| 1. The Great Wave Washes the Beach |
| 2. Flying Snow Decorating the Green |
| 3. Melody From A Bamboo House |
| 4. The Love of the Wei River |
| 5. The Dance of the Yi People |
| 6. Spring Rain |
| 7. The Romance of the Red River Valley |
| 8. The Moon Is High |
| 9. The Flower Festival |
Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Liu Fang was born in Kunming, Yunnan Province, Peoples' Republic of China in 1974. She studied the pipa at the Kunming Art School under professor Zhen Qen-Rung. At an early age, Liu Fang won several prizes in provincial and national music competitions. She continued her studies (pipa and zheng)at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under professor Ye Xu-Ran. In 1993, she became the solo pipa player in the Kunming orchestra for Chinese Music. Liu Fang's talent has taked her to Europe, Japan and North America. She Currently resides in Canada.
Product Description
Solo performer Liu Fang plays authentic instrumental pieces for the pipa, a 2000-year-old four-stringed Chinese lute. This extraordinary collection od digitally-recorded traditional compositions captures the pipa's unique and meditative sound. Complete with detailed liner notes in English, French and Chinese.
Flash ahead 17 years.
I was walking through the Xavier University Library near the magazine section and happened upon an issue of World Literature Today. Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma was on the cover and there was a blurb about his Silk Road Project. Being a fan of Ma, I decided to pull the mag and check out the article. On one of the pages there was a picture of Yo-Yo Ma, and two other musicians, one of them, a woman, playing a pipa. When I saw the instrument I immediately flashed back to the closing of the documentary 17 years before. The woman playing the pipa was Wu Man. Later, I came here to seek the Silk Road recordings for samples, then on a whim clicked on the link to Wu Man, saw pipa: from a distance, listened to samples and was instantly hooked.
Pipa from a distance is a remarkable recording. Wu Man manages to give the listener a taste of tradition and the contemporary, and at times the surreal. The pipa is the lute of China, with a history spanning two millennia. Its unique voice is not unlike the American banjo at times, but the pipa's dynamic range is far greater. Wearing artificial nails taped on all fingers of the right hand, a master pipa player can coax all manner of sounds from the instrument; individual notes can burst from the instrument in a staccato cascade, picking patterns that sound like rainfall, strings are sometimes trilled as in Blues, chords can be either delicate or thunderous. In capable hands, the pipa can be a formidable means of self expression, and Wu Man conjures the magical on this breathtaking recording.
The blend of musical forms is adventurous and amazing. There is the tranquil first track, "Invocation". Man wafts over the sounds of bells and e-bowed electric guitar, with the use of sound manipulation, the piece is both meditatively traditional, yet bordering on the mildly psychedelic.
"Dancing" is a joyous tune. This piece includes banjo and it compliments the pipa well. Their voices are similar, yet so different, as they call back and forth. The didgeridoo is used to good effect here and elsewhere on the recording.
"Journey" displays the lyrical side of the pipa. Lilting and graceful, yet powerful, Wu Man glides through the piece like a bird in flight. Tabla samples, shaker and didgeridoo provide gentle accompaniment. This is one of my favorites on the CD. I often leave it looped to bask in the beauty of it.
"Hangzhou Blues" was quite a surprise. Wu Man plugs in, connecting her pipa to a wah wah pedal and into an amp. I had this image of her sitting next to a Marshall stack, pipa induced feedback rising behind her. You'd think this wouldn't work, but it exceeded my expectations. The sound is otherworldly, and massive. I had to remind myself she was playing a pipa. This track stands out from the others in sheer daring. She doesn't overplay her hand, and her technique transferred well to the electric context. Hendrix would have loved it (of course, the pipa acoustically would have stunned him).
"Vincent's Tune" is another favorite. The piece slowly builds to a climax that made me think of Meredith Monk, the screeching "toy" used at the end comes very close to sounding like a human voice. The piece exudes an almost overwhelming exuberance.
