★MUSIC BY THE HSAING WAING ORCHESTRA, THE BURMESE HARP (UNESCO COLLECTION)

近日公開予定の映画『Beauty of Tradition　ーミャンマー民族音楽への旅ー』で注目を集めるミャンマー／ビルマの伝統音楽を、本作にはディスク２枚のヴォリュームで収録。ディスク１はビルマの竪琴として知られるサウン・ガウの独奏、ディスク２は幾つもの小さな太鼓が演奏者を取り囲むように配置されるサイン・ワインのアンサンブルをたっぷり収録。その摩訶不思議な響きは非常に魅力的です。共に70年代後半の録音。（サプライヤーインフォより）

1 Maung Min Zaw / In the midst of the flower garden (pulé mode) 10:19
2 Maung Kyay / Sombre climate (pulé mode) 04:54
3 TMaung Kyay / The girl Yamonna (autpyin mode) 13:22
4 Maung KyayFlowers on the river (myinzaing mode) 04:01
5 Maung That Win / In praise of the city of Mandalay (pulé mode)02:48
6 Maung That Win / The beauty of the skies (pulé mode)04:07
7 Maung That Win / Invocation of the Buddha (thanyu mode) 05:16
8 Maung That Win / The king in love (thanyu mode) 06:50
9 Maung That Win / The lotus shines on the lake (autpyin mode) 06:20
10 On the hill (autpyin mode) Maung That Win 05:45
11 The seven dances Hsaing waing orchestra of Master Sein Tin Htay 12:51
12 Sein Tin Htay / Hsaing waing orchestra of Master – Yama (The dance of Rama) 08:19
13 Hsaing waing orchestra of Master Sein Tin Htay / To the right on the mountain 08:45
14 Hsaing waing orchestra of Master Sein Tin Htay / The forest of Kanda 08:10
15 Hsaing waing orchestra of Master Sein Tin Htay / The garland of flowers in full bloom 19:45

試聴可＞★

The music of Burma (officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar) is characterized by two types of music: chamber music played solo on instruments such as the Burmese harp, and orchestra music played primarily on percussion instruments. Yet, according to ethnomusicologist Jacques Brunet, Burmese music is almost entirely vocal in origin, “and each composition—even an instrumental one—can be recalled merely by singing the words of the poem which give it individual character. The great families of musicians (music is often passed on from father to son) still know the entire repertoire by heart, as music is learnt from the outset by repeating the words while practicing on the instrument.”

Disc one features chamber music performed on the Burmese harp. Constructed with13 strings, the harp is considered by the Burmese to be their national instrument. Disc two presents orchestra music performed by a hsaing waingensemble. Hsaing waing is traditional music played primarily on percussion instruments featuring the pat waing, a 21-drum set in ascending size arranged in a circle.  Included among the selections is music played as the overture to court performances of the Ramayana.

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