| Ma, Yo-Yo & Silk Road Ensemble / Silk Road Journeys |
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| Album: | Silk Road Journeys | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Ma, Yo-Yo & Silk Road Ensemble | Added: | Apr 2002 | |
| Label: | Sony Classical | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2002-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2002-10-28 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Sep 29 | Sep 15 | Sep 8 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 16, 2016: | Melange Avaz-E Dashti, Blue Little Flower | 4. | Sep 11, 2010: | Music Casserole Habil-Sayagy | |
| 2. | Nov 01, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio Habil-Sayagy | 5. | Nov 02, 2006: | Finneman's Market Habil-Sayagy | |
| 3. | Sep 17, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio Legend of Herlen, Desert Capriccio | 6. | Oct 10, 2005: | Mixed Up Class Desert Capriccio |
| Album Review |
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| Jacki-O Reviewed 2002-08-13 | ||
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Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble: Silk Road Journey Label: Sony Classical This is a wonderful classical music/traditional Asian music CD, inspired by the cultures along the Silk Road. Yo-Yo Ma does not disappoint – he captures the essence of this journey. A lot of love went into this CD – and you can tell. Try: 1,2,3,5,8,9,11. 1. Beautiful Mongolian vocal “long song”. Absolutely stunning. 2. Begins like the soundtrack to a Chinese martial arts epic. Mongolian vocals interspersed; slow and sparse – but beautifully composed & layered. 3. Starts w/ flowing traditional melodies, then breaks into a vigorous male vocal – I can hear the horses charging over the plains… 4. Starts w/ energetic traditional melodies, slows down, then builds up again 5. A long piece w/ beautifully flowing melodies inspired by nature scenes 6. Lovely piano & cello piece – melodic & has a folksy feel 7. Playful piano flourishes 8. Persian melodies w/ a mix of instrumentation – really nice & haunting flute (ney) w/ strings (santur) 9. A pretty far-out piece – a lot of musicians/instruments involved, contributing to an unusual composition that doesn’t really recall Middle Eastern work. However, this piece really illustrates Yo-Yo Ma’s virtuosity on the solo cello 10. Slow and haunting, for the most part, then breaks into more recognizable Middle Eastern melodies/rhythms about halfway through 11. Italian melody using Asian/string/tablas instrumentation 12. Traditional Chinese melodies – from the soundtrack of Crouching Tiger | ||
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