| 1. The Flowers are Blooming and the Moon is Full (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 2. The Dance of Yao (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 3. A Farewell to Meng Hao ran on His Way to Guangling (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 4. Prince Qin Storms the Enemy Lines (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 5. The General's Command (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 6. Plum Blossom: Three Variations (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 7. Autumn Moon on the Placid Lake (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 8. Wedding Processional (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 9. Moderately Embellished Six Measures (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 10. Spring in Southern China (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 11. Butterflies among Flowers (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble) |
| 12. The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 13. Birds in the Woods (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director) |
| 14. The Grand Overture (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sin-yan, Music Director) |
| 15. The Beautiful Tashikuergan (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sin-yan, Music Director) |
Editorial Reviews
James A. Roberts, Harvard University
an imaginative excursion into the world of Chinese music together with a generous sampling of orchestral renditions and silk/bamboo masterpieces
Product Description
These issues of Chinese Music Masterpiece Series include three kinds of orchestral music. They include Zhong-Gu Yue (Bell and Drum Music), Sheng-Guan Yue (Free-reed and Double-reed Music) and Si Zhu Yue (Silk and Bamboo Music), the scores of which are selected by Music Director Sinyan Shen. The history of Chinese musical instruments has been a history of new resonator discovery, new use of physiology in acoustical excitation, and musical acoustics. Acoustical research in the 20th Century revealed a most distinguished history of the science of music in China. Ancient China possessed a level of acoustical science that was essential in supporting the elaborate musical art of those periods. Physics and engineering worked hand in hand to perfect musical instruments and to arrive at desirable orchestration. These are accomplishments that have modern counterparts. In contrast, the overall design of a large set of dual-pitch zhong bells for the performance of music is an achievement that has no equal in the modern physics of music (Sinyan Shen, Acoustics of Ancient Chinese Bells, Scientific American, 256, 94 (1987)). Chinese music is built on a totally consistent harmonic system which controls melodic progression, orchestration, and temperament use. It is perhaps the only major musical system in the world that has such all-encompassing requirements on all aspects of its music, and at the same time allowing the largest flexibility in the acceptance of harmonic intervals into music (Sinyan Shen, China: A Journey into Its Musical Art, Chinese Music Monograph Series, Chinese Music Society of North America, Chicago (2000)).
Chinese Music Festival, Shen Sinyan, Music Director
an imaginative excursion into the world of Chinese music together with a generous sampling of orchestral renditions and silk/bamboo masterpieces
Product Description
These issues of Chinese Music Masterpiece Series include three kinds of orchestral music. They include Zhong-Gu Yue (Bell and Drum Music), Sheng-Guan Yue (Free-reed and Double-reed Music) and Si Zhu Yue (Silk and Bamboo Music), the scores of which are selected by Music Director Sinyan Shen. The history of Chinese musical instruments has been a history of new resonator discovery, new use of physiology in acoustical excitation, and musical acoustics. Acoustical research in the 20th Century revealed a most distinguished history of the science of music in China. Ancient China possessed a level of acoustical science that was essential in supporting the elaborate musical art of those periods. Physics and engineering worked hand in hand to perfect musical instruments and to arrive at desirable orchestration. These are accomplishments that have modern counterparts. In contrast, the overall design of a large set of dual-pitch zhong bells for the performance of music is an achievement that has no equal in the modern physics of music (Sinyan Shen, Acoustics of Ancient Chinese Bells, Scientific American, 256, 94 (1987)). Chinese music is built on a totally consistent harmonic system which controls melodic progression, orchestration, and temperament use. It is perhaps the only major musical system in the world that has such all-encompassing requirements on all aspects of its music, and at the same time allowing the largest flexibility in the acceptance of harmonic intervals into music (Sinyan Shen, China: A Journey into Its Musical Art, Chinese Music Monograph Series, Chinese Music Society of North America, Chicago (2000)).
Chinese Music Festival, Shen Sinyan, Music Director
Chinese Music Festival, Shen Sinyan, Music Director,Shen Sinyan; The Chinese Classical Orchestra; The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble of the Chinese Music Society,Chinese Music Society Records - #24257 Sub Label: Chinese Music Masterpiece Series CMS 24257
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Chinese Music Festival, Shen Sinyan, Music Director
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ASIN: B0001EK4VU Release Date: 2004-01-20 |
Tracks:
- The Flowers are Blooming and the Moon is Full (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- The Dance of Yao (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- A Farewell to Meng Hao ran on His Way to Guangling (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- Prince Qin Storms the Enemy Lines (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- The General's Command (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- Plum Blossom: Three Variations (The Chinese Classical Orchestra, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- Autumn Moon on the Placid Lake (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- Wedding Processional (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- Moderately Embellished Six Measures (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- Spring in Southern China (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- Butterflies among Flowers (Silk and Bamboo Ensemble)
- The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- Birds in the Woods (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sinyan, Music Director)
- The Grand Overture (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sin-yan, Music Director)
- The Beautiful Tashikuergan (The Silk and Bamboo Ensemble, Shen Sin-yan, Music Director)
Album Description
These issues of Chinese Music Masterpiece Series include three kinds of orchestral music. They include Zhong-Gu Yue (Bell and Drum Music), Sheng-Guan Yue (Free-reed and Double-reed Music) and Si Zhu Yue (Silk and Bamboo Music), the scores of which are selected by Music Director Sinyan Shen. The history of Chinese musical instruments has been a history of new resonator discovery, new use of physiology in acoustical excitation, and musical acoustics. Acoustical research in the 20th Century revealed a most distinguished history of the science of music in China. Ancient China possessed a level of acoustical science that was essential in supporting the elaborate musical art of those periods. Physics and engineering worked hand in hand to perfect musical instruments and to arrive at desirable orchestration. These are accomplishments that have modern counterparts. In contrast, the overall design of a large set of dual-pitch zhong bells for the performance of music is an achievement that has no equal in the modern physics of music (Sinyan Shen, Acoustics of Ancient Chinese Bells, Scientific American, 256, 94 (1987)). Chinese music is built on a totally consistent harmonic system which controls melodic progression, orchestration, and temperament use. It is perhaps the only major musical system in the world that has such all-encompassing requirements on all aspects of its music, and at the same time allowing the largest flexibility in the acceptance of harmonic intervals into music (Sinyan Shen, China: A Journey into Its Musical Art, Chinese Music Monograph Series, Chinese Music Society of North America, Chicago (2000)).World Music:
- Destination Paradise
- Esquinas Porteņas [Enhanced] [Import]
- Fiesta Mexicana: Mariachi & Folksongs
- Fini, La Comedie [Import]
- Flamenco Roots [IMPORT]
- Fourth World
- Gesichter Russlands [Import]
- Golden Years of Music Hall
- Grandes Cantaores Del Flamenco [Import]
- Gypsy Soul
World Music
Let's Take the Long Way Home [CD-single] [Import]
Concerto for Flute Harp & Orchestra
Distance to Goa, Vol. 9 [Import]
Feelin' So Good Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]
Break You Off [CD-single] [Explicit Lyrics]
Camino Palmero [Enhanced] [Import]