The Silk Road A Musical Caravan 2 CD SET

What if Marco Polo had owned a tape recorder? And what if his epic travels along the Silk Road had taken place not at the end of the 13th century, but at the beginning of the 21st? Far-fetched conjectures to be sure, but our compilation The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan offers a glimpse of the rich musical life that an intrepid and curious traveler like Marco Polo might find in the lands of the Silk Road today (During, Levin 2001).

Tracks
1. Mahur     Dariush Safvat and Bruno Caillat     3:11    
2. Fakhri Havasi     Edalat Nasibov     3:50    
3. Balbyraun     Aygul Ulkenbaeva     1:25     Not Available for Download
4. Dance of Tamir Agha     Gevorg Dabaghian, Grigor Takushian, and Kamo Khatchuaturian     2:30     Not Available for Download
5. Dilkash     Elshan Mansurov     3:39     Not Available for Download
6. Uchun Dur     Jurabek Nabiev, Shuhrat Nabiev, Shavkat Nabiev, and Abdurahim Hamidov     4:20    
7. Choban Bayati     Malik Mansurov and Mahmud Salah     1:52    
8. Mokhalef     Hoseyn Qavami and Ali Tajvidi     3:13    
9. Shushtari     Hasan Kasa'i     4:08    
10. Itsuki no Komoriuta     Kojiro Umezaki     2:50    
11. Ker-Tolgoo     Samara Tokhtakunova     2:57    
12. Xiao Yue Er Gao     Wu Man     2:20    
13. Jiu Kuang     Yao Bingyan     2:19     Not Available for Download
14. Kharagay     Sabjilar     3:27     Not Available for Download
15. Ilme     Aygul Ulkenbaeva     2:13     Not Available for Download
16. The Gallop of Jonon Khar     Baterdene     2:19    
17. The Nightingale     Ruslan Jumabaev     2:01    
18. The River Herlen     Khongorzul and Baterdene     4:04    
19. Nava     Turgun Alimatov     3:51    
20. Woy Bala     Nur Mahammat Tursun     2:16    
21. Meskin II     Abdurahim Hamidov and Shuhrat Razzaqov     2:45    
22. Ufar-e Bayat     Barno Is'hakova, Rama Narkalaev, Sultanali Khudaberdiev, and Zakir-jan Yuusov     3:54    
23. Chabbiyat Tazi Marghul     Uyghur Muqam Ensemble     3:29    
24. Shawm and percussion band from Southern Liaoning     Gongxiao Dasha Ensemble     2:49     Not Available for Download

Disc 2
1. Jew's harp melody     Edil Huseinov     1:49    
2. Khai     Evgeni Ulugbashev     2:11    
3. Tepen Kök     Kelek Kumaqay-olu     1:19    
4. Kögmen     Sabjilar     3:21    
5. Excerpt from Alpamish Epic     Jaule Bakhshi     3:32    
6. Beyish Namasi     Qalbeke Uzaqbergenova     2:29    
7. Terme     Almas Almatov     3:38    
8. Lament     Dordi Torik and Rahman Qilich Yomudi     4:49    
9. Masq-e Javanan     Sirajoddin Juraev     2:49    
10. Kuu     Nurlanbek Nishanov     1:21    
11. Sanam     Abdurashid Nadirev and Abdughani Tukhtiev     4:38    
12. Charzarb     Abdullah, Isma'il, and Davlat Nazriev     3:53    
13. Mizghan-i Siyah     Muhammud Rahim Takhary, Faqir Muhammad, Bahauddin, and Malang Nejrabi     3:28     Not Available for Download
14. Love song     Asheq, Sohrab, and Ibrahim Hasan     3:38    
15. Qara Olu     Edil Huseinov     2:04    
16. Kertolghau     Sayan Aqmoldaev     2:21     Not Available for Download
17. Dargilik     Ensemble from Khorog     3:32    
18. Madh     T. Soltan Qalebov and S. Tawarov     4:25    
19. Zikr     Naqshbandi Afaqi Brotherhood     3:45    
20. Kyrgyz Wisdom Song     Akil Sekebaev     2:31    
21. Allah Madad     Abdollah Sarvar and M. Salar Ahmadi     3:22    
22. Alevi Song     Ashiq Faizullah Chinar     4:05    
23. Sufi Hymn     Jarrahi Dervishes and others     4:38