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Artist:
AISSAWA CONFRATERNITY, THE
Title:
Confriérie des Aïssawa: Morocco
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560140
"First formed in the 16th Century and among the most celebrated Sufi ensembles in Morocco, the Aïssawa Confraternity bring particular spark to their rituals through a capella psalmody, religious poetry, trance dances accompanied on powerful musical instruments (such as ghayta oboes, duff framed drums, etc.)."
Artist:
AMAN, MOHAMMED
Title:
Saudi Arabia Tradition of Hejaz
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560158
"The vocal power, oud, zither and violin transport us back through courtly poetry and chamber music to the former glories of Hejâz, the cradle of Arabian civilization. This CD demonstrates the usual exemplary standards of recording and presentation from Ocora, featuring one of the last great exponents of these technically difficult and rare traditions."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Madagascar: Pays Merina
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560159
"This anthology is devoted to the musical traditions of the Merina country in the heart of the island. Several traditional instruments are used including the valiha, a tubular zither, the national instrument of Madagascar, the sodina flute, similar to the Arab ney played by the Master Rakototrah and his pupil Rakotovao, the kabosy lute, one of the most widely played instrument and the gorodao, an adaptation of the European accordion. The anthology also explores different vocal genres ranging from the theatrical hiragasy to the religious zafindraony."
Artist:
SULAYITI KALUNGI ENSEMBLE OF KAMPALA
Title:
Uganda - Music of the Baganda People
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560161
"The most remarkable aspects of the Ugandan culture are mainly found in traditional dance, music and drama. Kiganda music (music of the Baganda people), both secular and sacred, plays an important role throughout the lives of the Baganda people. Today's repertoire includes music celebrating birth, lullabies, songs associated with games and for the education of children, songs related to work, sport, marriage, religion and death."
Artist:
WABARUAGUN ENSEMBLE
Title:
Songs of the Black Caribs
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560162
"The Black Caribs of Central America (or Garinagu) exalt their African heritage, blended with its Indian Carib roots, through songs and drumming specific to possession and funeral rite dancing."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Venezuela: Diablos Songs & Drums
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560163
"Music of the Diablos brotherhood is the product of a Black culture which, despite its deep religious syncretism, has been able to preserve with remarkable vitality and astonishing fidelity, the songs, drums and ceremonies of its essential African origins."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Masumbi: Wagogo
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560165
Music of Tanzania"Despite Wagogo music's basic vocal and polyphonic nature, its instrumental music is also highly important, especially at times of leisure and relaxation. Essential for dancing or to accompany songs telling village stories, chronicles, legends of news, these instrumental works are also used to transmit messages, advice or warnings to the community."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Yemen: The Singing of Sanaa
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560173
"In a vast plain encircled by mountains lies the medieval city of Sanaa, capital of Yemen. Sanaa maintains the most authentic of the vocal and musical traditions of the south of the Arabic peninsula. Sublime poetic texts (dating from the 14th century) and highly original instruments (qanbûs luth and percussion set on a copper plate) inspire the music of Ocora's collection entitled The Singing of Sanaa. This is the quintessence of Yemenite traditional music, featuring classic themes of courtly love, nostalgia and longing."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Ethiopia: Ari Polyphonies
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560174
"The Ari sedentary farmers of animist tradition, dwell n the highlands of the north-western reaches of Ethiopia. This region is a rich mosaic of many ethnic groups, the Ari being one of the largest. Ari territory divides into nine tribal states each with its own political, economic and religious organization. The Ari treat the human voice as a veritable instrument: exploring its entire acoustic range by varying registers, timbres and vowel resonance; their grand-scale polyphonies are highly sophisticated, yet not without elements of spontaneity and surprise."
Artist:
NASIBOV, EDALAT
Title:
The Art of the Saz
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560181
Music of Azerbaidjan; recorded 1997. "With innovative instrumental techniques of fingering and tuning and a richly ornamental style, virtuoso sàz lute performer Edalat Nasibov plays tunes which explore the art of the âshyq (Azerbaijani bards whose golden age lasted from the 15th to the 16th centuries)."
