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Recorded as part of the ongoing Silk Road Project, Silk Road Journeys brings together composers from the elusive, ancient Silk Road that crosses from China to the Middle East with musicians from both West and East. It's both ambitious and daring, two qualities that have been trademarks of Yo-Yo Ma's career. For its modernity and mix of Asian and Western instruments, though, it hews close to tradition (and not merely on Mongolian Traditional Long Song), although the departure into the Italian Renaissance for Chi Passa Per'sta Strada makes for an interesting, more formal and graceful aid in the whole. But the multicultural Silk Road itself makes for a good metaphor for this album, with the sheng, an ancient form of mouth organ, alongside the cello on the traditional Blue Little Flower, for example. While it might seem strange to find Michio Mamiya's Five Finnish Folksongs here, it makes sense; the Saami people of Finland were nomadic, and traveled as far as the Silk Road. But the instruments, from Wu Man's pipa to Joel Fan's piano, work together, whether on traditional or commissioned material, to create something that's challenging to both listeners and performers and offers a strong impression of the journeys of the past.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
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Ganbaatar Khongorzul, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Traditional, Composer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Ganbaatar Khongorzul - BYAMBASUREN SHARAV, Composer - Joseph Gramley, Percussion - Mark Suter, Percussion - Shane Shanahan, Percussion - Joel Fan, Piano - John Rutherford, Trombone - James Pugh, Trombone - Stephen Dunkel, Trombone
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Wu Tong, Arranger - Traditional, Composer - Joel Fan, Percussion - Joseph Gramley, Percussion - Li Cang Sang, Arranger - Mark Suter, Percussion - Shane Shanahan, Percussion - Sandeep Das, Tabla - Edgar Meyer, Bass
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Traditional, Composer - Joel Fan, Percussion - Wu Tong, Arranger - Joseph Gramley, Percussion - Li Cang Sang, Arranger - Mark Suter, Percussion - Shane Shanahan, Percussion - Sandeep Das, Tabla - Edgar Meyer, Bass
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Shane Shanahan, Tabla - Zhao Jiping, Composer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joel Fan, Piano - Michio Mamiya, Composer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joel Fan, Piano - Michio Mamiya, Composer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Kayhan Kalhor, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Siamak Jahangiri, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Siamak Aghaei, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Traditional, Composer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joel Fan, Piano - Franghiz Ali-zadeh, Composer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Sandeep Das, Tabla - Kayhan Kalhor, Arranger, Composer - Colin Jacobsen, Violin - Stephen Prutsman, Arranger - Todd Reynolds, Violin - Edgar Meyer, Bass - Leo Suzuki, Viola - Nicholas Cords, Viola - Edward Arron, Cello
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joel Fan, Percussion - Filippo Azzaiolo, Composer - Joseph Gramley, Percussion - SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE, Arranger - Mark Suter, Percussion - Shane Shanahan, Percussion - Sandeep Das, Tabla - Colin Jacobsen, Violin - Todd Reynolds, Violin - Edgar Meyer, Bass
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Joseph Gramley, Percussion - Tan Dun , Composer - Shane Shanahan, Percussion - Joel Fan
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Recorded as part of the ongoing Silk Road Project, Silk Road Journeys brings together composers from the elusive, ancient Silk Road that crosses from China to the Middle East with musicians from both West and East. It's both ambitious and daring, two qualities that have been trademarks of Yo-Yo Ma's career. For its modernity and mix of Asian and Western instruments, though, it hews close to tradition (and not merely on Mongolian Traditional Long Song), although the departure into the Italian Renaissance for Chi Passa Per'sta Strada makes for an interesting, more formal and graceful aid in the whole. But the multicultural Silk Road itself makes for a good metaphor for this album, with the sheng, an ancient form of mouth organ, alongside the cello on the traditional Blue Little Flower, for example. While it might seem strange to find Michio Mamiya's Five Finnish Folksongs here, it makes sense; the Saami people of Finland were nomadic, and traveled as far as the Silk Road. But the instruments, from Wu Man's pipa to Joel Fan's piano, work together, whether on traditional or commissioned material, to create something that's challenging to both listeners and performers and offers a strong impression of the journeys of the past.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:29
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Yo-Yo Ma Silkroad Ensemble
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment
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