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Voices of Forgotten Worlds: Traditional Music of Indigenous Peoples 

Concentrating on vocal traditions, the two-disc set Voices of 
Forgotten Worlds delivers cut after cut of wonderful music, 
frequently in stunning high-fidelity recordings. Producer 
Brook Wentz' sensitive sequencing minimizes the inevitable 
discontinuity from one cut to the next. The only flaws would 
seem to be unavoidable with such a diverse and wide-ranging 
collection: Individual pieces are too short, and they bear no real 
relation to one another. Things get off to a rousing start with 
a Tuvan (south Siberian) song in which the singers form a melody 
of whistling overtones that careens above their voices. From 
there the set skips through Japanese, South American, Northern 
European, Chinese, South Seas, and Australian examples before 
settling into an insistent Afghan ghazal and a glorious 
instrumental Newar celebration from Nepal. Performances from 
Greenland, Mexico, and Azerbaijan give way to the surprising choral 
singing of the Maori of New Zealand, which seems to bend local 
tradition with harmonies learned from church hymns. Among the 
more familiar patterned bells of the Balinese gamelan and 
otherworldly chanting of Tibetan monks, unique highlights include 
a hypnotic pan pipe ensemble from the Solomon Islands; a 
surprisingly gentle chant from the Kayapo (notoriously warlike 
denizens of the Amazon jungle); a compelling rapid-fire pulse 
of drums, bells, and a double reed from the Batak people of 
Sumatra; and a Wodaabe chorus from Niger, whose sinuous, irregular 
vocal phrases suddenly take form with the addition of hand claps. 
Rather than displaying various traditions as artifacts to be studied, 
Ellipsis Arts presents them as music to be enjoyed, an approach that 
has borne fruit in several of the label's top-notch collections. 
~ Ted Greenwald, All Music Guide