INDONESIA – THAILAND – CAMBODIA – CHINA – JAPAN – KOREA – Musik in Asien II – BM 30 SL 5107

INDONESIA – THAILAND – CAMBODIA – CHINA – JAPAN – KOREA
Musik in Asien II – Südost- & Ostasien – BM 30 SL 5107 compiled by Helmut Schaffrath (LP)

This unique LP on the legendary German label Bärenreiter-Musicaphon presents an appealing sonic excursion of Southeast and East Asian traditional and folk music, with short tracks and excerpts of Indonesian, Thai, Cambodian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean musics, including rare tracks from private and historical heritage recordings.

Cet album unique sur le légendaire label allemand Bärenreiter-Musicaphon présente un séduisant voyage sonore à travers la musique traditionnelle et folklorique de l'Asie du Sud-Est et Orientale, avec des courts morceaux et des extraits de musiques indonésiennes, thaïlandaises, cambodgiennes, chinoises, japonaises et coréennes, comprenant notamment des morceaux rares issus d’enregistrements privés et historiques.

INDONESIA

A1 – Javanese Gamelan – Gending Gambir Sawit a) Saron & Slentem b) Gambang c) Rebab & Kendang d) Tutti with singing. 

Private recording by Josef Kuckertz 

 

A2 – Balinese Gamelan – Gatangkangin a) Trompong & Jegogan b) Trompong & Jublag c) Trompong & Gangsa Giying d) Trompong & Gangsa-Group e) Tutti. 

Private recording by Josef Kuckertz 

 

A3 – Gamelan – Gender Barung, Gambang Kayu, Kempul, Gong Ageng. 
Private recording by Rudiger Schumacher

 

A4 – Javanese Gamelan – Lancaran Jangkrik Genggong. 

Lokananta Cassette ACD-025 

 

A5 – Javanese shadow puppet theatre – Suluk Patet Kedu.

Private recording by Rudiger Schumacher

 

A6 – Javanese shadow puppet theatre – Suluk Ada Ada Greget Saut Palaran.
Private recording by Rudiger Schumacher

 

A7 – Balinese Trance dance by Singers of Peliatan – Tjak.

Bali Folk Music EMI-Odeon 3C 064-17858 

 

THAILAND

 

A8 – Thai Piphat Hō a) Khong Wong Yai b) Ranät Ek c) Khong Wong Lek d) Ranat Thum e) Khlui f) Ching, Song Na & Klong Khaek g) Tutti.

Private recording by Josef Kuckertz

 

CAMBODIA

 

A9 – Cambodian Ensemble – Distribution of Gifts at a Marriage. 
Cambodia – Bärenreiter-Musicaphon BM 30 L 2002
 

CHINA

 

B1 – Chinese Instrumental Music by Wu Wen-Guang – Chiu-K'uang (Wine Madness).
Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing 

 

B2 – Music for Ch’in by Liang Ming Yueh – Chiu-K'uang (Wine Madness).
Museums Collection Berlin MC 7 

B3 – Chinese Folk song – Thirty-Mile Village.

Historic recording, Shanghai Conservatory of Music 

 

B4 – Chinese Folk song – Embroidered Bag.

Historic recording, Shanghai Conservatory of Music 

B5 – Chinese Folk Music Orchestra – Moonlit Night with Spring Flowers on the River.

Concert recorded in Beijing, 1978. 

 

B6 – Chinese Opera: The Ruse of the Empty City (excerpt). 

Folkways Records FW 8882 

JAPAN

 

B7 – Gagaku Imperial Court Music: Etenraku.

Lyrichord LLST 7126 

B8 – Sakura folk music for two kotos.

Disques Festival FLDX 526 

B9 – Shakuhachi flute music – Shika No Tōne.
A Warner Communications Company N° 558518

B10 – Jouri - Music of the Great Japanese Bunraku Puppet Theater – Waraigusuri.

Lyrichord LLST 7197

KOREA

 

B11 – Orchestra of the National Music Institute, Seoul – Stone Chimes & Bronze Bells.
Lyrichord LL 7206

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Photographs below are from The Oriental World by Jeannine Auboyer and Roger Goepper, Paul Hamlyn, 1967; The World of Masks by Erich Herold, Hamlyn, 1992; and Die Symbole der Menschheit by Natale Spineto, Patmos, 2003. 

Japanese Biwa lute, wood with inlay of mother-of-pearl, amber, and tortoise shell, 113 cm, 

Nara Period, 8th century:

Mask of a supernatural being of the Barong play, painted wood, Bali, Indonesia:

"Mandarin square," an embroidered rank badge worn by senior officials on their court mantles. The crane here symbolizes longevity and wisdom. Qing Dynasty, late 17th-early 18th century, China.

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