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Date: 21 Apr 1997 15:41:21 GMT
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Tuva: Echoes from the Spirit World. Pan Records CD 2013CD

17 tracks, 61'38, khomus, tyzani, igil, amirga, toshpular, dambiraa, bell, kengirge, byzaanchy, limbi, buree, savag, tung, tenchak, khirilee. Features 11 performers, includes recordings made on tour in 1992 as well as older recordings from Soviet radio (1973, 1983, 1986).
Superlative liner notes explaining many ideas and terms.

Uzlyau: Guttural Singing of the People of the Sayan, Altai, and Ural Mountains (1993). PAN 2019CD (PAN Records Ethnic Series)

37 recordings from Russian archives form a catalog of all known styles of overtone singing from Tuva (12), Altai (2), and Baskhiria (23), collected, produced, (partially) recorded, and documented in encyclopaedic, scholarly liner notes by Vyacheslav Shchurov. Studio and field recordings, featuring master khoomigch Oorzhak Khunashtaar-ool in some awesome 1977 performances recored by Radio Moscow. Some doshpuluur and khomus, but almost all vocal. Some absolute knockout kargyraa.
A must. [BSG]

Khomus: Jew's Harp Music of the Turkic Peoples in the Urals, Siberia, and Central Asia. Pan Records CD PAN 2032CD

While only one track (out of 33) is from Tuva, this is an excellent survey of khomus music of the Turkic speaking peoples. Excellent liner notes, including repeated mention of Tuva and a Tuvan folk tale regarding the origin of the khomus. Very listenable if you like khomus (very twangy if you don't like khomus...) with most of the songs being complete, though fairly short. Music is from Gorno-Altai, Kyrgyzstan, Tuva, Bashkortostan, and Yakutia. There is surprising variety in the music from this simple instrument.
Here are the details on the Tuvan track (#5): ``BAYAN KOL and BISTING TYVA (Our Tuva). Also found on LP Melodiya 14937 #1 and #10. Many folk musicians do not perform on the stage but rather prefer to play in a natural environment, like the Tuvan herdsman Khunashtaar-ool Oorzhak playing temir khomus''. Total time: 66'03. [MVB]