The last track I'd like to comment on is one of the solo pipa pieces, "Ambushed Again" The pipa alone is incredible. As a solo instrument one can hear how versatile the pipa can be in the right hands. Wu Man bears down on the instrument, drawing out its subtleties and its thunder. Any rock guitarist could appreciate the edgy chordal passage of "Ambushed Again". Man's rhythmic sense shines through on this piece; darting back and forth like a boxer, until the pipa sounds like its being shaken to pieces.
This recording is a great place to start for the novice to pipa music. Here it is very accessible and beautifully produced. Still, one should not overlook the classical pipa music of China. Wu Man has a two disk set of this traditional music. "From A Distance" clearly shows how well she works in collaboration, but alone she is a wonder to behold. I can only hope I get the chance to see her live.
I usually stick with classical music (Mozart, Stamitz etc) but this CD,has opened up a whole new dimension. I just play it over and over. Never get tired of it.
Not since King Crimson's "Discipline" have I been so thoroughly amazed and inspired by a sustained effort throughout an entire CD. This is not to say that Wu Man is replicating Fripp's Bartok meets Hendrix in style, but certainly in spirit.The opening "Invocation" is as quietly spiritual a piece as you are likely to hear. A bit like Fripp's Soundscapes before the roar of Crimson. "Dancing" is almost Beatle-like and absolutely inspiring. All through I kept expecting to hear McCartney, Lennon and Harrison chime in, and if you're sitting all through this number, you have serious enjoyment issues. "Ancient Spirit" and "Walking to the East" begin an hypnotic, polyrhythmic journey into another culture. Surely Wu Man's participation in Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble has given her a sense of adventure, and this sublimely sets the tone for the adventurous and blistering "Shanghai Blues", and here is where Fripp meets his match. The intensity of Wu Man's electric pipa is scorchingly awe-inspiring. This is as brilliant a display of electric blues as Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile, Slight Return." Stevie Ray, Jimi, and the remarkable Fripp would all pay homage to such protean fretwork. And it has a deep blues groove that is just fantastic. If you have ever seen Wu Man in concert, you know this girl can cook, and cook she does!
"Vincent's Tune" returns a sense of innocence to the proceeedings as it opens and closes with a sample from her young son on toy piano and voice. Very reminiscent of Yes's "Circus of Heaven." "White Crane Flying" is a zen like mesmerizing piece worthy of Takemitsu in its subtle complexities. "Ambushed Again" turns up an incendiary heat once more that is resolved in "Bamboo Dreams." Again, I would draw the analogy to Crimson's "Sheltering Sky", a polyrhythmic meditation.
As for the title track, I had steered clear of this disc for a few weeks because I dreaded the prospect that so intrepid a performer as Wu Man might have recorded the treacly pop tune of the same title. Imagine the overwhelming relief when I discovered that this is an original, as is the entire CD, composition setting a certain distance of reflection on the preceeding 50 minutes, before it closes with the hidden track that is just Wu Man singing, and her voice is gorgeous!
All in all, Wu Man has done that rare thing of advancing the art of a tradition with inspired new compositions. There are many wonderful interpreters of the canons of culture. There are few who take that culture on to an inspired new plane. Wu Man has done just that. I hope you will pick this CD up. I hope Amazon will promote it visibly on its site. This is worth the attention. All praise to Naxos for releasing it so affordably. This is the best 10 bucks you'll ever spend on music. Thank you deeply to Wu Man for sharing her vision and her art.
This is a blend of traditional pieces and 20th Century pieces and it is a stunner top to bottom. Wu Man is an exquisitely beautiful woman who is regarded as a master of the Pudong school of pipa playing. I know nothing about that. What I can tell you is that her fretwork and absorption into the soul of the music is compelling!
