| RECOMMENDED FILMS | ||
| DIRECTOR | TITLE | LOCALE |
|---|---|---|
| Zhang Yimou | House of Flying Daggers (2004) | Ukraine; Youngchuan Bamboo Forest, China |
| Zhang Yimou | Hero (2004) | Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan China |
| Michael Winterbottom | Code 46 (2004) | Shanghai |
| Ondřej Trojan | Želary (2004) | Slovakia |
| Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni | The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004) | Gobi Desert, Mongolia |
| Siddiq Barmak | Osama (2003) | Afghanistan |
| John Sayles | Sunshine State (2002) | Florida |
| Zacharias Kunuk | The Fast Runner (2002) | Arctic Circle |
| Majid Majidi | Baran (Harnsay-e khoda) (2001) | Tehran, Iran |
| Agnes Varda | Les glaneurs et la glaneuse(2000) | France |
| Barry Levinson | An Everlasting Piece(2000) | Northern Ireland |
| Damien O'Donnell | East is East(1999) | England |
| Fridrik Thor Fridriksson | Cold Fever (1996) | Iceland |
| Bob Rafelson | Mountains of the Moon(1990) | Africa |
| Isao Takahata | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | Japan |
| Nils Gaup | Ofelas (Pathfinder)(1987) | Norway |
| Kaige Chen | Yellow Earth (~1986) | northern China |
| Peter Weir | Witness (1985) | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Werner Herzog | Fitzcarraldo (1982) | Amazonia |
| Akira Kurosawa | Dersu Uzala (~1974) | Siberian taiga |
| Peter Weir | Walkabout(1971) | Australian outback |
| Werner Herzog | Fata Morgana (1971) | Sahara Desert |
| Orson Welles | Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) | Europe, various |
| RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS | ||
| Abyssinians | June Tabor | Shanachie 79038 |
| My Life in the Bush of Ghosts | Brian Eno & David Byrne | Sire Records |
| Wagner's Siegfried Idyll | Glenn Gould conducts the original version for 13 instruments | SONY SK46279 |
| Bach's Goldberg Variations | transcription for string trio (not the one for string orchestra) by Dmitri Sitkovetsky in memoriam Glenn Gould | Orfeo 138851 |
| World to Come | Maya Beiser | Koch KIC-CD-7556 |
| Early Music (Lachrimae Antiquae) |
Kronos Quartet | Nonesuch |
| L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25 | Hector Berlioz, composer. Alain Vanzo, tenor Jane Berbié, mezzo-soprano Claude Calès, baritone Roger Soyer, bass Robert Andreozzi, tenor Jean-Pierre Brossmann, baritone Juan Soumagnas, bass Choruses & Orchestra of the French National Radio Jean Gitton, choral director Jean Martinon, conductor |
Nonesuch HB-73022 [vinyl] |
| Kammermusik/Chamber Music | Buxtehude · Pachelbel. Musica Antiqua Köln | Archiv 427 118-2 |
| Fantastic Pipes of China | Lyu Hong-Jun | JVC Ethnic Sound Series #9 JVC VID-25017 |
| Talking Timbuktu | Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder | RYKODISC HNCD 1381 |
| Speechless | Bruce Cockburn | Rounder 11661-3250-2 |
| Remember Shakti | John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayakram, Hariprasad Chaurasia |
VERVE 314 559 945-2 |
| Black Rock | Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook | REALWORLD 46230 |
| Music for Airports | Brian Eno, transcription by Bang On a Can | POINTMUSIC (Philips) |
| Belladonna | Daniel Lanois | daniellanois.com |
| Trance Gong | Gamelan Pacifica | OO Discs WN0016 |
| Alina | by Arvo Part | ECM New Series 1591 289 449 958-2 |
| Miserere | Arvo Part. The Hilliard Ensemble | ECM New Series 1430 847 539-2 |
| Membra Jesu Nostri | Dietrich Buxtehude. The Münsterschwarzacher Scholaren | VLEUGELS OV-75024 |
| Orgues Historique/Allemagne | Helmut Winter | Harmonia Mundi 1901230 |
| The Sirius Expeditions | Dogon | New Dog Records ND32058 |
| Sufi Dreams | Mercan Dede | Golden Horn Productions GHP 003-2 |
| Niya Yesh | Axiom of Choice | Narada World 72438-49289-2-6 |
| Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday | Carlo Gesualdo / The Tallis Scholars | Gimell CDGIM 015 |
| Dub Side of the Moon | Easy Star All Stars | Easy Star B00008A7U9 |
| Are you Hep to the Jive? | Cab Calloway | Columbia/Legacy CK57645 |