Java: Court Gamelan, Volume II
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News & Reviews
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David Lewiston passed away in Hawaii on May 29, 2017, at the age of 88, after an extended illness. The inveterate traveler-musicologist was among the first to release recordings as part of the Nonesuch Explorer Series, which presented indigenous music from around the world, in the late 1960s. His first recording in the series, Music from the Morning of the World, featuring field recordings from Bali, was inducted into the National Recording Registry of "culturally significant" sound recordings in 2008. Here, the musician, producer, and writer Brian Cullman offers a remembrance.
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About This Album
While the first album in this three-part series focuses on the gamelan style of the Paku Alaman court, this second features that of the Mangkunegaran court, from the city of Surakarta, capturing two famous gamelans, Kyai Udan Arum and Kyai Kanyut Mesem, the latter considered by many to be the most beautiful gamelan in all of Java.
Credits
Originally released in 1977
Recorded at the Istana Mangkunegaran, Surakarta by Robert E. Brown
Engineering: Robert E. Brown
Assistant Engineers: John Pemberton IV, Nancy Pemberton, Alan Feinstein
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne
Re-mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Design: Doyle Partners
Cover Photograph: © Rene Burri / Magnum Photos
Additional Photographs: Alan Feinstein & Robert E. Brown
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While the first album in this three-part series focuses on the gamelan style of the Paku Alaman court, this second features that of the Mangkunegaran court, from the city of Surakarta, capturing two famous gamelans, Kyai Udan Arum and Kyai Kanyut Mesem, the latter considered by many to be the most beautiful gamelan in all of Java.
While the first album in this three-part series focuses on the gamelan style of the Paku Alaman court, this second features that of the Mangkunegaran court, from the city of Surakarta, capturing two famous gamelans, Kyai Udan Arum and Kyai Kanyut Mesem, the latter considered by many to be the most beautiful gamelan in all of Java.
Originally released in 1977
Recorded at the Istana Mangkunegaran, Surakarta by Robert E. Brown
Engineering: Robert E. Brown
Assistant Engineers: John Pemberton IV, Nancy Pemberton, Alan Feinstein
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne
Re-mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Design: Doyle Partners
Cover Photograph: © Rene Burri / Magnum Photos
Additional Photographs: Alan Feinstein & Robert E. Brown

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