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22年ぶりのオリジナルシルクロードや、その出発点である西安での音楽奉納時の演奏を収録。その他の代表曲もリマスターにより、新たなる感動が巻きおこる。喜多郎、21世紀の新しいシルクロードの旅立ち。
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In 1980, few people knew about the Japanese synthesizer player named Kitaro. He'd released a few albums in Japan, but
Silk Road was the album that put Kitaro on the map. Originally recorded as the soundtrack to a Japanese TV series about the trade route between Europe and China, Kitaro subsequently released it as a double LP. This disc contains some of the best themes from that recording as well as some other songs, including 1996s "Flying Celestial Nymphs" and "Caravansary" featuring Yu-Xiao Guangs delicately expressive lines performed on a native Chinese violin called the huquin.
The Best of Silk Road concludes with two new pieces, "Pray at Xian/Mercury," nearly 18 minutes in length. They feature Kitaro on Native flute playing over gentle arpeggiations. Although these pieces do become tiresome in their repetition, the Japanese composer's melodic trade-offs with To-san on Chinese pipa are a serenely austere respite from Kitaro's often overly lush orchestrations. --
John Diliberto