Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Jason Duckles
Conductor: Alan Pierson
Composer: Fikret Amirov, Sandeep Das, Indrajit Das Sandeep / Dey, Uzeir Hajibeyov, Kayhan Kalhor
Audio CD (April 5, 2005)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sony
ASIN: B0007TFHEI
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 instrum
entalists, 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. --Christina Roden
专辑介绍：
绵延千里，流传千年，丝绸之路上的多元音乐文化，有数不尽的传奇故事，
有听不完的动人歌谣。在马友友和丝路合奏团的创作与演出之下，化为魅
惑人心的绝美旋律。
25年前NHK筹拍的记录片特集《丝绸之路》中，喜多郎创作的主题曲感
动了千千万万的观众，直到今天都还是经典中的经典；25年之后，NHK再度
回到丝路，以高画质电视重新拍摄《新·丝绸之路》，这次请到马友友担任
音乐总监，和丝路合奏团来自世界各地顶尖的民族音乐大师们齐聚一堂，
为十集的电视特集共同创作44首配乐。这张专辑便是其中的精选作品。
在这张专辑结合了丝路上多采多姿的音乐文化，从各种不同色彩的乐器，
到流传于丝路大地上各种传唱久远的民族旋律，充满了各国传统乐器和西洋
乐器的彼此对话，透过丝路合奏团成员的即兴创作和彼此交流，创作出融合
东西方不同传统与现代的新音乐，可说是21世纪的丝路之音。
专辑曲目:
Akhalqalaqi Dance
Composed by Armenian Traditional
with Gevorg Dabaghyan, Jason Duckles, Shane Shanahan
Distant Green Valley
Composed by Jiping Zhao, Lin Zhao
with Silk Road Ensemble
Conducted by Alan Pierson
Echoes of a Lost City, for cello & xun
Composed by Jiping Zhao
with Tong Wu, Yo-Yo Ma
Oasis, improvisation
Composed by Silk Road Ensemble
with Silk Road Ensemble
Gallop of a Thousand Horses
Composed by Kayhan Kalhor
with Silk Road Ensemble
Kor Arab
Composed by Fikret Amirov
with Silk Road Ensemble
Night at the Caravanserai
Composed by Turkish Traditional
with Silk Road Ensemble
Sacred Cloud Music, for pipa & string quartet
Composed by Jiping Zhao
with Silk Road Ensembl
Shikasta (Minstrel's Song)
Composed by Uzeir Hajibeyov
with Silk Road Ensemble
Tarang (Currents)
Composed by Sandeep Das
with Silk Road Ensemble
Battle Remembered
Composed by Lin Zhao
with Silk Road Ensemble
Conducted by Alan Pierson
Mountains are Far Away
Composed by Kayhan Kalhor
with Silk Road Ensemble
Summer in the High Grassland
Composed by Jiping Zhao
with Silk Road Ensemble
Yanzi (Swallow Song) (Kazakh)
Composed by Chinese Traditional
with Tong Wu, Yo-Yo Ma
Mohini (Enchantment)
Composed by Sandeep Das, Indrajit Dey
with Silk Road Ensemble
Conducted by Alan Pierson
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