although the style are quite different. Each has their own merits. "Silk Road" sounds more Oriental with a hint of western influence. The melody, instruments selection, recording quality are superb! Love this album and Kitaro's 'Kojiki' (translation something like 'Ancient History').

Absolutely recommend this album if you like instrumentals.

I obtained the historical video series "The Silk Road" two years ago and I thought the soundtrack music made the programs much more enjoyable. I found out that the music was done by an artist named Kitaro and I vowed to get a copy of the soundtrack. The Silk Road film series and Soundtrack came out in the late 70's or early 80's and I found the music to be very refreshing compared to some of the new, modern New Age music being churned out. If you purchase this CD you will not regret it. Also ,if you can try and see The Silk Road film (try your local library video section) it will enhance your enjoyment of the music.

This is probably Kitaro's most well know piece and it is one of his best (all his music is so consistently great) Silk Road was my first introduction to Kitaro so it holds a special place. "Flying Celestial Nymphs" is probably my favorite all time Kitaro song. An astonishing song that touches the spirit and soul. To correct what the reviewer from PA said there is NOT a skip or defect on this CD What they are referring to is the end of track 5 "The Great Wall of China" the songs ends very abruptly at seemingly the peak of the song and then it goes immediately into the next track "Flying Celestial Nymphs" This is part of the original concept of Kitaro, it is supposed to end that way and it is how Silk Road was originally first released on album. For some reason the Gramavision CD release which is widely available in the US choose to fade out the ending of the song before the intended ending. This was against Kitaro's wishes. The version of "Great Wall of China" on this release is actually 5-6 seconds longer than the one on the Gramavision release because it now has the full song. So this is definitely the version of Silk Road you want to get. I hope not too many people were dissuaded from getting this because of that review. This is one of the best. Music of life and peace.

Another one of my favorite Kitaro CDs . I didn't have any problems with recording quality . But I got it long time ago .Just try to find older edition of this album .
All disc stays on same level of slow and deep , very relexing mood ... just changes the " shades " of it .

This is a reissue. I thought with the logo "2o Bit Digitally Remastered" that I would be getting better sound quality. And you do...except...there is a defect on the original tapes on Track Five that now also shows up on each and every disc, or so I was informed by New World Music when I wrote to them about the problem being on my original purchase and then the exchanged copy.

I would like to recommend the music. But, I don't think anyone should buy a disc that has been manufactued with a known defect.
(And since I can still play my old copy without having any skipping, I'm not sure about the explanation I received. My trust level has taken a serious hit here.)

I would still recommend purchase of the Silk Road music, just not this issue.