The
Beard of the Camel, by Yalla.
Featuring 15 songs highlighting the talents of Farrukh Zakirov, Rustam
Iliasov, Abbos Aliyev, Javlon Tokhtayev, Alishier Tulyaganov, Ibraghim
Aliyev, Tulkin Isakov, and Abdullah Kurbanov. Yalla is a popular musical
group from Uzbekistan. The songs on this CD are:
City
of Love, by Ashkhabad
Atabai Tsharykuliev on vocals and tar; Ghassan Mamedov on violin; Sabir
Rizaev on clarinet, soprano saxophone, serp, and nagara; Kurban Kurbanov
on accordion and piano; Khakberdy Allamoradov on dep. serp and nagara.
With guest musicians (Sonia Slany, Jocelyn Pool, Caroline Lavelle, David
Defries, and Brend von Ostrowski).
Music
from the Oasis Towns of Central Asia, by Uyghur musicians from
Xinjiang
12 traditional Uyghur songs:
Tarkan,
by Tarkan
Turkish pop and dance music
Karma,
by Tarkan
Another album popular in Turkey
Whirling,
by Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Omar Faruk Tekbilek is a musician from Turkey who plays the ney flute,
baglama, Arabian clarinet, Turkish oboe, jar drums, frame drums, Western
accordian, and other instruments.
Crescent Moon, by Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Mystical Garden, by Omar Faruk Tekbilek
The
Best of Yulduz, by Yulduz Usmanova
"Yulduz Usmanova is from Uzbekistan, along the fabled Silk Road trade
route in Central Asia. Her singing is a fusion of intricately coded
styles, which includes borrowings from Turkish and Persian rhythms and
scales. She is accompanied by the tanbur (a long-necked lute) and the
doira (a hand drum) but often wields a wicked backbeat and sees no reason
why she should not use the latest electronic percussion and synthesizers."
- Amazon.com
Galing
Galing, by Mokhira Asadova.
Mokhira is a singer from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She studied traditional
music at the Tashkent Oriental Music Conservatory. One of her styles is
called Makom and was founded in the 13th century. Here are the
great Uzbek songs on this 1998 album:
Jinouni,
by Yalla.
World music by well-known Uzbekistani singers and musicians, including
several songs celebrating the cultures of the Uighurs, Uzbeks, and
Kazakhs. Listen to these song samples: Jinouni, Pardaina.
The
Selection Album, by Yulduz Usmanova.
This CD features the following 16 songs, sung in the Uzbek language:
Binafscha,
by Yulduz Usmanova.
This CD was rated
4 out of 5 stars by PC&mediji (a Slovenian periodical)
in its June 1996 issue.
It features the following 14 songs:
Jannona,
by Yulduz Usmanova.
More great music from this popular Uzbek singer. 10 songs in all:
I Wish You Were Here (single), by Yulduz Usmanova
Alma
Alma, by Yulduz Usmanova
"Quite naturally, the multi-talented stirrer mixes the folklore of her
country with style-elements from pop and rock." - Audio (Germany)
"Musical globetrotters listened: Yulduz Usmanova, the 1991 winner of the
Kazakhstani music festival 'Azia Dausy' mixes traditional folklore-sounds
of her Uzbekistani home on 'Alma Alma' with western pop-elements. Rhythms
and melodies are based on Turkish-Ottoman bar and harmony structures, but
avoids that harmony nerve-killing for European ears. A distinctive album."
- Stereoplay (Germany)
Yar
Kelour, by Matlubeh
"Matlubeh, whose name means 'she who is desired,' is one of Uzbekistan's
most treasured classical folk artists... After several years as a soloist
in Radio Uzbekistan's Shashmaqam Ensemble, her plangent voice and command
of the demanding Uzbek and Tajik (Persian-derived) repertoires led to
performances in Sweden and Spain and at several festivals in France. On
'Yar Kelour' she is accompanied only by a robabe (a banjolike
instrument) or an oud (Arabic lute), which allows her vocals to soar,
barely tethered to the earth from which they came." - Christina Roden,
Amazon.com
Ouzbekistan:
Ferghana Maqam, by Monajat Yultchieva
Performers: Monajat Yultchieva (vocals), with Shawqat
Mirzaev (rabab), Ahmad Jan Dadaev (ghijak), Timur Mahmudov (chang), Malika
Ziaeva (dotar), Soltan Ali Khodaverdiev (dotar), Ahmad Jan Sobirov (nay),
Farhad Dadaev (dayera), Mamour Jan Mirdadaev (dayera)
World
Network Volume 38: Uzbekistan, by Munadjat Yulchieva/Ensemble
Shavkat Mirzaev
Performers: Munadjat Yultchieva (vocals); Shavkat Mirzaev (rubab); Shurat
Razzakov (dutar, tanbur); Malika Ziaeva (dutar); Timur Mahmudov (chang);
Sabir Abdullaev (kanun); Erkin Hujamberdyev (nay); Ikram Matanov
(qoshnay); Ahmadan Dadaev (gidjak).
