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TENGIR-TOO, ACADEMY OF MAQAM, HOMAYUN SAKHI
'Music of Central Asia'
There are a finite number of differences between music in the world; beyond that, end less similarities. The extrava gantly gorgeous work on "Mu sic of Central Asia," a new three-CD series, comes from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzs- tan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, but a West erner can hear himself in it. it doesn't feel very foreign.
Vol. , "Tengtr-Too: Mountain Music of Kyrgysztan," is root ed in the music of Kyrgystan's nomadic culture, but follows some rules of European-style counterpoint. Some of the music uses the ocarina, heard all through Central and South American music.
Similarly, consider "Talquin-l- Ushshaq." on Vol. 2 of the se ries. "Invisible Face of the Beloved." The ensemble is the Academy of Maqam, from Tajikistan; it has three lutelike stringed instruments, a single- frame drum and seven singers. The musk is Shashmaqam. the Tajiks' prized classical form.
The third volume is narrow er, focusing on one musician, the rebab player Homayun Sakhi. But the music on all three discs is beautifully played and recorded, and each album package comes with well-produced documentary disc on a separate DVD.
- The New York Times 03/16/06
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