In concert, she played pieces by contemporary Chinese composers Zhou Long, May-Tchi Chen, and Tan Dun. This disc includes a masterpiece by Chen Yi, "Dian", written in 1999. Wu Man takes this piece and flies with it. It is breathtaking. In the course of the entire disc, you'll find yourself swept away, exhilarating and seduced by her uncompromising command and devoted passion to this music. Supremely sublime, intensely performed, the music crosses all cultural boundaries and gets inside you, all as a result of Wu Man's commitment to the music. Nimbus did a great job recording her. You owe it to yourself to check this out and to catch her in performance. If you thought Michelle Kwon was amazing in "Crouching Tiger," wait til you see Wu Man command a concert audience. When she finished at Swarthmore, the crowd would not let her leave! Her encores included 2 traditional pieces, "White Snow in Spring", exhilaratingly passionate, and "Bright Moon," sublimely sensual and soothing, and in the afterglow of that spellbinding moment, she disappeared. Go, purchase this, catch her live!
I bought this album because I trust MA Recordings. I had never heard of Jiang Ting, and I've never seen a pipa. But every CD I've bought from Todd Garfinkle has proved extraordinary. He's a man with a passion for sound. He records every performance personally, usually in a church or concert hall. (This CD was recorded in a small church in the mountains outside Lucca, Italy.)
Every MA project is recorded using custom-designed equipment. That's a measure of Garfinkle's devotion to sound. Existing equipment wasn't good enough, so he built his own. Think about that: He built his own microphones. This is a guy who's serious about his craft.
This isn't a New Age recording. You can imagine some Los Angeles producer saying, "Let's take an exotic instrument and some ethnic scales, and we'll produce some pretty Asian music for PBS." That isn't the case here. Jiang Ting was born in Mongolia, and began learning pipa at age seven, from her mother. She graduated from Central State Conservatory in Beijing, and won first prize in a national pipa contest. Today she lives in Japan, where she performs with various orchestras throughout the country.
Most of the pieces are Chinese works, including two ancient traditionals and a few modern Chinese compositions. There's also an improvisation, where "Jiang Ting holds her pipa and just plays what crosses her mind naturally." Sometimes soft and lulling, sometimes fierce and provocative -- the best word to describe this music is "authentic."
This is real, genuine Chinese music. It isn't watered-down, and it hasn't been Americanized. It's a glimpse into another culture. And thanks to Jiang Ting's skill and Todd Garfinkle's expertise, this glimpse is clear and unobstructed. Listening to this CD, it's easy to close your eyes and imagine you're sitting in Beijing Concert Hall. It's worth a standing ovation.
Liu Fang was born in Kunming, Yunnan Province, Peoples' Republic of China in 1974. She studied the pipa at the Kunming Art School under professor Zhen Qen-Rung. At an early age, Liu Fang won several prizes in provincial and national music competitions. She continued her studies (pipa and zheng)at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under professor Ye Xu-Ran. In 1993, she became the solo pipa player in the Kunming orchestra for Chinese Music. Liu Fang's talent has taked her to Europe, Japan and North America. She Currently resides in Canada.
Product Description
Solo performer Liu Fang plays authentic instrumental pieces for the pipa, a 2000-year-old four-stringed Chinese lute. This extraordinary collection od digitally-recorded traditional compositions captures the pipa's unique and meditative sound. Complete with detailed liner notes in English, French and Chinese.
Chinese Traditional Pipa Music,Liu Fang,Oliver Sudden Prod,China / Japan / Korea,Int'l & World Music,Pop,Solo performer Liu Fang plays authentic instrumental pieces for the pipa, A 2000 year old four-stringed chinese lute. This extraordinary collection of digitally-recorded traditional compositions captures the pipa's unique and meditative sound.,Traditional Chinese,World Beat,World Music
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Pipa from a Distance
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ASIN: B00008RV0E Release Date: 2003-04-15 |
Tracks:
- Invocation
- Dancing!
