The Secret Museum of Mankind: Ethnic Music Classics, Vol. 3

1	Indaba Yomkonto / Hope Fountain Native Girls' Choir 1:14
2	Dilbar / A. Mirzaeva 2:32
3	Flisak / Makowska Orkiestra Dzialowego 3:03
4	La Virgen de Covadonga / "Cuchichi" Jose Menendez 2:43
5	Parting At Yang Kwan / Wei Chung Loh 3:49
6	Ta Magia Sto Pegadi / Georgios Trakis 3:31
7	KidiménkazÁndi Kuna Ngombe / Ngigi Leon Nkenkete 2:57
8	Inthakannananda / Vidwan Rajamanikkam 3:16
9	Vdol Po Piterskoi/Veisia, Veisis Kapoustka / Aristoff Choir 3:06
10	Bakmiyor Çesmi Siyah / Hamiyet Yüceses 3:25
11	Yebitchai / Navajo Elders 3:38
12	Gunan Kor / Chimiddorzh Ghanzhuryin 2:15
13	Buen Humor / Grupo Dominicano 3:15
14	Nalimbisi Yo / Jean Kalafayi 2:39
15	Kamarinskaja / A Dobrohotov 2:04
16	Mai Wanga Anadiuza / Thayelo Kapiye Trio 2:30
17	Moe Pau Ko Phan (Flower of Heaven) / Maung Su 3:13
18	VerrÁ Quel Di Di Lune... (The Day Will Come) / "Canto Di Soldati" 3:44
19	Byyatt Turk / Iran Dowleh Helen 2:59
20	Running Set / Elsie Avril 2:21
21	O Ju Male Me Debore / Kendon Grupi 2:21
22	Soutsanenh / Anon. Khene 2:35
23	Raks Fazani / Mohammed Kadri 3:31
24	Lugger Song / Fly River Singers 1:03

All Music Guide

Volume Three is another eclectic sampling of vintage "ethnic" recordings taken from the storerooms at The Secret Museum of Mankind. A Rhodesian hymn of praise precedes a 1948 recording of an Uzbeki diva, while the serpentine melodic lines of a Greek clarinetist follows the contemplative resonance of a 1939 solo performance on the Chinese qin or chin (a plucked zither). Though one may think that the enormous musical breath of the CD might make listening to it a scattered and unsatisfactory experience, this is not the case. The historical context within these works presented -- worldwide recordings made between 1925 and 1948 -- give this and the other Secret Museum works a cohesion that allows for disparate musical examples to be placed side by side. All in all, this CD gives the listener a window into another time, when recording technology was young and Western popular music had not invaded every corner of the globe. John Vallier