Bali: Gamelan Semar Pegulingan / Gamelan of the Love God

Submitted by nonesuch on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 19:14
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Of the many kinds of gamelan to be found on the tiny island of Bali, none evokes a more ethereal and enchanted sound world than the rare gamelan of the love god, Gamelan Semar Pegulingan. This album features the celebrated gamelan performing works rooted in tradition but strongly influenced stylistically by dynamic innovations of 20th-century Balinese music.

Description

Of the many kinds of gamelan to be found on the tiny island of Bali, none evokes a more ethereal and enchanted sound world than the rare gamelan of the love god, Gamelan Semar Pegulingan. This album features the celebrated gamelan performing works derived from the old Semar Pegulingan traditions but strongly influenced stylistically by dynamic innovations of 20th-century Balinese music.

ProductionCredits

Originally released in 1972
Recorded in Teges Kanyinan, Pliatan, Bali by Robert E. Brown
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne

Re-mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Design: Doyle Partners
Cover Photograph: © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
Additional Photographs: Robert E. Brown

Nonesuch Selection Number

79720

Number of Discs in Set
1disc
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197
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502
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0
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0
Album Status
Available
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Explorer Series: Indonesia
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reissues
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UPC/Price
Label
CD+MP3
Price
0.00
UPC
075597972023BUN
Label
MP3
Price
7.00
UPC
075597972061

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    Of the many kinds of gamelan to be found on the tiny island of Bali, none evokes a more ethereal and enchanted sound world than the rare gamelan of the love god, Gamelan Semar Pegulingan. This album features the celebrated gamelan performing works derived from the old Semar Pegulingan traditions but strongly influenced stylistically by dynamic innovations of 20th-century Balinese music.