- Ancient Shadows
- Journey
- Hangzhou Blues
- Vincent's Tune
- Crescent Moon Over The Mountain
- Ambushed Again
- Full Circle
- From A Distance
- Bonus Track
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Long Road to China.......2006-11-14
Flash ahead 17 years.
I was walking through the Xavier University Library near the magazine section and happened upon an issue of World Literature Today. Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma was on the cover and there was a blurb about his Silk Road Project. Being a fan of Ma, I decided to pull the mag and check out the article. On one of the pages there was a picture of Yo-Yo Ma, and two other musicians, one of them, a woman, playing a pipa. When I saw the instrument I immediately flashed back to the closing of the documentary 17 years before. The woman playing the pipa was Wu Man. Later, I came here to seek the Silk Road recordings for samples, then on a whim clicked on the link to Wu Man, saw pipa: from a distance, listened to samples and was instantly hooked.
Pipa from a distance is a remarkable recording. Wu Man manages to give the listener a taste of tradition and the contemporary, and at times the surreal. The pipa is the lute of China, with a history spanning two millennia. Its unique voice is not unlike the American banjo at times, but the pipa's dynamic range is far greater. Wearing artificial nails taped on all fingers of the right hand, a master pipa player can coax all manner of sounds from the instrument; individual notes can burst from the instrument in a staccato cascade, picking patterns that sound like rainfall, strings are sometimes trilled as in Blues, chords can be either delicate or thunderous. In capable hands, the pipa can be a formidable means of self expression, and Wu Man conjures the magical on this breathtaking recording.
The blend of musical forms is adventurous and amazing. There is the tranquil first track, "Invocation". Man wafts over the sounds of bells and e-bowed electric guitar, with the use of sound manipulation, the piece is both meditatively traditional, yet bordering on the mildly psychedelic.
"Dancing" is a joyous tune. This piece includes banjo and it compliments the pipa well. Their voices are similar, yet so different, as they call back and forth. The didgeridoo is used to good effect here and elsewhere on the recording.
"Journey" displays the lyrical side of the pipa. Lilting and graceful, yet powerful, Wu Man glides through the piece like a bird in flight. Tabla samples, shaker and didgeridoo provide gentle accompaniment. This is one of my favorites on the CD. I often leave it looped to bask in the beauty of it.
"Hangzhou Blues" was quite a surprise. Wu Man plugs in, connecting her pipa to a wah wah pedal and into an amp. I had this image of her sitting next to a Marshall stack, pipa induced feedback rising behind her. You'd think this wouldn't work, but it exceeded my expectations. The sound is otherworldly, and massive. I had to remind myself she was playing a pipa. This track stands out from the others in sheer daring. She doesn't overplay her hand, and her technique transferred well to the electric context. Hendrix would have loved it (of course, the pipa acoustically would have stunned him).
"Vincent's Tune" is another favorite. The piece slowly builds to a climax that made me think of Meredith Monk, the screeching "toy" used at the end comes very close to sounding like a human voice. The piece exudes an almost overwhelming exuberance.
The last track I'd like to comment on is one of the solo pipa pieces, "Ambushed Again" The pipa alone is incredible. As a solo instrument one can hear how versatile the pipa can be in the right hands. Wu Man bears down on the instrument, drawing out its subtleties and its thunder. Any rock guitarist could appreciate the edgy chordal passage of "Ambushed Again". Man's rhythmic sense shines through on this piece; darting back and forth like a boxer, until the pipa sounds like its being shaken to pieces.
This recording is a great place to start for the novice to pipa music. Here it is very accessible and beautifully produced. Still, one should not overlook the classical pipa music of China. Wu Man has a two disk set of this traditional music. "From A Distance" clearly shows how well she works in collaboration, but alone she is a wonder to behold. I can only hope I get the chance to see her live.
