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Sixty Horses in My Herd: Old Songs & Tunes of Tuva - Throat Singing
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Track Listing
- Sygyt: "Lament Of The Igil"
- Mezhegei
- Oske Cherde
- Eshten Charlyyry Berge
- Kombu
- Khoomei
- Kongurei
- Fantasy On The Igil
- Bayan Dugai
- Tuvan Internationale
- Kargyraa
- Ching Soortukchulerining
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #30412 in Music
- Released on: 1999-10-01
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .21 pounds
Customer Reviews
The wistful, haunting sounds of a harsh nomadic existence.
I've listened to several recordings of Tuvan music and this is the one which I feel comes closest to nomadic origins of the form. An almost painful melancholoy and sense of unending distance pervade many of the tracks on this disc. Tuvas more recent history is not, however, ignored; a Tuvan version of the communist 'internationale' is also included.
Enjoyable; should be longer
With only 12 songs lasting 47minutes and 36 seconds this CD is perhaps a little on the light side in terms of time for the cost. Two or three extra songs would not have gone amiss.
This is my first excursion into the TUVAN Throat Singing area and I must say it has been an enjoyable one. The music here is drawn from the "old and forgotten' songs of the region, the roots of the sound that is Tuva.
My favourite tracks are;
Sygyt which comes first on the CD and combines strings and vocals in an interesting and delightful way. The voice travels through a range of sounds as it tells one of the Tuvan folk tales.
Track 3 Oske Cherde has a lighter feel to the composition. Two strings instruments accompany the vocal which ranges further tan in track1, Bells and a drum are also used to evoke a good rythem.
Track 5 Kombu has the throat sounds that will mistify you as to how it is made.
In Kargyraa track 11 we are treated to one of the two vocal-only tracks on the CD. It a lament from a traveller for his homeland and the sounds produced seem to capture the sadness that all of us can feel thinking of home
It seems to me that this CD by Huun-Huur-Tu is a good introduction to the sound of the Tuvan area. There is a good variety of sounds and the 'singing' is interesting at a number of levels. Paul Hudson
