#2174: Silk Road Music

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Music from the Silk Road, the ancient Chinese trade route, is featured on this edition of New Sounds. Betty Anne Wong presents her new Silk Road-inspired CD, "Desert Dreams of Light," which features her Phoenix Spring Ensemble in a globe-trotting assortment of instruments, from the Chinese double-reed guanze, to the Japanese Shakuhachi and Australian didjeridu. Also on tap are selections by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his own Silk Road Project, the Bukharan group Shashmaqam, and more.

PROGRAM #2174 Music from the Silk Road (First aired: Monday 7/7/03)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Kitaro	Silk Road, Vol. 1	Bodhisattva [1:30]	Kuckuck #12051/2. Available at Amazon.com; more info at www.domo.com
YoYo Ma & the Silk Road Project	Silk Road Journeys	Chi passa per'sta strada [1:30] Blue As the Turquoise Night [15:00]	Sony #89782** www.sonyclassical.com*
Betty Anne Siu Junn Wong & Phoenix Spring Ensemble	Desert Dreams of Light	Sohbaat (the Art of Conversation) [5:00] Long Journey, excerpt [4:00] Guzel Tashkorgan [3:00] Pamir Trance, excerpt [4:00] Desert Dreams of Light,excerpt [4:00]	Available from www.CDBaby.com and www.phoenixspringensemble.com
Shashmaqam	Music of the Bukharan Jewish Ensemble Shasmaqam	Yalli [330]	Smithsonian Folkways #40054 www.folkways.si.edu

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