Various Artists - Silk Road: A Musical Caravan - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

What if Marco Polo had owned a tape recorder? And what if his epic travels across the heart of Asia had taken place not at the end of the 13th century, but at the beginning of the 21st? The Silk Road A Musical Caravan presents a panoramic sweep of the vast and rich musical territory that an adventurous traveler like Polo might uncover in this vitally important region today. 2-CD, full color booklet with extensive notes, photos, 47 tracks and 146 minutes. Album Tracks 1. Mahur (Iranian) - Bruno Caillat 2. Fakhri Havasi (Azeri) - Edalat Nasibov 3. Balbyraun (Kazakh) - Aygul Ulkenbaeva 4. Dance of Tamir Agha (Armenian) - Evorg Dabaghian 5. Dilkash (Azeri) - Elshan Mansurov 6. Uchun Dur (Uzbek/Tajik) - Jurabek Nabiev 7. Choban Bayati (Azeri) - Mailik Mansurov 8. Mokhalef (Iranian) - Hoseyn Qavami 9. Shushtari (Iranian) - Hasan Kasa'i 10. Lullaby from Itsuki (Japanese) - Kojiro Umezaki 11. Ker-Tolgoo (Kyrgyz) - Samara Tokhtakunova 12. Xiao Yue Er Gao ('High Little Moon') (Chinese) - Wu Man 13. Jiu Kuaang ('Wine Mad') (Chinese) - Yao Bingyan 14. Kharagay ('The Pine Tree') (Khakas) - Svetlana Chebodaev 15. Ilme ('Hook') (Kazakh) - Aygul Ulkenbaeva 16. The Gallop of Jonon Khar (Mongolian) - Baterdene 17. The Nightingale (Kyrgyz) - Ruslan Jumabaev 18. The River Herlen (Mongolian) - Baterdene 19. Nava (Uzbek) - Turgun Alimatov 20. Woy Bala ('Hey, Kid') (Uyghur) - Nur Mahammat Tursun 21. Meskin II (Uzbek) - Abdurahim Hamidov 22. Ufar-E Bayat (Tajik/Uzbek/Bukharan Jewish) - Barno Is'hakova 23. Chabbiyat Tazi Marghul (Uyghur) - Uyghur Muquam Ensemble 24. Shawm and Percussion Band (Chinese) - Gongxiao Dasha Ensemble 1. The Nomadic Sound Jew's Harp Melody (Kazakh) - Edil Huseinov 2. The Nomadic Sound Khai (Khakas) - Evgeni Ulugbashev 3. The Nomadic Sound Tepen Kok (Kazakh from Mongolia) - Kelek Kumaqay 4. The Nomadic So