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 this compilation offers a glimpse of the
rich musical life that an intrepid and curious
traveller like Marco Polo might find in the
lands of the Silk Road today.
Produced in collaboration with The Silk
Road Project, an international cultural initiative
founded by renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, this
2- CD set presents traditional music from
Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia,
Tajikistan and other Central Eurasian nations
and peoples. Most of these tracks were recorded
on location and have never before been commercially
available.
With every purchase comes documentation
that explains not just the sounds but their
circumstances -- their who, what, when and
why. Also includes an introduction written
by Silk Road Project Artistic Director Yo-Yo
Ma.
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