[ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Saturday 26 January 2008
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Music for plucked instruments is music for an ensemble of various plucked instruments and is an integrated part of traditional Chinese (or China's national) instrumental music.
Hybrid SACD - Playable on all compact disc players
Music for plucked instruments is music for an ensemble of various plucked instruments and is an integrated part of traditional Chinese (or China's national) instrumental music. China is a country with 56 ethnic groups of which the 'Han' (known to the westerners as Mandarin) is dominating in population size. The Chinese plucked instrument world represents all ethnic groups living in China today?among which instruments like pipa (Chinese lute), ruan (a fourstringed instrument with a round sound box and fingerboard with frets), qin (a seven-stringed instrument with a flat oblong soundboard), gu zhen (Chinese zither with many strings (normally with 21 strings), san hsian (three-stringed instrument with a long fingerboard and a drum-shaped sound box at the fingerboard bottom), yang qin (Chinese cymbalo) and liu qin (Chinese mandolin).
Jolly Tune by Gu Guan Ren Night Banquet By Zhao Ji Ping Street Musicians transcribed by Li Guo Hun
In the Still of Late Night by Wu Hua Tune from Jin Region by Yan Hai Deng Transcribed by Wang Zhi
When Spring visits South China (duet for Pipa and San Hsian) composed by Wang Hui Ran and transcribed by Jiang Shui Lin and Wei Hong Yu
Journey beyond Xi Kou Shang Hsi folk song transcribed by Bao Yuan Kai (Pipa Solo played by Song Ning)
Riddle guessing Yunnan folk song transcribed by Bao Yuan Kai
Camel Bell Ring Echoing Along the Silk Road (for Ruan and handheld drum) by Ning Yong Xi Music Drama ( for cymbals of different sizes)
Guo Wen Jing Ambush on all sides Ancient Chinese music transcribed by Zhang Hong Yan (Pipa Solo played by Zhang Hong Yan)
bonus tracks:
Night in Moscow Russian folk song transcribed by Wang Dan Hong
Saber Dance Khatchaturian Transcribed by Li Fu Bin