Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia

Various Artists SFW40017

Recorded in 1987, this highly-acclaimed release makes available to the world a miraculous and remarkable ancient musical tradition, including examples of the rare multiphonic "throat-singing" technique. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Folklife Programs, and the U.S.S.R. Union of Composers, it is an astonishing achievement. "Primal and forthright...a beguiling earful." — The New York Times
Country(s) Russia
Culture Group(s) Tuvan; Central-Asian
Keyword(s) Chants; World music
Instrument(s) ; Amirge; Bell; Drum; Igil; Jaw harp, wooden; Khomuz; Percussion vessel; Vocals; Vocals, group
Language(s) Tuvan
Year of Recording 1990
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Photography by Karen Sherlock ; Produced by Soviet-American Musical-Ethnographic Expedition to Tuva ; Produced in collaboration with National Geographic Society ; Produced in collaboration with USSR Union of Composers ; Design by Daphne Shuttleworth ; Compiled by Eduard Alekseev ; Compiled by Zoya Kirgiz ; Compiled by Ted Levin ; Notes Edited by Eduard Alekseev ; Notes Edited by Zoya Kirgiz ; Notes Edited by Ted Levin ; Liner Notes by Eduard Alekseev ; Liner Notes by Zoya Kirgiz ; Liner Notes by Ted Levin ; Recorded by Eduard Alekseev ; Recorded by Zoya Kirgiz ; Recorded by Ted Levin ; Field Worker Eduard Efimovich Alekseev ; Produced by Eduard Efimovich Alekseev ; Recorded by Zoya Kirgiz