Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet

by Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble

Type: Album
Released: 1 January 2001
Label: Sony Classical
Country: United States
Length: 1:18:28
Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet' is the first album by the Silk Road Ensemble, the collective Yo-Yo Ma founded in 1998 under his Silk Road Project. Its twelve tracks pair Ma's cello with Wu Man's pipa and the Mongolian long song of Khongorzul Ganbaatar, and include Zhao Jiping's 'Moon Over Guan Mountain'.

Genres

Descriptors: Early, atmospheric, orchestral, virtuosic, traditional, percussive

Tracklist

Mongolian Traditional longsong (1:28)
Legend of Herlen (11:17)
Blue Little Flower (Chinese Traditional) (4:22)
Mido Mountain (Chinese Traditional) (3:51)
Moon over Guan Mountain (11:47)
No. 3 Miero vuotti uutta kuuta from Five Finnish Folk Songs - Edited Version (1:58)
No. 5 Joiku from Five Finnish Folk Songs - Edited Version (2:26)
Persian Traditional Avaz-e Dashti (6:01)
Habil-Sayagy (In Habil's Style) (13:23)
Blue As The Turquoise Night of Neyshabur (15:33)
Chi passa per'sta strada (4:43)
Desert Capriccio (Music from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (1:34)

Credits

Joel Fan - piano, percussion
Li Cang Sang - arranged by
Wu Tong - arranged by, sheng
Wu Man - pipa
Real Design - design
Richard King - engineer
Michael McCoy - engineer [assistant]
Tim Ronaghan - engineer [assistant]
Gus Skinas - engineer [dsd engineer]
Cristin Bagnall - executive-producer
Esther Won - executive-producer
Theodore Levin - liner notes
Josée Bégaud - liner notes [french translation]
Eva Reisinger - liner notes [german translation]
Michael O'Neill - photography by [photo]
Steve Epstein - producer
Byambasuren Sharav - written-by
Zhao Jiping - written-by
Michio Mamiya - written-by
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh - written-by
Kayhan Kalhor - written-by
Fillippo Azzaiolo - written-by
Tan Dun - written-by