Ocora - Korea: Traditional classical instrumental music

Korea: Traditional classical instrumental music
(Corée: Musique instrumentale de la tradition classique)
Ocora C 558701, recorded 1982 in Radio France studio in Paris, CD released 1988

This is very refined music. The CD consists of 3 tracks:
1. Duet between 6-string zither (komungo) and hour-glass drum (changgo).
2. The album's centerpiece, a 52 minute long instrumental suite that was originally a Buddhist chant. At some point in history, the vocal part was dropped,
and the instrumental theme was enlarged to 9 parts, each a variation on the original vocal.
The piece is played here by the entire ensemble with the transverse bamboo flute (taegum) acting as the lead instrument.
3. Variations for solo bamboo flute (taegum).