Other Sacred Music

BODY OF LIGHT by Walker Blaine  Click Here    £ 13.99   It’s a great pleasure to introduce Body Of Light. This album is a compilation of three types of songs. There are songs of study, which are about specific topics and contemplations. There are pilgrimage songs that come from the inspiration of staying in sacred places. Finally, there are numerous practice songs on the CD. These last songs are more atmospheric than academic. They are like improvisations on themes within the Buddhist teachings. All the music is based on study and practice within the Buddhist tradition, particularly within the Kagyu, Nyingma and Shambhala vajrayana lineages.

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AUTHENTIC ABORIGINAL MUSIC - Music from the Wandjina People (ref..C501)  Click Here    £ 12.99   Most aboriginal songs are believed to be brought by spirits and are "found in dreams". Song allows the performer to draw upon the supernatural powers left in the soil by the sacred ancestral people. The music on this album is perfomed by members of the Wunambul Tribe at Kalumuru, an Aboriginal community on the north coast of Australia. The album features Wonga initiation songs; Bandrru 'island music' inspired by the numerous islands off the coast; Balga and Djunba music which recount stories and feature a distinctive intertwining of male and female harmonies; and Moraburr music: mainly sea balads. 36 tracks; total playing time: 38:00.

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SUFI SONGS OF LOVE FROM INDIA & IRAN (ref..C502)  Click Here    £ 12.99   SOLD OUT! The Sufi mystical sect of Islam has many followers from Turkey through Syria, Iraq and Iran to the Indian subcontinent. Each culture has left its imprint on Sufism and its music and so there is no identifiable musical form that would constitute "Sufi music". However, Sufi songs are often characterised by the way in which the emotions experienced in earthly love are used as an analogy for love of God: Sufis approach God through music and dance with the feelings and intensity of a lover . This album presents live recordings of songs from Benares (1999), Srinagar(1979) and Teheran (1955). Instruments used include: harmonium, dholak ( a barrel drum), santoor, sitar, tabla, Zarb (Iranian drum). The accompanying booklet gives background information about the Sufi movement and its emergence from Islam as well as details about the music and the instruments used. 6 tracks; total playing time:59:05

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RUSSIA'S BEAUTIFUL RELIGIOUS SONGS - from the 15th - 20th Century Famous Orthodox Mixed Choirs (ref..C503)  Click Here    £ 12.99   SOLD OUT! A superb collection of Russian religious music for choirs and solo voices. From the hauntingly beautiful Velichit Dusha (My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord) through to the exquisit and precisely sung Stikheria Bogoroditsi (Hymn of Our Lady), the music is deeply expressive and very moving. Composers include: Chesnokov, Kastalsky, Kedrov, Tolstiakov, Vedel. The composers of the earlier music (from the 15th - 17th centuries) are unknown. 25 tracks; total playing time: 71:08.

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GREAT LAKES INDIANS - American Indian Dances (ref..C504)   Click Here    £ 12.99   SOLD OUT! The songs in this collection are drawn from the native domains around the Great Lakes. They extend from the Meskwaki in Tama, Iona, north to he Ojibwaof Baraga on Lake Superior, and east to the Iroquois near Syracuse, New York. The accompanying booklet gives information about the song leaders and provides detailed descriptions of each of the 35 songs on the album. 35 tracks; total playing time: 46:05

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SIOUX AND NAVAHO - American Indian Dances (ref..C505)   Click Here    £ 12.99   SOLD OUT! American Indian music is very much alive: throughout the Southwest Indian music is in active use my most of the tribes and in the Plains area a modern secular music has arisen which is vibrant and popular at social gatherings. The recordings on this album are authentic and 'unadorned' by any attempt to make the music more 'approachable' to those more familiar with other musical traditions. The accompanying booklet gives very detailed information about each piece and the instruments used. 15 tracks; total playing time: 22:33.

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