Gamelan Of Central Java - IV : Spiritual Music
SKU
08-FY8074
In this fourth instalment of the series, our journey in search of the myriad facets of Central Javanese gamelan music focuses on the close ties that exist between that music and the religion of the area. This CD in fact completes and extends the selection of music presented on Ceremonial Music II, with five pieces of rare beauty and intensity whichmodern studio recording has rendered yet sharper and more richly nuanced. Evident from the first track Turun Sih, on which we hear two singers immersed in a muezzin-like invocation of the deity, is the atmosphere of sublime quietude the gamelan instils combined with a sense of mystical quest. [Felmay]