People's Melodies of Turkmenistan - LP released in Soviet Turkmenistan in 1979

Here our third LP from Turkmenistan from the collection of Werner Durand. Side 1 has Bakhshi music by N. Gulov, accompanied by Dotar and Gidjak, and the first two tracks on side 2 are also Bakhshi music by N. Gulov and B. Berdyyev, again accompanied by Dotar and Gidjak. Here we have again two extracts from Dastans in tracks 1 and 7. Tracks 8 to 11 are folk songs performed a cappella.

According to https://records.su/album/18738 the details are:

Side 1:

N. Gulov (1—5):

1. Diygey sen (muz. nar. — sl. iz eposa «Ger-ogly»)

2. Soz bilyani (muz. nar. — Bayli shakhir)

3. Byari gel, byari

4. Yandyrdyn, Bibi (muz. nar. — Changli shakhir)

5. Aya dondi (muz. nar. — Makhtumkuli)

Side 2:

N. Gulov & B. Berdyyev (6, 7):

6. Yarymdan, Bibi (muz. nar. — D. Balkizil)

7. Sonam geldimi (muz. nar. — sl. iz dastana «Nedzhep-oglan»)

O. Durdyyeva (8—10):

8. Lyale

9. Khuvdi

10. Khovlim

A. Kurbanov, G. Melyayev (11):

11. Kushtdendi (nar. pesni). 

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Many thanks to Werner for his generous sharing.

In the future we will post more Turkmen LPs, inshaAllah.

Napevy Dutara - Dotar Tunes - Turkmen folk melodies - LP released in 1984 in Soviet Turkmenistan

Here another beautiful LP from Soviet Turkmenistan, contributed by our friend Werner Durand. This one is a purely instrumental one by three great Dotar players. It was recorded in 1981 and released in 1984.

Side 1:

Aymamed Ashirov (Dotar):

1. Saryya

2. Mukam razluki

Ammanazar Atayev (Dotar):

3. Prosnis'

4. Reka Tu-ni

5. Naydeno v solonchake

Side 2:

Khan Akyyev (Dotar):

1. Toska

2. Nevestki

3. Dovletler

4. Gyzyl boryk

5. Pridi

6. Shalar belmiyer

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Jan Jan - Bakhshi Music from Turkmenistan - LP released in Soviet Turkmenistan in 1989

Here we start to post a series of three rare LPs of the music of the Bakhshis (bards) of Turkmenistan. Our friend Werner Durand contibuted these to our blog. Many thanks to him for his very generous sharing. In the future we will post more.

For more details on the music you can download the booklets to two CDs of Turkmen Bakhshis: Chants des femmes Bakhshi and Turkmen Epic Singing

In the past we had posted two cassettes with recordings from the Iranian part of Turkmenistan and a Japanese LP which had three recordings from Soviet Turkmenistan: see here.

Side 1:

Nuryagdı Bayramov - Vocal, Çarı Alladurdıev - Gidjak, Tagan Taganov - Dutar

1. Moy Oraz (muzıka nar.- Kemine)

2. Ne nujdayus v tebe (muzıka nar.- Zelili)

3. Agların (iz dastana «Zohre i Tahir»)

4. Jan - jan (iz dastana «Şasenem i Garib»)

5. Terekme (iz dastana «Zohre i Tahir») 

Side 2:

Annaseid Annamuradov - Dutar 

1. Taşgoldı

2. Uzor

3. Arzıman

4. Nar agajı

5. Gaşlı yar

6. Gorı (nar. melodii). 

One sees here, that on Side 1 in tracks 3 to 5 extracts from Dastans (Epics) are performed, namely the ones named "Zohre and Tahir" and "Şasenem and Gari". Dastan singing is the main art of the Bakhshis, but very often they sing also just songs or perform solo instrumental pieces on the Dotar as here on side 2. 

A Bakhshi is always accompanied by the Dotar, which he most times plays himself, and sometimes the ensemble is completed by a Gidjak, as here on side 1. It is the same instrument as the Iranian and Azerbaijani Kemencheh. The Bakhshis are often amazing virtuoso on the Dotar, a two-string long-necked lute, as here on side 2.

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Folk Music of Central Asia - West Turkistan - LP published in Japan in 1968

Here we present another LP from Japan which was never on the market in Europe or the US, but this time for license restriction reasons, as the recordings were licensed for sale in Japan only from the Soviet state owned label Melodiya.

On side 1 we have three recordings from Turkmenistan and three from Uzbekistan, on side 2 there are three tracks from Tajikistan and three from Kyrgyzstan, at that time all republics of the Soviet Union.

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Mirror and Song - A collection of 28 cassettes of regional and religious music of Iran published in Iran, recorded in 1994 - Cassette 17: Music from Turkmen Sahra, Aliabad-e Guneh & Sharq (East) Mazandaran

Side A:

Music from Turkmen Sahra

1. Por-Khani Ritual

2. - 4. Bakhshi Music

The Bakhshi sings and plays Dotar, accompanied by a Kemenche player

Side B:

Music from Turkmen Sahra

1. Bakhshi Music

Vocal & Dotar

2. Ney & Vocal

Music from Aliabad-e Guneh - Mazandaran

3. Ney & Vocal

Music from East Mazandaran

4. Dotar & Vocal

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The first track has been published on the CD (Regional Music of Iran 55) which we had informed about in our post of cassette 8 of this series.

Torkaman - Music from Iranian Turkmenistan - Cassette published in Iran (early 1990s)

Chaharomin Djashnvareh Mousiqi Fajr 
(4. Fajr Music Festival) - Vol. 12

Torkaman

performed by:

Grouhe (ensemble) Azad Mahali

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Turkmen music from the Iranian part of Turkmenistan. This cassette contains music of Bakhshis (bards) accompanying themselves on Dutar and accompanied on Gidjak, a spike fiddle called in Iran and Azerbaijan Kamancheh.

"Turkmen in Iran and Afghanistan:

Turkmen in Iran and Afghanistan remain very conservative in comparison to their brethren in Turkmenistan. Islam plays a much more prominent role in Iran and Afghanistan where Turkmen follow many traditional Islamic practices that many Turkmen in Turkmenistan have abandoned as a result of decades of Soviet rule. In addition, many Turkmen in Iran and Afghanistan have remained at least semi-nomadic and traditionally work in agriculture/animal husbandry and the production of carpets In Iran about 2 000,000 Turkmen are primarily concentrated in the provinces of Golestan and North Khorasan."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmen_people

"The Turkmens reside in the north of the (Iranian) province Golestan, a plain called Turkmen Sahra. This former nomadic people live in this area from 15th century, main cities of which are Gonbad-e Kavus and Bandar Torkaman." 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golestan_Province

Here some more Turkmen music from the former Soviet Union:

http://zhuzhulingo.blogspot.de/search/label/Turkmenistan