Artist:
ZHONG, CHEN
Title:
Hommage a Chen Zhong
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560183
"Chen Zhong (1919-2002) was a great master of Chinese music, a multi-instrumentalist particularly renowned for his skill on the xun and xiao flutes. He first gained international recognition in 1994, at the age of 75, with an overseas tour that included Japan, France and Switzerland. Zhong was recorded by Radio France in 1995 (Ocora C560090) and it was the success of that association that led to the release of these serene and intimate ensemble recordings, previously only available in China."
Artist:
FLORES, RUDI ET NINI
Title:
Chamame: Music of Corrientes
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560186
"
Chamame
is the main musical genre played, danced and sung in Argentina's North-Eastern provinces. Long derided, this mixture of Spanish, Guarani and African influence is now enjoying an unprecedented revival. Recorded in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1993. Brothers Rudi Flores on guitar and Nini Flores on accordion were both born in the Corrientes province of Argentina, but since 2000 they have lived in France."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Palenque of San Basilio
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560187
"The Palenque of San Basilio, Colombia are a group of people who are descendants of runaway slaves. The Creole language that the Palenque speak is Spanish-based but heavily influenced by West African languages. Ocora presents a musical portrait of Palenque of San Basilio, the first settlement of emancipated blacks in the New World. On this CD, the Palenque sing songs of sisterhoods, everyday life and funeral music sung a cappella or to vibrant percussion accompaniment." Limited stock.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Espagne: Valencia, Cant d'estil - Singing Contests
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560189
"
Cant d'estil
(singing contests) are sung outside, especially on hot summer nights in Valencia (they are largely specific to this region).
Estil
means style and it is the adornment, the style, of these pieces that define them. There's something of the matador about these singers: demonstrating bravura is part of the art. Here, various singers are accompanied by a small orchestra (
rondalla
) in charming, earthy performances recorded in 2003."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Burkina Faso: Lobi Country
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560194
"The Lobi people of Southern Burkina Faso and Northern Ghana and Ivory Coast were fiercely resistant to colonization and remain a relatively close society today. This has aided the continuing existence of marvelous xylophone music to accompany funerals and initiation ceremonies. This album is of music played on
buur
xylophones,
buur
also being the name for the closing ceremony of the initiation of diviners." Recordings from 1998.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Kabiyé Orchestras & Lithophones
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560195
"Rhythm is paramount to the Kabiyé of Northern Togo. This recording presents a selection of music played by the tribe's orchestras consisting of percussive instruments, flutes, whistles and trumpets. Also heard is the rare
pichanchalassi
lithophone ('the sound of the stones') -- an instrument played for entertainment and in initiation rites of young boys. These fascinating ethnic music recordings were made in Togo between 2001 and 2004 by Lorenzo Bianchi and Daniele Segre Amar."
Artist:
ENSEMBLE HIJIRI KAI
Title:
Urban Music of the Edo Period
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560196
"The Hijiri Kai Ensemble (the name means Group of Wise People) was formed in 2003 for a concert tour of France. Their instrumentation comprises shakuhachi flute, koto zither and shamisen lute. On this album, they play classical Japanese music from the end of the 'modern' period."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Mali: The Fulani Hoddu
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560198
Lo-key, minimalist Mali-ian droning atmospherics here -- one of the most exciting Ocora releases in years. No east-meets-west fusion in sight. "This disc featured four exceptional Malian musicians playing the hoddu lute -- the foundation stone of the oral tradition of the Fulani people and the key to the communication of their knowledge. This ancient music has been endlessly recreated through the centuries, and transmitted from generation to generation. The players come from three successive generations of the Sarre griot family and include Nouhoum Hamadou Sarre, with whom the young Ali Farke Toure made his first album. The recordings were made between 2002-2004 in Mali."
