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‘Tibetan Buddhist Rites From The Monasteries Of Bhutan Volume 1’ by John Levy

Release date 22 March 2005 (Sub Rosa)

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1.01	–	In praise of Genyen
1.02	–	Offering of 'Golden drink'
1.03	–	Exhortation to the guardian goddess of long life
1.04	–	Long trumpets, 'Throat ornament'
1.05	–	Long trumpets, 'two notes prolonged'
1.06	–	Invitation to Gonpo
1.07	–	Petition to Chakchen
1.08	–	Invoking Tshetro's blessings
1.09	–	Supplication to the Buddhas
1.10	–	Aspiration to be reborn in the western paradise
1.11	–	Petition to Dramar
1.12	–	Prayer for Lama's long life
1.13	–	Large 'Mani-wheel', with mantra
1.14	–	Rite to cure disease, chanted by nuns 1
1.15	–	Rite to cure disease, chanted by nuns 2
1.16	–	Rite to cure disease, chanted by nuns 3
1.17	–	'Tibetan Shawm', processional music
1.18	–	Processional music for shawms and percussion
1.19	–	Long Trumpets, 'Auspicious Ending'
1.20	–	Peling Shachham, Deer Dance
1.21	–	Dramitse Hgachlam, The Drum Dance of Dramitse
1.22	–	Lama Norbu Guamtsho, Ritual dedicated to Padma Sambhava 1
1.23	–	Lama Norbu Guamtsho, Ritual dedicated to Padma Sambhava 2
1.24	–	Lama Norbu Guamtsho, Ritual dedicated to Padma Sambhava 3
2.01	–	Entreaty to the three Buddha-bodies
2.02	–	Invitation to Padma Sambhava
2.03	–	Rise up, Padma
2.04	–	Words of prayer
2.05	–	'Tibetan Shawms'
2.06	–	Myule Drelwa, Calling Down of deities to subjugate evil spirit; and Kulwa, its death, stabbed by Black Hat
2.07	–	Part of Junbeb, the coming/ down of grace
2.08	–	Monks in procession playing portable instruments followed by chanting of the Heart-Drop teaching. Recorded in Thimphu
2.09	–	Dramnyen Choshe, song sf sffering, with lute (dramnyen). Lute solo, followed by chorus, in praise of sons of Bhutan
2.10	–	Dramnyen Choshe, chorus only, Song in praise of Chinese silk
2.11	–	Monks, a clown, crowds and instruments 1
2.12	–	Monks, a clown, crowds and instruments 2
2.13	–	Monks, a clown, crowds and instruments 3
2.14	–	End of festival, with temple bell, and drums and trumpets
2.15	–	Wandering ascetic
2.16	–	(manip) chanting a Milarepa poem and a mantra
2.17	–	Cymbals (silnyen) played solo
2.18	–	Cross-flute (zurlim), folk-song from E. Bhutan
2.19	–	Another manip chanting Milarepa poem
2.20	–	First manip as story-teller

A double CD with extensive liner notes, Volume 1 presents the great power of the rituals of the Drupka and Nyingmapa orders, recorded in the early seventies by British ethnomusicologist John Levy...

Invited by the King of Bhutan, Levy was afforded every facility for recording monastic music in the principal fort-like Dzongs (monasteries) of the Nyingmapa Order. The ethereal Polytonal throat chanting, the long trumpets, shawms and percussion instruments, the processional music and spectacular mask dances, Tibetan and Bhutanese secular songs and poems. All captured by Levy, in stereo, using a Nagra portable recorder and reproduced with incredibly sonic fidelity.

Disc 1 details the rituals of the Drukpa order from Thimphu and Punakha, and the sacred dances and rituals of the Nyingmapa and Drukpa orders from Nyimalung and Tongsa. Disc 2 covers more sacred dances and rituals as well as public ceremonies.

In these rituals the primary instrumentation is provided by the long golden trumpet, the dung chen, along with various drums and percussion and a deep droning bass. Chanted and played by 76 Lamas and monks with dung chen, shawms, cymbals, drums and other Tibetan instruments in sacred temples, rather than soothingly meditative, the music can be a perceived as a little dissonant to Western ears.

A truly remarkable collection, with extensive liner notes, photographs, and musical illustrations by John Levy.

SPECIAL OFFER: Buy volumes 1 & 2 of John Levy's Tibetan & Bhutanese series for £18.00

PostEverything and Sub Rosa are offering, exclusively to PostEverything customers, the opportunity to volume 1 and volume 2, priced at £12.00 and £10.00 respectively, as one package for the knockdown price of £18.00 (plus P&P).

Volume 1 is a double CD release, volume 2 is a single CD, both contain a booklet of extensive notes about the music and musicians on the release. So that's 3 CDs, and loads of info, for just £18!

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