First released: 11th June 2000
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Disc 1
- 1.Kham Hom [Sweet Words] (Berlin, 1900)
- 2.Oggayam (Balatoc, Philippines, 1934)
- 3.Tedhak Saking [Descending From...] (Central Javanese Gamelan composition) (Java, 1923)
- 4.[Untitled] [Kirshna Song] (Baroda, India, 1933)
- 5.Death Lament of the Kurdish Singer Abdal Ali (Sendschirli, Turkey, 1902)
- 6.Sapperi Tamma Temima/Od Lo Avda Tikwatenu [Jewish Songs] (Yemen, 1931)
- 7.Dil Hirodj [Heart's Admiration] Dance Tune Played on Qobuz (Tashkent, 1905)
- 8.[Untitled Track] [Rowing Song of a Boat's Crew on the Yangzi] (Sichuan, China, 1912)
- 9.Ezo ya Matsumaye (Niigata, Japan, 1911)
- 10.Beginning of Gagaku Composition/Etenraku (Tokyo, Japan, 1911)
- 11.Nurlu (Beagle Bay, Australia, 1910)
- 12.Song of the Ujangong [Mask Dance Song] (German New Guinea, 1904)
- 13.Interlocking Flutes 1 (New Guinea, 1912)
- 14.Interlocking Flutes 2 (New Guinea, 1912)
- 15.Tangiboa [A Death Lament] (German New Guinea, 1928)
- 16.A Uali [Dance Song] (Balun, Admiralty Islands, 1907)
- 17.Breadfruit Dance Song (Truk Atoll, Micronesia, 1907)
- 18.Bedouin Song (Yemen, 1931)
- 19.Bedouin Song (Northeast Algeria, 1927)
- 20.Caravan Song (Tunisia, 1929)
- 21.Kuadinkro Bessueba [The People of the Village Kuadinkro Want to Arrive] (Abigui, Ivory Coast, 1935)
- 22.Five Proverbs Drummed in Twi Language (Togo, 1905)
- 23.Music for the Lela Celebration (Bali, Cameroon, 1908)
- 24.Vessel Flute Music (Luebo, Congo, 1906)
- 25.Music of the "Cisanzi" Board Lamellophone (Central Angolan Highlands, 1913)
- 26.Amahoro Meeza (Rwanda, 1907-8)
- 27.Zande Song 1 (Sudan, 1928)
- 28.Zande Song 2 (Sudan, 1928)
- 29.Xylophone Piece of the Bondei (Tanganyika, 1903)
- 30.Dance Song of Thompson River Indians (British Colombia, 1897)
- 31.Eagle Song of the Hopi Indians of Arizona (Berlin, 1906)
- 32.Mitote Singing of Cora (Mexico, 1905)
- 33.Song for "Parischera" Dance of the Taulipang (North-Eastern Brazil - South Venezuela, 1911)
- 34.Song of a Chiriguano Indian From Bolivia (San Pedro de Jujuy, Argentina, 1906)
- 35.Song From the Youth Initiation (Chile, 1923)
- 36.Tvisongvar 1 (Iceland, 1928)
- 37.Tvisongvar 2 (Iceland, 1928)
- 38.Instrumental 1 (Ne Lithuania, 1909)
- 39.Instrumental 2 (Parish Juzintai, Ne Lithuania, 1909)
- 40.Hola, Matulu Moja [Holla, My Mummy] (Poland, 1930)
- 41.Song From the Bohmerwald (Neuern, Czechoslovakian Republic, 1931)
- 42.Sorbian Spinning Room Song (Spreewald, Germany, 1907)
Disc 2
- 1.Instrumental Narration [Played on the Duct Flute Düdük] (Antakya, Turkey, 1956)3:46
- 2.Qaside [Sung by Seyid Ahmet of Şırnak] (Hakkari, Turkey, 1965)4:08
- 3.Atābā [Sung and Accompanied on the Spike Fiddle Rabāb] (Wint Al-Rihān, Syria, 1974)3:11
- 4.Taksim in Maqām Nahāwand [Played on the short-Necked Lute Al-'Ūd] (Nazareth, Israel, 1967)7:07
- 5.Instrumental Piece 1 [Played on the Zïbïzga (Flute) and the Dombra (Lute) By the Uigur Musicians Sarkat and Toktagan] (Istanbul, Turkey, 1955)1:16
- 6.Instrumental Piece 2 [Played on the Zïbïzga (Flute) and the Dombra (Lute) By the Uigur Musicians Sarkat and Toktagan] (Istanbul, Turkey, 1955)2:07
- 7.[Goze Singer Sugimoto Kikue Accompanies Herself on the Shamisen] (Takada, Japan, 1964)4:15
- 8.Initiation Song of the Anga (Village of Seseli, Banir River, New Guinea, 1968)0:51
- 9.Jew's Harp Piece of the Anga (Village of Seseli, Banir River, New Guinea, 1968)1:39
- 10.Dance Song for Initiation (Moeneu, Santa Cruz Archipelago, 1967)4:10
- 11.Mawwāl (Cairo, Egypt, 1955)3:03
- 12.Nubian Song (Cairo, Egypt, 1955)5:12
- 13.Song of the Harp Player Kali of the Buduma (Lake Chad Island of n'Guya, Tchad, 1962)2:35
