FAREWELL GULSARY

KRONOS RECORDS proudly presents the soundtrack to FAREWELL GULSARY
(2021). Famous Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov’s novel “Farewell, Gulsary!“ deals
with old age, loss, and disenchantment but at the same time celebrates the beauty of
life and what we make of it. On this long night in the mountains Tanabai reflects on
his life while we in turn learn about Gulsary’s, told from the perspective of the horse
itself. Sensitively written by Aitmatov and first published in 1963, the wistful story was
adapted as a two-part radio play for German MDR radio by award winning director
Heike Tauch under the title “Abschied von Gülsary“ in 2021.
The music is the work of our friend Andre Matthias (THE LIGHT THIEF, FOUR
ASSASSINS, WISH YOU WERE HERE, GAZA MON AMOUR). As always Andre
delivers the goods with his beautiful, heartfelt score for this radio play. The music has
an ethnic flavour to it, transporting you to the mountains of Kyrgyzstan but more precisely
into Gulsary and Tanabai’s hearts and souls.
The first 50 people to purchase this CD along 2 full priced CDs directly from our
website will also receive the CD of Andre Matthias’ CONTROL for free! We highly
recommend checking out THE LIGHT THIEF, FOUR ASSASSINS and GAZA MON
AMOUR) if you are not familiar already with the music of this amazing composer.
The CD is limited to 300 copies

TRACKLIST:
1. Tanabai
2. Gulsary
3. The Camel’s Lament (Koshok)
4. The Herd
5. Dreams and Memories
6. Tanabai’s Song
7. Night
8. Pacer
9. The Storm
10. Biubiujan
11. Dark
12. Dshaidar’s Song
13. Racing
14. The Vanished Summer
15. Drudgery
16. For Choro
17. Winter
18. Time Passes
19. The New Age
20. The Old Hunter (Koshok)
21. Farewell Gulsary