PEO CD-1501
Ensemble De Gongs / The Gong Ensemble/ Čing Hrap [Villageois De Plei Rơngol]
1-3. Musique for the sacrifice to the Spirits of the Community House [Ngă Yang Rông]
4-7. Musique De Funérailles [Arang Djai] 13:38
8-9. Music Of Celebration 6:04
10. Puih H'Rai - Lullaby [Tơlơi Alum Ană] 2:05
11-12. Jet, Jing, Yuan - Bamboo Xylophone [Đĭng Kǒk] 7:28
13-14. Alik - Mouth-Resonated Fiddle [Kơni] 6:46
15-16. Alik - Two-String Stick Zither [Brǒ] 6:07
17. Rơchom Tih - Eleven-String Stick Zither [Ting Ning] 2:30
18. Rơchom Tih - Love Song, Accompanied On The Zither 3:38
19. Rơchom Tih - Lullaby, Accompanied On The Zither 3:11
20. Baih - Multi-Pipe Aerophone [Đĭng Dek]
Recorded By, Liner Notes, Photography - Patrick Kersalé, 1997-98, Syrinx Academy
Tradition has it that the Jörai, one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, came into being after a great flood, from which their ancestor was saved by taking refuge in a large drum. Ever since then they have used the drum to accompagny their extraordinary gong ensembles. The same repertoire is performed by the men on the bamboo xylophone.
The recordings presented here were made in April 1997 and March 1998 in the provinces of Gia Lai and Kontum, home of the Jörai sub-groups H'Grông and Hrap. Includes a 28-page booklet in French and English.
if you enjoyed the previous recordings of Vietnamese & Laotian sacrificial, celebratory & banishment gong cycles recorded by Patrick Kersalé, you will likely need to grab this one too, as i believe they stem from the same field trip[s]. in addition to gongs, this correction incrudes several different varieties of instrument, like the Trautman-esque emanations conjured from the kơni or mouth-resonated fiddle [see cover]. impeccably recorded & annotated, Kersalé sets a kind of gold standard for what an 'ethnomusicological' document should be. thoroughly potent. 320 thanks to Ambrose Bierce of WeLoveMusic fame
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