Part of the Oreade label's
Sacred Music series, Mantras From Tibet contains two long pieces, "Vajra Guru Mantra" and "Om Mani Padme Hum," designed for extended meditative chanting. Some of the instrumentation will ring familiar to Western ears, although the text itself is Sanskrit pronounced in the Tibetan style. The liner notes provide English, Dutch, German, and French translations. ~ Steve Huey