I started today's show with a destination. Russian musical depiction of the Caucasus by Balakirev. Starting in Tanzania, we will progress up through Eastern Africa, across the Sinai, cross the Arabian Peninsula into Iran, then up through the Caucasus leading to Balakirev.
Sote tulifurahia kama siku ya arusi Hukwe Ubi Zawose - Tanzanie - Chants des Wagogo et des Kuria - Inedit |
Kidogo Kidogo Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila - Mambo - Real World |
Dunia Tuna Pita Samba Mapangala & Virunga - African Classics - Sheer |
Anta nur al-gharbi wa-sabah Ensemble al-Bura'i - Sacred songs from Nubia and Kordofan - Institut du monde arabe |
Eshmana Ali Hassan Kuban - Rough Guide to Ali Hassan Kuban - World Music Network |
Sir bina Ya Qitar The Musicians of the Nile - Down By the River - Long Distance |
Qasid buka'iya Jamal Khleif - Jordan - Bedouin songs, Wedding songs, Fishermen's songs from Aqaba - Inedit |
Bayati Fawzy Al-Aiedy - Oud Aljazira - Buda |
unknown Kamkars - Agri Zindow - Art House |
Sari Gelin Sari Gelin Ensemble - Music from Azerbaijan - ARC |
Alacyaz Duduk Quintet - Winds of Passion - Garni |
Nana Rustavi Folk Choir - Georgian Lyric Songs - Mazur Media |
Zoura Ensemble Aznach - Zoura - Arion |
Tamara Mily Balakirev/The Philharmonia, Yevgeny Svetlanov - Symphony no. 2 - Hyperion |