Artist:
RAO, LALITH
Title:
Raga Darbari Kanhada, Raga Desh
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560201
"The enchanting North Indian vocalist Lalith Rao presents two ragas from the Hindustani classical tradition, accompanied by harmonium, tempura and tabla. An exponent of the dhrupad style, the oldest genre within the tradition dating back to the 14th century, Rao underwent personal crisis in 1994 in which she lost her singing voice. It is only after years of patient re-education that she has now attained her previous high level of performance. The booklet contains bilingual notes including a long interview with the artist. Rao is a disciple of Pandit Rama Rao Naik and Ustad Khadim Husain Khan, both of the Agra-Atrauli gharana."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Gabon - Myènè Songs
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560204
"Recorded over a period of fifty years, this is a remarkable testimony to the richness of the musical traditions of the Myènè, keepers of the Ogowe river in the central Gabon. The disc included ritual music for harp, percussion and voice recorded with Ocora's usual attention to detail and featuring a booklet rich with ethnomusicological commentary."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Cuba: Punto And Trova Of Sancti Spiritus
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
2CD/BOOK
Price:
$38.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 560208
Housed in a hardcover, full-color 66-page book in French and English. "Sancti Spiritus, in the center of Cuba now appears as the place where the cultures of Spain, Canaries and Africa, all deeply rooted locally, fused into original types of music. The many genres played here,
guajira
,
trova
,
guaracha
,
bolero
and diverse types of
punto
like the zesty
controversias
, are all spiced with popular poetry, subtle rhythms and harmonies, luminous timbres of the tres and the lute. This comprehensive collection explores both these types of music as well as the musical and cultural atmosphere of the region."
Artist:
KRISHNAN, GOPAL
Title:
The Art of the Vichitra Veena
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
2CD
Price:
$38.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 561048
"Gopal Krisnhan, maestro of the vichitra veena (the 'strange' veena, a rare zither played like a Hawaiian guitar) accompanied by the wonderfully melodious tabla-playing of Latif Ahmed Khan." Recorded 4/16/85.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Turkey: Music From The Yayla
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 561050
"Ceremonial melodies from villages in south-west Turkey, the captivating musical universe of peasant communities featuring saz lutes (of different sizes), violin and sipsi (a little oboe)."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Mongolia: Shamans & Lamas
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 561059
"Two aspects of ritual Mongolian music: shamanist seances (a blend of imitative animal sounds, throat noise, heavy breathing and recitatives) and Tibetan-influenced Buddhist liturgies."
Artist:
YULTCHIEVA, MONAJAT
Title:
Uzbekistan
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 561060
"For thousands of years, Central Asia has been a cradle of civilization in which various nations -- Persians, Greeks, Turks and Huns, among others -- gave rise to prestigious cultures. Monâjât Yultchieva is unquestionably one of the great voices of Central Asia today. Following on her recent and highly-acclaimed performance at the WOMAD festival, this is a timely re-release of recordings made in her homeland 1994 (originally released as Ocora 560060). On this CD, Yultchieva sings classical pieces in the Ferghâna-Tashkent vocal style, which is very ornate and highly refined."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Madagascar: Bara Country
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 561089
"Vivacious festive music of the Bara, a southern people with a vast song repertoire and several rare instruments (jejy musical bow, kilangay xylophone-on-legs, kiloliky reed whistle ensembles)."
Artist:
VA
Title:
The Festival Of San Miguel Tzinacapan
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 561099
"San Miguel Tzinacapan is a Nahuat village situated in a lush, mountainous region in the north of the state of Puebla, some seven hours from Mexico City by coach, and half an hour's walk from the tourist town of Cuetzalan, where most of the business activities of this region are concentrated. The language spoken in this village is related to Nahuatl, a language more commonly known abroad under the exotic name 'Aztec.' In Nahuatl, Tzinacapan means 'Bat Springs.' As in all the villages in the Sierra Norte of Puebla, life in San Miguel Tzinacapan follows the agricultural rhythms of maize and coffee and the ebb and flow of the fog banks that relentlessly blot out and recreate its landscape."
"An electric, festive atmosphere for a syncretic music combining native and Spanish influences (strings, flutes and percussion)."
Artist:
QUASIMOV, ALIM
Title:
The Art Of The Mugham
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 561112
"This CD features Alim Quasimov, the greatest classical Azerbaijani singer of his generation, accompanied on the tar lute and the kamancha viol by the incomparable Mansurov brothers. This is a perfect sampler of the art of Mugham, the classical music of Azerbaijan." Recorded 1996.
