Vietnam

Vietnam Artist: Nguyen Vinh Bao
Label: Ocora
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 794881660421
EAN: 0794881660421
ASIN: B000063XPU


Release Date: 2002-09-10

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2004-02-18

At times, Ocora (the label) releases are of questionable recording and/or performance quality, but this is not one of those times.

To me, this group is basically a chamber quartet of excellent Vietnamese improvisors. Two lutes, a zither, and a spike-fiddle (dan nguyet, dan ty ba, dan tranh, and dan nhi/dan gao, for those of you keeping score). =)

The strength of real Vietnamese music shines here. This isn't one of those cd's where a traditional music has been marauded by Western pop-culture and now shows little to no sign of its own tradition beyond the language and maybe one or two traditional instruments for effect. The melodies and rhythms on this cd are timeless, and express the long-developing soul and spirit of a great culture. No French-influenced Vietnamese discotheque music here, thankfully!

There is a certain "open" rhythmic feel to this music that rarely ever surfaces in Western music. Beautifully textural and melodic at the same time, allowing each musician a world of freedom for personal expression.

As I said earlier, there are some Ocora releases that I have been 100% unhappy with, but they have an excellent track-record with Vietnamese releases. This cd is a perfect companion to the equally brilliant (though both releases are very different) Vietnam Improvisations cd I reviewed on this site several years ago.

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