Korea: Jongmyo Jeryeak
Label: Ocora Catalog: C560242 Format: CD The Court Music Orchestra of National Gugak Centre The Jongmyo Jeryeak refers to a combination of vocal and instrumental music, and dances, performed once a year at the Jongmyo royal shrine: for about 600 years, this solemn and majestic ritual music - played on drums, gongs, bells, chimes, zithers, fiddles, oboes and flutes - have been performed in honour of the royal ancestrors of the Joseon dynasty. Price: $27.98 |