The Great Music List

Music - 100 recordings if there was ever a new 'Voyager' type of project.

Asia-Pacific and Africa

·         Sub-Saharan Africa

1.      Venancio Mbande – Timbila

2.      Tradtional – Aka Yodelling

3.      Henry Kaiser and David Lindley – Hana

4.      Thomas Mapfumo – Kuyaura

5.      Fela Kuti – Gentleman

6.      Konono No. 1 – Kule Kule

7.      Salif Kieta – Kou Kou

8.      Ladyship Black Mabazo – Nansi Imali

9.      Youssou N’dour – Badou

·         Middle East and North Africa

1.      Khaled – Serbi Serbi

2.      Oum Kalthoum – Beid Annak

3.      Yoselle Rosenblatt – Achrinu Kol Beis Yisroel

4.      Kayhan Kalhor – Come With Me

5.      Parisa – Baz Amadam

6.      Ozel Turkbas – Kandirali Ciftetelii

7.      Khalifa Ould Eide and Dimi Mint Abba – Yar Allahoo

8.      Traditional – Hava Nagila

9.      Alim Qasimov – Bagishlamani

10.  Cesaria Evora – Nha Cancera Ka Tem Medida

·         India, Nepal, Sri Lanka

1.      Ravi Shankar – Raja Jog

2.      A.R. Rahman – Mumbai Theme Tune

3.      Ali Akbar Khan and Asha Bhosle – Rag Gaur Sarangi

4.      Ustad Sultan Khan and Zakir Hussain – Sarangi Rajanthani Folk Song

5.      Nitin Sawhney – The Conference

6.      M.I.A. – Jimmy

7.      Preet and Pinky – Piya Piya o Piya

8.      Traditional – Resham Firiri

·         Indonesia, Australia and Pacific Islands

1.      O.M. Soneta and Elvy Sukaesih – Sengaja

2.      Orkes Kroncong Mutiara – Kroncong Segenggam Harapan

3.      Traditional – Gamelan Barong

4.      Traditional – Sabilulungan

5.      Traditional – Kumilipo Chant

6.      Richard Walley – Night Falls…Night Creatures Stir

·         Japan and China

1.      Kodo – Irodori

2.      Goro Yamaguchi – Tsuru no Sugomori

3.      Traditional – Flowing Water

4.      Traditional – White Snake Goddess Wedding

5.      Peng Xiuwen – Days of Emancipation

6.      Codona –Goshakasuchi

7.      Tony Scott – Murmuring Sound of the Mountain Stream

8.      Kieko Fujiie – Ten No Yo Na Chi, Shoshite Chi No Yo Na Ten

9.      Danjuro Ichikawa – Kanjincho from Geni Geni

10.  Traditional – Song of the Herdsman

11.  Traditional – Spring on a Moonlit River

·         Russia and Mongolia

1.      Huun-Huur-Tu – Steppe

2.      Traditional – Korobushka

3.      Traditional – Troika

4.      Rimsky Korsakov – Scheherezade: The Calendar Prince

5.      Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker: Russian Dance

6.      Stravinsky – The Rites of Spring

Europe and the Americas

·         Europe

1.      Abelard – O Quanta Qualia

2.      Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli

3.      Moneteverdi – L’Orfeo: Possente Spirto e Formidabil Nume

4.      Bach – St. Matthew’s Passion

5.      Haydn – Op. 20/5: String Quartet in F Minor

6.      Mozart – Don Giovanni: Madamina, il Catologo e Questo

7.      Beethoven – 9^th Symphony

8.      Wagenr – Gotterdamerung: Mien Erbe Nun Nehm’ Ich Zu Eigen

9.      Glenn Morgan – Rakish Paddy, Mason’s Apron

10.  Ivo Papasov – Tziganska Ballada

11.  Bulgarian Female Choir – Pilentze Pee

12.  Portishead – Mysterons

13.  Piaf – La Vie En Rose

14.  Morriconne – The Ecstasy of Gold

15.  The Beatles – Only a Northern Song

16.  Kraftwerk – Europe Endless

17.  Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger

18.  Jorgen Ingman – Apache

19.  Propellerheads – Spybreak!

·         North America

1.      Miles Davis – So What

2.      John Coltrane – A Love Supreme

3.      Charlie Parker – Bloomdido

4.      Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

5.      Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag

6.      Benny Goodman – Sing Sing Sing

7.      Stevie Wonder – Superstition

8.      Professor Longhair – Mardi Gras in New Orleans

9.      Traditional – Apache Sun Dance

10.  Maria Anderson – Go Down, Moses

11.  Beusoleil – Le Jig Francais

12.  Brian Eno and David Byrne – Come With Us

13.  Jimmy West and Speedy Bryant – Stratosphere Boogie

14.  Captain Beefheart – Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish

15.  Philip Glass – Einstein on the Beach: Trial, Prison: I Feel the Earth Move

16.  Grandmaster Flash – The Message

17.  A Tribe Called Quest – Vibes and Stuff

18.  Patti Smith – Birdland

19.  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Earl’s Breakdown

20.  Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Dream

·         South and Central America

1.      Bebel Gilberto – August Day Song

2.      Los Camperos de Nati Campo – Los Arrieros

3.      Los Amigos Invisibles – Cuchi Cuchi

4.      Sukay – El Condor Pasa

5.      Aurora Miranda – Os Quindins de Yaya

6.      Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan

7.      Carlos Gardel – Por Una Cabeza

8.      Cal Tjader – Vibe Mambo

9.      Santana – Oye Come Va

10.  Bob Marley – No Woman No Cry

11.  Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Corn Fish Dub