Field Recordings: Javanese Court Gamelan, Vol. 2_音乐专辑
Field Recordings: Javanese Court Gamelan, Vol. 2
表演者: Various Artists (Artist)
发行时间: February 7, 2001
唱片数: 1
出版者: Nonesuch
条形码: 4943674022090
专辑简介
This second volume of Javanese court gamelan music, recorded in the 1970s in Surakarta, isn't always for the faint-hearted. There are periods of great beauty, but also times that seem like cacophony, like the opening of "Ketawang Puspawarna," which sounds more like a clash between instruments. It's not, of course — that's merely an imposition of Western values. And the two long pieces have the grace and power Western ears usually associate with gamelan. They move slowly and quite majestically, each charting a course through more than 20 minutes. At times, "Gending Ela-Ela Kalibeber" takes on a dream-like quality from the resonance of the metallophones, and it's only as it finishes that the intensity of the music and performance becomes fully apparent. After that, the short joy of "Ayak-Ayakan Kaloran" comes in like a breath of light air. It's worth remembering that these are field recordings (although the sound quality is superb throughout), played live, and keeping an ancient tradition alive. Wonderful stuff indeed.
印尼的甘美兰音乐，是世界民族音乐当中，金属打击乐的杰出代表。“甘美兰”或“加美兰”——gamelan，原意即为“敲打”。
甘美兰乐器大多为青铜制品，比如各式各样的排锣、釜锣，从几个一组到几十个一组，也有一些竹或木的拨弦乐器和管乐器，
另外还有受伊斯兰影响传入的拉弦乐器“雷巴布”(这真是世界性的拉弦乐器祖宗啊~~)。
通常按地理特点，印尼传统音乐分为巴厘岛、东爪哇、中爪哇、西爪哇等类别。
中爪哇是印尼自古以来的王家居所，宫廷甘美一般指的就是中爪哇甘美兰。顾名思义，其音乐用于宫廷仪礼和上流歌舞。
甘美兰的演出通常也伴随皮影戏进行，在今天则更加多的转向平民的日常生活比如婚礼、祭祀等等。
作为以金属打击乐为主的音乐，印尼的宫廷甘美兰有点类似于中国古代编钟。
尽管比编钟的构成方式要复杂得多，调式也大相径庭，但是在气韵上却颇为类似，即透着一股贵族式的慵懒和沉稳。
相对于巴厘岛的甘美兰，宫廷甘美兰似乎在节奏上比较缓慢，并不追求密集和强烈的音响效果。
人声的低吟浅唱更具有歌曲性，而巴厘岛的声乐则更接近婆落教的祭祀祈祷。
总体而言，宫廷甘美兰对于我们大多人的听觉经验来说是一次奇异之旅，空灵、幽远、难以捉摸，充满了神秘色彩。
曲目
1 Ketawang Puspawarna Nyi Supami, Nyi Toekinem ... 4:13
Performed by: Nyi Supami, Nyi Toekinem, Gamelan Kyai Kanyut Mesem,
2 Gending Bonang Babar Layar Gamelan Kyai Udan Arum 21:23
3 Gending Ela-Ela Kalibeber Gamelan Kyai Kanyut Mesem ... 22:44
Performed by: Gamelan Kyai Kanyut Mesem, Nyi Toekinem, Nyi Supami,
4 Ayak-Ayakan Kaloran Gamelan Kyai Kenyut Mesem 3:41
