What are some albums that make good use of the duduk?

January 3, 2005 5:22 AM

What are some albums that make good use of the duduk? I've been hearing this instrument crop up more and more in film scores, such as Ronin and The Hulk, and it delights me.
posted by Sticherbeast to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

The duduk can be said to be the national instrument of Armenia -- basic googled info here with some representative MP3s.

IMHO the most prominent player of the instrument is Djivan Gasparian - seek out his record "I Will Not Be Sad In This World." You can find a copy by searching on the title from GEMM - or via amazon etc.
posted by omnidrew at 7:36 AM on January 3, 2005

I think you'll find the duduk on the "Passion of the Christ" soundtrack and on Peter Gabriel's "Last Temptation of Christ" soundtrack.
posted by skylar at 7:52 AM on January 3, 2005

Is that a duduk on the closing track of System of a Down's "Toxicity"?
posted by squidlarkin at 8:04 AM on January 3, 2005

...and on Peter Gabriel's "Last Temptation of Christ" soundtrack.

Called Passion, oddly enough. It's excellent. I have no idea if it features a duduk (wish I knew what one sounded like, by name), but it's a long-time favorite of mine. According to my iTunes, I listed to a track from that CD 5 tracks ago. :)
posted by Witty at 12:53 PM on January 3, 2005

The credits for Peter Gabriel's Passion list two players of the "Armenian Doudouk" on track 1 and one player of the "Kurdish Duduk" (similar instrument?) on track 4. Great album, too.

For those who liked Passion, also worth seeking is Passion Sources, a comp that Peter Garbriel put together of the original traditional source music.

Back on the duduk subject, if you like Michael Brook at all, he has an album with Djivan Gasparyan entitled Black Rock.

[All referral junk stripped from the Amazon URLs.]
posted by kreinsch at 7:17 PM on January 3, 2005

Just Spice of Duduk I and II
posted by k8t at 7:44 AM on December 11, 2005