- 14.Dance of the Hausa Girls With Drumming (Anka, Northern Nigeria, 1961)4:30
- 15.Zulu Songs [Accompanied by the Musical Bow Ugubhu] (Village of Mahlabatini, South Africa, 1968)2:10
- 16."Ntete" [Musical Piece for a Mouth-Resonated Bow] (Village of Chambuluka, Lower Shire Valley, Malaŵi, 1967)3:07
- 17.Boat Song 1 (Island of Buvuma, Lake Victoria, Uganda, 1970)2:58
- 18.Boat Song 2 (Island of Buvuma, Lake Victoria, Uganda, 1970)1:58
- 19.Haunting Song of the Borana-Galla 1 (Southern Ethiopia, 1951)1:19
- 20.Haunting Song of the Borana-Galla 2 (Southern Ethiopia, 1951)0:54
- 21.News Chant of the Waika Indian Olamihu [Upper Orinoco, Venezuela, 1954]1:52
- 22.Music for an Ayarichi Dance [Played on Panpipes and Drums] (Department of Chuquisaca, Bolivia, 1958)3:27
- 23.Yoik of the Sami 1 (Karasjok, Norway, 1956)1:06
- 24.Yoik of the Sami 2 (Karasjok, Norway, 1956)1:06
- 25.Yoik of the Sami 3 (Karasjok, Norway, 1956)0:51
- 26.Historical Song (Rugovo, Kosovo, 1959)3:58
- 27.Easter Song (Bituse, Macedonia, 1974)2:12
- 28.Zwiefacher (Aichach, Upper Bavaria, Germany, 1967)1:38
Disc 3
- 1.Music of the Gamelan Ajeng (Village of Buher, Karawang, West-Java, Indonesia, 1981)12:07
- 2.Jegog Music (Village of Sangkaragung, Northwestern Bali, Indonesia, 1995)4:17
- 3.Dance Song of the Tigwa Manobo [Accompanied on the Tube Zither and the Boat Lute] (Village of Sitio Kisayab, San Fernando, Bukidnon, Philippines, 1993)3:20
- 4.Praise Song of the Royal Power Pat Pyo [Composed by Myawaddy Mingyi U Sa] (Rangoon, Myanmar/Burma, 2000)4:20
- 5.South Vietnamese Music of the Talented (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1999)4:42
- 6.Aacigu (Mountain Song) (Yuennan, China, 1990)1:14
- 7.Qurbah [Bagpipe Music Performed at a Wedding] (Majīs, Wilāyah Ṣohār, Oman, 1990)4:46
- 8.Music From the Highland Region of Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya) [Excerpt From a Great Dance Festival] (Munggona (Eipomek), 1976)4:49
- 9.Christmas Dance of the Yali (Missionary Station Angguruk, Western New Guinea, 1975)2:44
- 10.Gera Esharbeh [Waza Trumpet Ensembles of the Berta] (Villages of Mitinjalo Near Qessan and Uffud El-Tom, Sudan, 1982)2:52
- 11.Asa Musa Iadoiya [Waza Trumpet Ensembles of the Berta] (Villages of Mitinjalo Near Qessan and Uffud El-Tom, Sudan, 1982)1:54
- 12.The Mwirugavu Yalyaki Nkwanzi Group [Ensemble Music for Panpipes and Xylophone] (Village of Namisambia I, Bugosa District, Uganda, 2000)4:11
- 13.Shi Kalaksai [Praise Music Played by the Ganga Kura Ensemble of the Shehu of Borno] (Maidiguri, Nigeria, 1991)3:19
- 14.Reel (Tobago, 1995)3:15
- 15.Phukuna [Panflute Ensemble (Kantu) of the Kallawayas] Charazani, Bolivia, 19835:02
- 16.Caramelles de Nadal [Christmas Songs] (San Jorge, Eivissa (Ibiza), Spain, 1978)4:14
- 17.Boche 'e Notte, Tenores (Bitti, Sardinia, 1988)5:11
- 18.Shavi Shashvi (The Black Trush) [Three-Part Vocal Polyphony] (Guria, Georgia, 1991)3:44
Disc 4
- 1.Ortsende (Berlin, Germany, 1973)4:11
- 2.Kripaju [A Composition by Tyāgarāja in Rāgam Chajatharangini and Tālam Aditālam] Performed (Madras, India, 1975)4:12
- 3.Khyāl in Rāg Mishra Bhairavi (India, 1981)9:52
- 4.Solo Piece for the Vietnamese Zither Đàn Tranh (Paris, 1985)5:49
- 5.Solo Piece for the Chinese Zither Zheng (Taiwan, 1979)7:43
- 6.Taqsīm [On the Arabian Lute Al-'ūd] (Iraq, 1983)6:42
- 7.Music of the Mizmār Baladī Ensemble (Upper Egypt, 1977)8:29
- 8.Madīḥ Nabawī (Praise of the Prophet) (Mauretania, 1978)10:30
- 9.Historical Song [Sung to the Bowl Lyre Endongo] (Kampala, Uganda, 1983)3:41
- 10.Mama Elisa (Malaŵi, 1981)3:13
- 11.Introductoy Song [Sung and Played on the Bridge Harp Seperewa] (Ghana, 1999)3:08
- 12.Music for Kete Drums (Köln, Germany, 1999)4:56