The Best of Korean Gayageum Music - Darha Nopigom - Byungki Hwang
[EUCD2097]

CD Information • CD Title: The Best of Korean Gayageum Music - Darha Nopigom • Artist(s): Byungki Hwang • CD Code: EUCD2097 • Tracks: 22 • Playing Time: 68:29 min • Booklet Info in: English, Spanish, French, German

An atmospheric, relaxing and hauntingly beautiful album of new gayageum music, written and played by Hwang Byungki, one of the most distinguished composers and gayageum players of Korea, accompanied by janggu (hourglass drum). Occasional vocals as well as a daegeum piece (transverse flute) and geomungo solo piece (6-string fretted board zither).

40-page booklet with extensive information and a foreword by Andrew Killick, PH.D., Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, University of Sheffield.

Byungki Hwang

Track Listing:

1.-5. Darha Nopigom - 10:12

6.-9. Sigyetap (The Clock Tower) - 9:39

10.-12. Hamadan - 9:05

13. Jasi (Night Watch) - 6:21

14.-17. Nakdoeum - 11:42

18. Moon of My Hometown - 5:22

19.-21. Chahyangije (Two Poems on the Fragrance of Tea) - 9:53

22. Chucheonsa (Swinging Song) - 5:36