Uzbekistan: Great Voices of the Past (1940-1965)
Kazakhstan
- Music from Almati, by Wolf Dietrich.
Almati (meaning "Apple-Father") is the former capital city of Kazakhstan.
Today the capital of Kazakhstan is Astana, farther to the north.
Music of Azerbaijan, by Lok-Batan Folklore Group
Music
of Azerbaijan, by Habil Aliyev
8 Azerbaijani mugams performed by a distinguished kamancha player.
Love's
Deep Ocean, by Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Azerbaijani music
Legendary
Art of Mugham, by Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Azerbaijani music
Anthology of World Music: Azerbaijan
Best
of Zoroofchi, by Yagoub Zoroofchi
Includes 11 Azeri songs:
Masters
of Turkish Music, Volume 1
Masters
of Turkish Music, Volume 2
Caravanserai by Burhan Öçal and the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble
Sultan's Secret Door, by Burhan Öçal and the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble
Turkish
Sufi Music - Folk Lute of Anatolia, by Ali Ekber Cicek.
Songs on this CD include:
Ashiklar:
Folk Music of Turkey
"Even to those unfamiliar with the region and its religion, the music of
the Ashiks, the bards and celebrants of Anatolia, is immediately
entrancing. The microtonal modes in which they play and sing resemble the
music heard throughout the Islamic world, although Alevi, the particular
faith of the Anatolian people, has historically been at odds with the
prevailing Sunni sect in Turkey. Songs and dances, as heard in this
recording, are an integral part of Alevi worship, and are traditionally
accompanied by Ashiks (literally, 'those who are in love'). Their
principal instrument is the baglama (or saz), a long-necked fretted lute
with a brittle but exciting sound. It is strummed with a hypnotic swing to
the rhythm, the player weaving decorations around a drone. This album
loosely functions as the soundtrack to a short film of the same title,
also produced by David Grabias." - The Rough Guide to World Music,
Volume 1, edited by Simon Broughton
Turkish Classical Music, by Ahenk
Folk Music From Turkey, by Huseyin Turkmenler
Çiftetelli,
by Laço Tayfa
11 jazzy Turkish songs with clarinet, violin, kanun, ud, bass, drums, and
other instruments. Songs on this CD include:
Hava Narghile: Middle Eastern Raga Rock Ala Turqui, 1966-1975 (Turkish Rock Music) - a compilation of psychedelic Turkish music which combined Western and Turkish styles
Turkish Tzigane Music, by the Erkose Ensemble
Anatolian
Village Music
Music from Turkey.
Music of The Ottoman Empire: Turkish Classical Music
Alleys
of Istanbul, by Turku
"This CD... focuses on Turkish, Kurdish, Azeri, and Anatolian
material. Turku also use all traditional instruments including several
types of Saz, Violin, Oud, Tar 'another long-necked lute', and various
types of percussion 'Davul, dumbek, djembe, riq, etc.'. Their playing is
inspired, even striding in the realm of virtuosic, with an obvious ability
for improvisation and a good sense of how to build a piece. The material
is generally high energy with an emphasis on upbeat numbers." - Dirty
Linen Magazine
Nomads of the Silk Road, by Turku
The
Secret Museum of Mankind: Music of Central Asia, 1925-1948
26 classical and folk songs from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the
Caucasus, and Kyrgyzstan, plus Tajikistan and Mongolia.
Istanbul
1925
22 classical Turkish songs
The
Women of Istanbul
24 Turkish songs recorded by women singers between 1928 and 1953.
Echoes of Anatolia: Music from Istanbul
Tuva:
Voices from the Center of Asia
The Tuvans are a Turkic people who live northwest of Mongolia. Their land
is part of the Russian Federation.
Tuva,
Among the Stars: Sound, Music, and Nature in Sakha and Tuva
Includes the following tracks:
Echoes
of the Spirit World
Another collection of music from Tuva.
If
I'd Been Born An Eagle, by Huun-Huur-Tu.
More Tuvan songs, including:
Sixty
Horses In My Herd, by Huun-Huur-Tu.
Includes khoomei throat-singing by expert Tuvan singers. The songs on the
CD are:
The
Orphan's Lament, by Huun-Huur-Tu.
Additional Tuvan selections.
Back
Tuva Front, by the Tuvan throat-singer Ondar and American country
singers.
In February 1999, Ondar performed on the David Letterman Show in the
United States, thus bringing Tuvan throat-singing to a large audience.
World Network Vol. 21: Tuva: Tuvinian Musicians..., by Tuva-Ensemble, Oleg Kuular, Bujan Dondak, Opej Andrej, and other artists
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