Since the 1980s the acclaimed JVC World Sounds series has produced some of the world's finest recordings of traditional music from around the world. This reasonably priced six CD set includes one track from each of the 100 titles currently available. Good as a personal library of traditional music played by master musicians from around the world or each CD is a good listen in its own right.
The JVC World Sounds series of traditional music, is probably strongest in its range of music from southeast and east Asia. The ten tracks on this CD are from Bali (Gunung Jati, Suar Agung) Sunda (Tembang Cianjuran)Java (Srikandi Cakil) Sumatra (Sing So So) Thailand (Jakeh Lao Phan) Mongolia (hoomi) China (Jin Wu Shan) Korea (Yukjabaegi) and Amami island, Japan (Kazuhira Takeshita). Good range of traditional music, excellent performers and recordings. Price: £10.99
The ten tracks on this fantastic tour of South Asia include a sublime recording of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, two tracks of raw Tibetan Buddhist chanting, and seven from India including Dagar Brothers, Rita Ganguly and Raajeswari Padmanabhan (veena).
The ten tracks include Fatima Vaezi Parisa (Iran) Georgian Polyphony, The Erguner Brothers whirling dervish ceremonies (Turkey) Philip Koutev National Folk Ensemble (Bulgaria) Bisserov Sisters (Bulgaria) Gaida Ensemble (Bulgaria) Byzantine music from Greece and Laszlo Berki (Hungary). Price: £10.99
Ten tracks from the World Sounds series. Lamine Konte (Senegal), Inn-Keeper of Mambasa (Congo) Ituri Pygmies (Congo) Hukwe Ubi Zawose (Tanzania) Randafidson Sylvestre (Madagascar) Getachew Abdi (Ethiopia) Hamza El Din (Sudan) Kakraba Lobi (Ghana) National Ensemble (Cote d'Ivoire) Sunjul Cissoko (Senegal).
Ten tracks. Throat singing from Canadian Inuit Eligah Mangitak, Navajo singer Kee Kinlechene, Los Trovadores and Los Mecateros from Mexico, Lita Ariran from Honduras, Danzas Panama, Antonio Pantojo from Peru, Grupo Cantares from Paraguay, and from Argentina Los Quillahuasi and Orchesta Francini and Pontier. Price: £10.99
