Iradi voices recorded at homeNATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF FOLK MUSIC · SOUND ARCHIVE · SINCE 1967

1,284 recordings, 1967 to 2026, from 412 singers in 139 places.

II.412Reel 14, side BSuusamyr, 19876 min 41 s

Lament for a brother

Cholpon Kasym kyzy, at home; recorded by Aigul Choro kyzy

0:00 / 6:41
1My brother, the grey colt you broke is standing at the door,2it will not drink, it looks down the road you took.
III.019Reel 6, side AAksay Plateau, 19711 min 35 s

Calling the mares in

Toktosun Beishenbek uulu, on horseback; recorded by Aigul Choro kyzy

0:00 / 1:35
1Kel-kel, my brown ones, the wind is turning,2kel-kel, the foal is crying by the post,
IV.061Reel 27, side AOzgörüsh, 19898 min 37 s

Sagynych for the summer pasture

Gulsara Toktomush kyzy, with komuz; recorded by Nurgul Abdrakhmanova

0:00 / 8:37
1In the town the water comes out of a pipe,2it has no taste of stone. I drink it and I am thirsty.
VII.004DAT 2, track 1Upper Chatkal, 19946 min 02 s

Hymn of the morning, in three voices

Three men of the yurt church; recorded by Kubanychbek Asanov

0:00 / 6:02
1Light, come down the side of the mountain,2light, come into the felt house,

Recorded at home

Since 1967 the Conservatory’s collectors have gone to the singers, not the other way round: to the yurt, the kolkhoz club, the neighbour’s kitchen, the wedding. Ün keeps those tapes, about 1,900 reels and 400 digital tapes, and publishes them as an edition: every recording with its number, its place, its singer and an English working translation.

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