Artist:
ALI KHAN, NUSRAT FATEH
Title:
Paris Concert - Volume 1
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 581658
"This is the first volume (out of five) by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Sufi master and master of the Qawwali. Nusrat sings songs fervent with divine passion in the khayal, thumree, dadra and ghazal styles, with a strength and intensity that overwhelmed audiences around the world." French radio session recorded 11/6/85.
Artist:
VASSILIKOS ENSEMBLE
Title:
Sacred Byzantine Music
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 581682
"This disc features 'The great octotonal chant to the Virgin.' It is a major work by Petros Bereketis - the most important composer of the golden age of Byzantine music (18th century). The chant is heard here in its complete version, revealing all of the work's beauty and internal structure."
Artist:
MUSICIANS OF THE NILE
Title:
The Musicians Of The Nile
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 582006
"In this recording, the famous Musicians of the Nile display their popular musical tradition of Upper Egypt, accompanied on the rabab viol, the suffara flute and the arghul double clarinet."
Artist:
SUBRAMANIAM, L.
Title:
Legend Of Indian Music
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 582029
"The whole world has been a stage for violin virtuoso Dr L. Subramaniam. He has played around the globe, enthralling music lovers with his unique blend of the best of the east and the west. This CD is a long development of the raga Kirvani in which the great master gradually elaborates upon an entire world of emotional expression." Recorded 1980. L. Subramaniam (violin), V. Kamalâkar Râo (mridangam), Joanna Foresta (tambura), Sushamâ Unnikrishnan (tambura).
Artist:
THE CIRCLE FOR POPULAR ART
Title:
Contemporary Classical Music: China
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 582049
"This CD features a collection of classical pieces, popular tunes and original compositions performed by The Circle of Popular Art, revealing the refinement of different forms of Chinese music." Recorded 1988.
Artist:
MUSIC OF THE BIBAYAK PYGMIES/GABON
Title:
Epic Cantors
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 582053
Ocora has instituted a new mid-line reissue series, making the catalog of the world's best known and universally loved ethnic music label more attractive than ever. This volume features the polyphonic songs of the Bibayak Pygmies from the African country of Gabon. "The Pygmies or Negrillos were most likely the earliest inhabitants of Africa. The music of the Pygmies is essentially vocal. A nonlinguistic semeiology, this music erupts in broken vocalizing of pure sounds: the voices, entering successively, adjust to one another in 'canons' and 'imitations', to which the musical code lends the significance of responses by shaping them to its forms. The yodeling vocal production is characteristic, if not invariable, and gives rise to a certain contrapuntal technique."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Laos: Lam Saravene - Music For The Khen
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 582058
"The vocal art of lam (the dominant form in Laos) and the khen mouth organ (the national instrument), are performed here by a collection of exceptional musicians. This refined style of Laotian classical music is popular for its lively swing."
Artist:
BASHIR, MUNIR
Title:
The Art Of The 'Ud/Iraq
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 583068
The late Munir Bashir was known as "The Emir of the ûd", famous for his long, Indian raga-influenced improvisations. Beautifully presented solo Arabic string music, from a peak performance in 1971. "That incomparable artist of the Baghdad school...recorded in 1971 displaying a perfect balance between fire, melodic invention and classical discipline, reaffirming the purest tradition of
taqsîm
in a revitalizing of his ancient past....From an obscure instrument used in accompaniment barely known outside the Arab world, the
ûd
was to become in his hands a vehicle for a mystical or, to use his own expression, a 'metaphysical' musical language. The same phenomenon occurred with Munir Bashir as did Ravi Shankar: the rediscovery of a universal music transcending all frontiers."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Hungary: Folk Music
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 600013
"This release from Ocora brings together some of the best recordings from European radio archive material. Featured here are diverse, beautiful musical selections from Transanubia, Northern Hungary, the Highlands and the Great Plain. There are vocals, long shepherd pipes, bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, imitation bagpipes, zithers, hairy bagpipes and reed pipes."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Slovakia -- Folk Music
Label:
OCORA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
OCORA 600014
"Slovakian music is influenced by many other cultures: German, gypsy, Jewish, Romanian, Ukranian, and Polish. Violins, flutes,
fujara
(pipes with a drone), dulcimers, accordions and polyphonic singing illustrate the musical traditions of the heart of Europe, on these recordings made originally for Slovakian national radio between 1972-1999."
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