Silk road journeys, when strangers meet, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble

Type

Label

Silk road journeys, when strangers meet, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble

Note

Kayhan Kalhor's "Blue as the turquoise night of Neyshabur" was written in May 2000 on commission for the Silk Road Project, IncProgram notes (in English, French & German), artist & instrument information in booklet (26 p.) inserted in container

Capture and storage technique

unknown

Configuration of playback channels

stereophonic

resource.creditsNote

Producer, Steven Epstein ; exec. producers, Cristin Bagnall, Esther Won ; engineer, Richard King

Dimensions

4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter

Groove width pitch

not applicable

Issue number

SK 89782 -- Sony Classical

Participant note

The Silk Road Ensemble: Yo-Yo Ma, cello & morin khuur (Mongolian horsehead fiddle) ; Siamak Aghaei, santur (Persian hammer dulcimer) ; Edward Arron, cello ; Nicholas Cords & Leo Suzuki, violas ; Sandeep Das, tabla (Indian drums) ; Stephen Dunkel, James Pugh & John Rutherford, trombones ; Joel Fan, piano & percussion ; Joseph Gramley, percussion ; Colin Jacobsen & Todd Reynolds, violins ; Siamak Jhangiri, ney (Persian flute) ; Kayhan Kahlor, kemancheh, setar ; Xu Ke, erhu (Chinese fiddle) ; Ganbaatar Khongorzul, long song vocals ; Wu Man & Yang Wei, pipas (Chinese lutes) ; Edgar Meyer, bass ; Shane Shanahan, tabla (Indian drums) & percussion ; Mark Suter, percussion ; Wu Tong, sheng (Chinese wind instrument)

Physical Description

1 audio disc (79 min.), digital, stereo, 4 3/4 in.

Special playback characteristics

digital recording

Specific Material Designation

sound disc

Speed

1.4m. per second (discs)

System control number

(Sirsi) 792971(OCoLC)49752306

Tape configuration

not applicable