" Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born 7 October 1960) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist from Mumbai. She belongs to the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana tradition. Ashwini?s musicianship is characterized by a blend of tonal sweetness coupled with vitality and emotion and raga structure-architecture. On this CD recorded Live at Kufa Gallery , London, November 1996 are three traditional pieces. The Raga Ahir Bhairav and Raga Jaunpuri and the devotional Kabir Bhajan" (wikipedia -liner notes)
" This CD was recorded by walter Quintus at pura bale batur, kamasan, klungkung,bali,Indonesia,in September 1991. It containts four gending(pieces) in three different saih (modes): gending lasem, saih selisir (23’28”); gending tembung, saih tembung(19’04) ;gending tabuh gari, saih selisir (10’42’) ;gending unduk, saih baro(10’18”). The performing group is sekaa semar pegulingan saih pitu from kamasan village, directed by I Wayan Sumendra . The term semar pegulingan consists of two words:semar, the god of love, often called samara; and pegulingan , wich means “ bad chamber” in Balinese. Semar pegulingan, thus, mean” love music for the badroom.” Another understanding of the name is “ music for ecstasy.” Saih pitu means that this gamelan uses the seven-tone pelog scale, one of the tuning systems in traditional Balinese music." (ISI Denpasar)
De gamelan is wel het meest iconische instrument van Indonesi?en met name van Java. Reden genoeg om drie cd's op te nemen waarop zoveel mogelijk aspecten van de gamelan aan bod komen. Zowel het samenspel in de uitvoering van (delen van) klassieke stukken als de mogelijkheden van ieder instrument van de gamelan. Voor de geinteresseerden bevat het cd-boekje een schat van informaite over de instrumenten en de kenmerken van de muziek. (GR Muziekbank)|
