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Price: $8.07
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0755979704250
Format: Original recording reissued
Label: Nonesuch
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Nonesuch
Release Date: 2002-08-27
Studio: Nonesuch
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Customer reviews of Explorer: Zimbabwe - The Soul of Mbira
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Customer Rating:  
Summary: Healing
Comment: Really wonderful stuff...a little more singing/chanting than I like with my Mbira but very cool
Customer Rating:
Summary: Soothing, Sublime Shona
Comment: There are several excellent Shona Mbira recordings in the Nonesuch Explorer catalog, but if you had to pick just one, this is the one to get. The ensembles play (and sing!) with an exuberance that makes this disc an extraordinarily satisfying, enjoyable listen. The rich, melodic vocal content and intriguing percussion enhance the soothing, undulating quality of the mbira. The selections found on this album vary widely in terms of tempo, dynamics, instrumentation and vocal style, making this a title with enormous replay value. This is high art; five stars are simply not enough!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Except for a handful of titles, the Nonesuch Explorer imprint has languished in undeserved oblivion for more than 20 years, so the gradual reissue of the entire series on CD constitutes an event of unparalleled importance. The present album was recorded by Paul Berliner and reveals the mbira, a simple thumb piano made of metal keys attached to a board, as an instrument capable of infinite possibilities. In the hands of a master player, it creates hypnotic, repetitive webs of melody, usually accompanied by shifting vocal patterns and hissing hosho shakers. The late Dr. Dumisani Abraham Maraire, a world-renowned performer and educator, is heard with his brother Nkosana Arthur Maraire on voice and percussion, plus Sukutai Laura Choira, a huge-voiced powerhouse of a female singer. Their energized austerity and interwoven triple rhythms often recall the works of Philip Glass and other classical minimalists, but in a more primal, outwardly directed incarnation. --Christina Roden
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