East meets modern.......2006-11-10
Magnificent.......2005-02-15
I usually stick with classical music (Mozart, Stamitz etc) but this CD,has opened up a whole new dimension. I just play it over and over. Never get tired of it.
great music!.......2004-08-23
The Best World Music CD in Decades has Arrived.......2003-04-25
Not since King Crimson's "Discipline" have I been so thoroughly amazed and inspired by a sustained effort throughout an entire CD. This is not to say that Wu Man is replicating Fripp's Bartok meets Hendrix in style, but certainly in spirit.The opening "Invocation" is as quietly spiritual a piece as you are likely to hear. A bit like Fripp's Soundscapes before the roar of Crimson. "Dancing" is almost Beatle-like and absolutely inspiring. All through I kept expecting to hear McCartney, Lennon and Harrison chime in, and if you're sitting all through this number, you have serious enjoyment issues. "Ancient Spirit" and "Walking to the East" begin an hypnotic, polyrhythmic journey into another culture. Surely Wu Man's participation in Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble has given her a sense of adventure, and this sublimely sets the tone for the adventurous and blistering "Shanghai Blues", and here is where Fripp meets his match. The intensity of Wu Man's electric pipa is scorchingly awe-inspiring. This is as brilliant a display of electric blues as Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile, Slight Return." Stevie Ray, Jimi, and the remarkable Fripp would all pay homage to such protean fretwork. And it has a deep blues groove that is just fantastic. If you have ever seen Wu Man in concert, you know this girl can cook, and cook she does!
"Vincent's Tune" returns a sense of innocence to the proceeedings as it opens and closes with a sample from her young son on toy piano and voice. Very reminiscent of Yes's "Circus of Heaven." "White Crane Flying" is a zen like mesmerizing piece worthy of Takemitsu in its subtle complexities. "Ambushed Again" turns up an incendiary heat once more that is resolved in "Bamboo Dreams." Again, I would draw the analogy to Crimson's "Sheltering Sky", a polyrhythmic meditation.
As for the title track, I had steered clear of this disc for a few weeks because I dreaded the prospect that so intrepid a performer as Wu Man might have recorded the treacly pop tune of the same title. Imagine the overwhelming relief when I discovered that this is an original, as is the entire CD, composition setting a certain distance of reflection on the preceeding 50 minutes, before it closes with the hidden track that is just Wu Man singing, and her voice is gorgeous!
All in all, Wu Man has done that rare thing of advancing the art of a tradition with inspired new compositions. There are many wonderful interpreters of the canons of culture. There are few who take that culture on to an inspired new plane. Wu Man has done just that. I hope you will pick this CD up. I hope Amazon will promote it visibly on its site. This is worth the attention. All praise to Naxos for releasing it so affordably. This is the best 10 bucks you'll ever spend on music. Thank you deeply to Wu Man for sharing her vision and her art.
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Flowing Stream: Chinese Folk Songs by Zhou Long
Zhou Long Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000009SDZ Release Date: 1998-08-04 |
Tracks:
- Chinese Folk Songs: Lan Hua Hua
- Chinese Folk Songs: Driving The Mule Team
- Chinese Folk Songs: The Flowing Stream
- Chinese Folk Songs: Jasmin Flower
- Chinese Folk Songs: A Horseherd's Mountain Song
- Chinese Folk Songs: When Will the Aacia Bloom?
