Ladr. ‘Kodhokan’ (gendhing bonang) pelog lima
Lagu ‘Kupu-Kupu Puccini’ pelog (arrangement: Joko Purwanto)
Tracks
1 – 7:24 ‘Kiprah Menakjinga’ from Langendriyan
2 – 0:37 The sound of kentongan at night
3 – 7:35 Ladr. ‘Kodhokan’ (gendhing bonang) pelog lima
4 – 2:21 Ciblon (water gamelan) and other sounds
5 – 3:54 Lagu ‘Kupu-Kupu Puccini’ pelog (arrangement: Joko Purwanto)
6 – 9:07 Ladr. ‘Gadhung Mlati’ for genders and gong slendro sanga
7 – 25:42 Gendhing Bonang ‘Tukung’ multistyle pelog barang
Gamelan Java Easy
Collection: Other Gamelan
Booklet
Gamelan Java Easy
When John Noise Manis asked me to write a gamelan rendition of the Humming Chorus from Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly, I felt it would be quite a challenge, mainly because Javanese gamelan instruments are tuned to pentatonic and heptatonic scales.