Musical Crossroads of Asia CD

Compiled and annotated by experts in the field, this collection creates a unique sound world in an ancient city of rich and diverse cultural traditions. Buddhists, Moslems, Hindus, Zoroastrians, Nestorian Christians and Oriental Jews have shared musical genres and styles over time. These high quality 1990 digital recordings capture the beauty and substance of instrumental and vocal performances. Extensive background and descriptive notes, map, further resources. 13 songs.

In 1990, Theodore Levin and Otanazar Matykubov recorded the musical life of the ancient Central Asian trade center Bukhara. Their goal was to take an audio snapshot of a city that has for centuries created an amalgam of multiple musical cultures. Classical music of Persian Tajiks and Uzbeks mixes with Jewish and Islamic religious music, all of it overlaid with 70 years of Soviet cultural policy. (During and Levin 2002.)

     101      Shod-i Uforash and Ufor-i Tezash: Dilbaram Shumo      Tofakhon with Ensemble Nozanin      1:56     
     102     Mavrigi     Mahdi Ibodov     5:14    
     103     Songs from the Sozanda Repertory     Tofakhon with Ensemble Nozanin     13:32    
     104     Murghak     Mahdi Ibodov with Tofakhon and Ensemble Nozanin     2:56    
     105     Mogulcha-i Dugah     Ochil Ibragimov and Suleiman Takhalov     5:21    
     106     Ushshaq-i Kalon     Izro Malakhov with Mahmudjan Tojiboev, Kuva, Zakir Bobotonov, and Urgench     10:27    
     107     Azan     Saifullajan Musaev     1:54    
     108     Na't     Dervish Orif Bobo Hamro Ogli     3:20    
     109     Yah Ribbon Olam     Rakhamim Yakutelov     1:32    
     110     Reading from the Torah     Yakub Meer Ochildiev     2:53    
     111     Shalom Aleichem and Kiddush     Ochil Ibragimov     3:02    
     112     Qalandar     Muhammed Aminjon Nasriddinov     4:06    
     113     Excerpt from the Zohar     Isaac Kataev     2:38