- Chinese Folk Songs: A Single Bamboo Can Easily Bend
- Chinese Folk Songs: Leaving Home
- Poems from Tang: I. Hut Among The Bamboo
- Poems from Tang: II. Old Fisherman
- Poems from Tang: III. Hearing The Monk Xun Play The Qin
- Poems from Tang: IV. Song Of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets
- Soul for String Quartet And Pipa
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Excellent renditions and arrangements of chinese folk tunes.......1998-11-03
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Chinese Traditional Pipa Music
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ASIN: B00000JFPM Release Date: 1997-05-15 |
Tracks:
- The Great Wave Washes the Beach
- Flying Snow Decorating the Green
- Melody From A Bamboo House
- The Love of the Wei River
- The Dance of the Yi People
- Spring Rain
- The Romance of the Red River Valley
- The Moon Is High
- The Flower Festival
Album Description
Solo performer Liu Fang plays authentic instrumental pieces for the pipa, a 2000-year-old four-stringed Chinese lute. This extraordinary collection od digitally-recorded traditional compositions captures the pipa's unique and meditative sound. Complete with detailed liner notes in English, French and Chinese.Customer Reviews:
Beautiful music to listen to while reading, painting..........2002-01-04
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Song of Consonance: Master of Chinese Music, Vol. 1
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ASIN: B00009L4ZS Release Date: 2003-06-10 |
Tracks:
- Moonlight Over the Spring River
- Rainbow Dance
- Silk-And-Bamboo Music
- Birds Singing In the Tranquil Mountains
- Henan Folk Tune
- Ancient Battlefield
- Song Of Consonance-Yan: Prelude 1
- Song Of Consonance-Da Xu: Prelude 2
- Song Of Consonance-Song 1
- Song Of Consonance-Song 2
- Song Of Consonance-Song 3
- Song Of Consonance-Song 4
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- Song Of Consonance-Qu: Dance 2
- Song Of Consonance-Qu: Dance 3
- Song Of Consonance-Luan: Finale
- River Melody
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Chinese Music for the Pipa
Wu Man Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music
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ASIN: B0000037F1 Release Date: 1995-04-16 |
Tracks:
- Dengyue Jiaohui (Lanterns And Moon Competing In Brilliance)
- Wulin Yiyun (Ancient Melodies Of Wuliin)
- Bawang Xie (The Tyrant Removes His Armour)
- Chen Sui (Chen And Sui Dynasties)
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- Dian (The Points, By CHEN Yi, 1991)
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Sparkling, Shimmering, Passionate!.......2003-03-06
This is a blend of traditional pieces and 20th Century pieces and it is a stunner top to bottom. Wu Man is an exquisitely beautiful woman who is regarded as a master of the Pudong school of pipa playing. I know nothing about that. What I can tell you is that her fretwork and absorption into the soul of the music is compelling!
In concert, she played pieces by contemporary Chinese composers Zhou Long, May-Tchi Chen, and Tan Dun. This disc includes a masterpiece by Chen Yi, "Dian", written in 1999. Wu Man takes this piece and flies with it. It is breathtaking. In the course of the entire disc, you'll find yourself swept away, exhilarating and seduced by her uncompromising command and devoted passion to this music. Supremely sublime, intensely performed, the music crosses all cultural boundaries and gets inside you, all as a result of Wu Man's commitment to the music. Nimbus did a great job recording her. You owe it to yourself to check this out and to catch her in performance. If you thought Michelle Kwon was amazing in "Crouching Tiger," wait til you see Wu Man command a concert audience. When she finished at Swarthmore, the crowd would not let her leave! Her encores included 2 traditional pieces, "White Snow in Spring", exhilaratingly passionate, and "Bright Moon," sublimely sensual and soothing, and in the afterglow of that spellbinding moment, she disappeared. Go, purchase this, catch her live!
