке Dombra [Komuz] – Шекербек Шеркулов
J1		Сараң кыз Dombra [Komuz] – Болуш Мадазимов
J2		Ой керимбай Dombra [Komuz] – Жөлөгөн Чымырбаев
J3		Чегиртке Dombra [Komuz] – Ыбрай Туманов
J4		Жанайым Dombra [Komuz] – Алтымыш Мундузбаев
J5		Шүдүңгүт Dombra [Komuz] – Абдракман Кыдырбаев
J6		Кулпенде Dombra [Komuz] – Чалагыз Иманкулов
J7		Мандикер Dombra [Komuz] – Жакшыбай Жээнтаев
J8		Төрөкелдим Dombra [Komuz] – Жөлөгөн Чымырбаев
J9		Эки достун айрылышы Dombra [Komuz] – Жөлөгөн Чымырбаев
J10		Баатыр карагул Dombra [Komuz] – Асанаалы Кыштообаев

 

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JAVA

 

JAVA

gamelans from the sultan's palace in jogjakarta

musical traditions in Asia 

Archiv Produktion, 1973, 2723017

Archiv Produktion is part of the German label Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mostly known for its prestigious early and classical music catalogue.
But art music from other parts of the world was also of interest for this label as shown by the collection called ''Musical Traditions in Asia''.
The man behind this double album was Jacques Brunet  the French musicologist one of the best specialist in south-east asian music  (see earlier posts). This is a guarantee of quality in both recording and presentation. The text (in English here) starts with a brief historical introduction; then he gives some details about the palace (kraton) of Jogjakarta and the music played there.
The rest of the text is the work of Dr Liberty Manik  starting with an introduction to the music recorded here (instruments, modes etc..) and the presentation of each track. Some of the gamelans still in use are very old dating back to the mid-18th century.The last track features a choir.
All pieces are played in their entirety and recordings were made in September 1972.

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