Sanggar Seni Sunda Lugina Ensemble - Indonésie - Ormatan Tarawangsa - Musique Rituelle / Indonesia - Ormatan Tarawangsa - Ritual Music flac mp3 download

While in many countries the music traditions frozen, dying or commercially washed out, Indonesia stands out again and again and still with a living tradition, here exeplarified with the highlights of a Sundanese ritual music to honour the rice goddess Dewi Sri. Rarely has the playing of a fiddle, here the Tarawangsa (similar to the Rabab) been so convincing as in these 3 pieces by the gifted Pupung Supena. The big name of the Indian Sarangi master Ram Narayam inevitably comes to mind. The simple Kecapi accompaniment takes over the function of the Tampura to a certain extent. In fact, the duo conjures up a highly concentrated, melancholic, sometimes enthusiastic poetic mood that is in no way inferior to that of a raga, even though the typical intensification is missing and the pieces in their narrative, contemplative form, circle around a modal centre, while the ornamentation increases in refinement. – Such a masterpiece is truly not heard every day!