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
專輯介紹：
綿延千裏，流傳千年，絲綢之路上的多元音樂文化，有數不盡的傳奇故事，
有聽不完的動人歌謠。在馬友友和絲路合奏團的創作與演出之下，化為魅
惑人心的絕美旋律。
25年前NHK籌拍的記錄片特集《絲綢之路》中，喜多郎創作的主題曲感
動了千千萬萬的觀眾，直到今天都還是經典中的經典；25年之後，NHK再度
回到絲路，以高畫質電視重新拍攝《新·絲綢之路》，這次請到馬友友擔任
音樂總監，和絲路合奏團來自世界各地頂尖的民族音樂大師們齊聚一堂，
為十集的電視特集共同創作44首配樂。這張專輯便是其中的精選作品。
在這張專輯結合了絲路上多采多姿的音樂文化，從各種不同色彩的樂器，
到流傳於絲路大地上各種傳唱久遠的民族旋律，充滿了各國傳統樂器和西洋
樂器的彼此對話，透過絲路合奏團成員的即興創作和彼此交流，創作出融合
東西方不同傳統與現代的新音樂，可說是21世紀的絲路之音。
專輯曲目:
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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