Yo Yo Ma - Silk Road Recordings torrent

Yo Yo Ma - Silk Road Recordings

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Here are 3 albums (4 CDs) of Yo Yo Ma\'s Silk Road

Recordings. I would describe the \"Musical Caravan\" as a

collection of folk music and the Silk Road Ensemble as a

fusion of folk and modern classical. Every musician heard

here is a virtuoso, but be advised, this is not for the

casual listener!



The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan

\"What if Marco Polo had owned tape recorder?\" This

intriguing concept is raised in the liner notes to this

impressive two-CD set, which wanders along ancient Asian

trade routes known as the Silk Road. The first disc,

Masters & Traditions, deals with formal styles performed

by and for sophisticated connoisseurs. Meanwhile, the

music on Minstrels and Lovers is played by amateurs who

are part of daily life and thus reach a wider audience.

The imaginary caravan passes through Iran, Kazakhstan,

China, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and Afghanistan, encountering

nomads, mystics, and bards along the way. The instruments

are scratchy, pungent, and/or serene, while the singers

weave a potent spell out of a millennium\'s worth of slow-

changing rural and urban vistas. In the opening essay,

cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the project\'s artistic director, pleads

for intercultural communication and empathy. This

compilation provides an exotic, brave, entertaining first

step in that direction.


When Strangers Meet - The Silk Road Project

This recording includes music from Mongolia, China,

Persia, Japan, Iran, Azerbaijan, and an improvisation on

an Italian Renaissance street song, performed by musicians

from all those countries, as well as America, on both

Eastern and Western instruments. Ma, who participates in

every piece either as soloist or part of the ensemble,

plays cello and a Mongolian \"horse-head fiddle.\" There is

also a Mongolian soprano, who sings a traditional song

native to her region. For the uninitiated Western

listener, the music requires some getting used to. Much of

it is based on rhythmic ostinatos. The melodies use

Oriental scales; the intonation is untempered; the music

seems all color, texture, and atmosphere, without what

might be called themes; and repetition takes the place of

development. Contrast is achieved through sudden change,

buildup by adding instruments. However, the music is often

beautiful, delicate, dreamy, or peaceful; every listener

will find his or her own favorite pieces. The playing is

splendid, with much inventive improvisation. Inevitably,

Ma\'s tone and personality stand out, but he never

dominates in fact or spirit. The booklet offers essays by

Ma and the project\'s musicologist, Theodore Levin,

photographs of the players, and drawings of the Eastern

instruments.


Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

It is a perilous proposition when genres clash--and no

such collaboration is more potentially fraught than when

improvisation-trained folk musicians sit in with Western

classical instrumentalists, who are taught to interpret a

printed score. The renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has devoted

much of his professional life to such intercultural

experiments. But the traditions of nations situated along

the ancient Silk Road, which began in the Far East,

meandered through Asia and terminated in Europe, are

especially dear to him. These lushly arranged pieces range

from moody scenic vistas to percussive Turkish hip-shakers

and they make very pleasant listening. If they owe more to

the European canon than the ethnic sources that inspired

them, they are also the result of respectful give-and-take

between a team of acknowledged masters. And nobody is more

of a team player than Maestro Ma, an impassioned, fearless

musical seeker and a gracious, deferential colleague.



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