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China: Music of the Pipa
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ASIN: B000005IWR Release Date: 1991-04-17 |
Tracks:
- Shi Mian Mai Fu (Ambuscade From Ten Sides)
- Fei Hua Dian Cui (Floating Petals Decorating The Green Leaves)
- Ping Sha Luo Yan (Wild Geese Descend On The Smooth Sand)
- Gao Shan Liu Shui (High Mountain, Flowing Streams)
- Yang Chun Bai Xue (Snow On A Sunny Spring Day)
- Yue Er Gao (The Moon On High)
- Yi Zu Wu Qu (Dance Of The Yi Tribe)
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Beautiful and Soothing..........2003-03-04
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Classical Folk Music from China
Manufacturer: Arc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B0007D0AEQ Release Date: 2005-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Ninety-Nine Days Bright
- Dynasty
- Little Boat
- Happy Maid
- Waves and Sands
- Dream Till Tomorrow
- Golden Snake Dance
- Liang Xiao
- Bamboo Dance
- Gong Wu
- Beautiful Africa
- Nan Ni Village
- Return of the Fishing Boats
- Xiao Baicai
- Xiao Music at Midnight
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China: Contemporary Classical Music
Manufacturer: Ocora ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD China
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ASIN: B000068MNL Release Date: 2002-11-12 |
Tracks:
- Yu da Ba Jiao (The Rain Hits the Leaves of the Banana-Tree) - The Circle for Popular Art
- Hantian Lei (Thunder During a Drought) - The Circle for Popular Art
- Wujian Huange (The River Wu's Song of Joy) - The Circle for Popular Art, Zhan Yongming
- Hua Bangzi - The Circle for Popular Art, Meng Xiande
- Qi Ban - The Circle for Popular Art, Meng Xiande
- Wu Bangzi - Su Ruilin, Zhan Yongming
- Jindiao (Jin's Song) - Su Ruilin
- Zhao Jun Yan (The Lamentations of Zhao Jun)
- Xiao Yuer Gao (The Moon Is High)
- Han Que Zheng Mei (In Winter the Magpie Searches Desperately for ...)
- Long Chuan (Dragon-Boats)
- Ting Quan (Listening to the Brook) - Zhan Yongming
- Yangguan San Die (Three Variations on the Yangguan Pass) - Zhan Yongming
- Ahuangtai Qiu Si (Autumnal Dream Before the Dressing-Table) - Zhan Yongming
- San Wu Qi (Three-Five-Seven) - Zhan Yongming
- Xingjie (Passacaglia) - The Circle for Popular Art
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Voice of the Pipa
Manufacturer: M.a. Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00009IB29 Release Date: 2003-06-10 |
Tracks:
- A Bride Beyond The Great Wall
- Pleading {From Ballad Of Pipa}
- The Spirit Of Calligraphy
- Caprice
- The Last Hero's Ballad
- Green Music
Customer Reviews:
Authentic.......2004-10-24
I bought this album because I trust MA Recordings. I had never heard of Jiang Ting, and I've never seen a pipa. But every CD I've bought from Todd Garfinkle has proved extraordinary. He's a man with a passion for sound. He records every performance personally, usually in a church or concert hall. (This CD was recorded in a small church in the mountains outside Lucca, Italy.)
Every MA project is recorded using custom-designed equipment. That's a measure of Garfinkle's devotion to sound. Existing equipment wasn't good enough, so he built his own. Think about that: He built his own microphones. This is a guy who's serious about his craft.
This isn't a New Age recording. You can imagine some Los Angeles producer saying, "Let's take an exotic instrument and some ethnic scales, and we'll produce some pretty Asian music for PBS." That isn't the case here. Jiang Ting was born in Mongolia, and began learning pipa at age seven, from her mother. She graduated from Central State Conservatory in Beijing, and won first prize in a national pipa contest. Today she lives in Japan, where she performs with various orchestras throughout the country.
Most of the pieces are Chinese works, including two ancient traditionals and a few modern Chinese compositions. There's also an improvisation, where "Jiang Ting holds her pipa and just plays what crosses her mind naturally." Sometimes soft and lulling, sometimes fierce and provocative -- the best word to describe this music is "authentic."
This is real, genuine Chinese music. It isn't watered-down, and it hasn't been Americanized. It's a glimpse into another culture. And thanks to Jiang Ting's skill and Todd Garfinkle's expertise, this glimpse is clear and unobstructed. Listening to this CD, it's easy to close your eyes and imagine you're sitting in Beijing Concert Hall. It's worth a standing ovation.
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The Art of the Chinese Harp - Guzheng
Manufacturer: Arc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B0002LPEX0 Release Date: 2004-01-01 |
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