Re: [cm] Kraig's Javanese Recommendations

Jeff!
Yes i got that CD too (Wasitodinigrat) but as far as i can tell CMP
is gone and was sold to a larger company (hmmm. i wonder is that how it
ended up on TV). I just hated to wave a carrot in front of someone and
them not be able to get it:). But maybe Bob will find it in the local
used bin, who knows, maybe E-bay even!

"X. J. Scott" wrote:

> [Kraig to Bob:]
> > One of the easiest to find is Javaese Court Gamelan. Electra
> > nonesuch explorer series 972044-2 Which has singing that
> > interpolates the larger intervals. The french label Ocora
> > also has 4 volumes of Javanese music, but is probably harder
> > to find.
>
> Seconded. The Explorer CD is a great introduction and
> was well recorded by Bob Brown, Director of the Center
> for World Music in San Diego. The recording dates from
> 1971 and the gamelan was directed by Pak Chokro (K.R.T.
> Wasitodinigrat).
>
> For a great CD of Wasitodinigrat's lifetime body of
> work (he is considered by many to be the greatest
> living Javanese composer), do not miss "The Music of
> K.R.T. Wasitodinigrat preformed by Gamelan Sekar
> Tunjung" - released in 1992 on CMP Records, CMP CD
> 3007. I heard the first track being played in a
> 'Chinatown' scene (!) on a TV crime show only last
> week.
>
> - Jeff
>
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North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
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