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Various Artists: Eleven Centuries of Traditional Music of China

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

MUSIC OF THE DYNASTIES OF CHINA contains music from the T'ang, Sung, Yuan and Ming Dynasties (600-1600).

Eleven Centuries of Traditional Music of China collects ancient Chinese compositions lik...continue...

Pan Jing Ensemble/Pan Jing & Ensemble: Classical Chinese Folk Music

1 CD / Arc Music Productions / 2012-06-26

Tracks: Singing On Fishing Boats At Dusk; Dance Song of the Yi-People; Xiang Fei Bamboo; Ambush From All Sides; Flowers In the Moonlight In a Spring Night By the River; Bird Song in the High Mountains; Journ...
Artists: Pan Jing Ensemble/Pan Jing & Ensemble

This recording presents a selection of beautiful classical Chinese folk songs eloquently played by top class musicians on traditional instruments, including pipa, dizi, konghou and...continue...
Personnel: Pan Jing (pipa); Liu Ying (erhu); Li Huangija (dizi).

Audio Mixer: Pablo Cárcamo.

Liner Note Authors: Diz Heller; Jeannine Blanpain; Ute Entwistle; Pan Jing.

Recor...continue...

Various Artists: The Very Best of Chinese Music

1 CD / Arc Music Productions / 2012-01-31

Tracks: Three And Six - The Silk String Quartet; Spring on Snowy Mountains - Xiao Ying; Jasmine - Silk & Bamboo Ensemble; Crescent Moon in Deep Night - Xu Pingxin; (New Years Music) Happiness; Yang Liu Qing ...
Artists: Various Artists

This ARC release consists of Chinese music in a great variety of different moods. Gentle and meditative, these pieces are played on single instruments to...continue...
Liner Note Author: Diz Heller.

Translators: Diz Heller; Jeannine Blanpain....continue...

Cheng Lin: Greater Than Gold

CD / Insignia Records / 2012-01-31

Tracks: Greater Than Gold; Jiu Gan Tang Mai Wu; Ray of Light; Angel; Heaven and Earth; Flying With the Wind; Lost Season; Mi Locura; Morning Sun; Jade; Journey To the West; On the Road To Heaven
Artists: Cheng Lin

Wang Li: Rêve de Sang [Digipak]

1 CD / Buda Musique (France) / 2011-03-08

Tracks: Rêve de Sang; Humide, Pt. 2; Bambou, Pt. 3; Bambou, Pt. 4; Poisson Chouette; Dong Ting; Humide, Pt. 1; Radiolaires, Les; Aux Abysses; Calmar Bijou; Jasmins au Fond de L'Eau; Méduse Bleue; V...
Artists: Wang Li

Personnel: Wang Li (Jew's harp).

Recording information: L'Entrepont D'Issy Les Moulineaux.

Photographers: Alexandra Lebon; Wang Sang....continue...

Various Artists: Ethnic Minority Music of Northwest Xinjiang, China

CD / Sublime Frequencies / 2010-06-08

Tracks: Babulao - Kurmanjiang Zaccharia; Mountain's Pine Trees, The - Ashimunur Kurmanjiang; Margul - Adengr/Pa Hat; Masto a Iran - Kurban; Atamake - Xia Ar Ghen Aokhan; Reu Yibuli - Xia Ar Ghen Aokhan; Atoo...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Laurent Jeanneau.

Recording information: 2009.

Photographer: Laurent Jeanneau.

Recorded just before the Uighur uprising in 2009, this album covers a lot of musi...continue...

Wei Li: Classical Chinese Folk Songs & Opera [Bonus Track] *

1 CD / ARC / 2009-08-26

Tracks: Beautiful Nandu River, The; Ode to the Litchi; I Love You, Snow of the North; Die Lian Hua/Answer to Li Shu Yi; Folk Song Medley: Go to the West/Meeting in Menggu Tents/Be Together/Sister Liu; To Be ...
Artists: Wei Li

Personnel: Wei Li (soprano); Zhao Wenxin (pipa); Chen Dacan (erhu); Liu Xiaohui (sheng, dizi); Jiang Li (keyboards); Frank Lee (percussion).

Audio Mixers: Jiang Li ; Pablo Cárcamo; Xiao Yi...continue...

Linda Bunting/Pei-Jen Hung: Chinese Boogie: Fried Rice

CD / Linda Bunting and Pei-Jen Hung / 2009-03-17

Tracks: Chinese Boogie; Ni Hao (Hello Song); Best Way to China, The; Fried Rice; Family; Traffic Lights; Love to Show; Ba Ge Jiao Zi (8 Dumplings); Thunder Storm in Chengdu City; Home by a Mountain; Sit and ...
Artists: Linda Bunting/Pei-Jen Hung

Jingman Fan/Reinild Mees: Chinese Lieder

1 CD / Channel Productions / 2008-08-12

Tracks: My Sentiment to the Yangtze River ("I live by the Yangtze River"), for voice & piano; Homeland Nostalgia ("Autumn moon hangs in the sky"), for voice & piano; How Can I Not Miss Her ("There are clouds...
Artists: Jingman Fan/Reinild Mees

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Personnel: Jingman Fan/Reinild Mees (tenor).

Liner Note Authors: Jingman Fan/Reinild Mees; Jane Wang.

Recording information: Frits Philipszaal, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

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Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet/The Sparrow Quartet/Abigail Washburn: Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet

1 CD / Nettwerk / 2008-05-20

Tracks: Overture; Fuller Wine, A; Strange Things; Great Big Wall in China; Taiyang Chulai; Oh Me, Oh My; Captain; Kazahk Melody, A; Banjo Pickin' Girl; Suge and Pie; Medley: Kangding Qingge/Old Timey Dance P...
Artists: Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet/The Sparrow Quartet/Abigail Washburn

Digipak of self titled album by Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet. Abigail Washburn has created a new sound that crosses global and cultural lines,...continue...
Personnel: Béla Fleck, Ben Sollee, Casey Driessen.

To say that the members of The Sparrow Quintet have chops would be gross understatement. With multi-instrumentalist (but most notably ban...continue...

Rainie Yang: Rainie

1 CD / Phantom Import Distribution / 2006-11-21

Artists: Rainie Yang

Various Artists: Eleven Centuries of Traditional Music of China

1 CD / Inside Sounds / 2006-08-22

Tracks: Ambush, The - Lu Pei-Yuan; Some Ways of Touching the Ch'in - Mme. Tsar Teh-Yun; Water and Clouds Over the Rivers Hsiao and Hsiang - Mme. Tsar Teh-Yun; Wild Geese Descend on Level Sands - Chan Hon-Kwo...
Artists: Various Artists

MUSIC OF THE DYNASTIES OF CHINA contains music from the T'ang, Sung, Yuan and Ming Dynasties (600-1600).

Eleven Centuries of Traditional Music of China collects ancient Chinese compositions lik...continue...

China National Symphony Orchestra: Soliloquy at Cold Mountain Temple

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2006-08-08

Artists: China National Symphony Orchestra

This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players....continue...

Liu Fang: Silk Sound *

1 CD / Accords-Croises / 2006-08-08

Tracks: Hautes Montagnes et Eaux Ruisselantes (High Mountains and Rippling ...); Fleur de Jasmin (Jasmine Flower); Roi de Chu Se Défait de Son Armure, Le (The King of Chu Doffs His Armour); Premièr...
Artists: Liu Fang

Personnel: Liu Fang (pipa); Ballaké Sissoko (kora).

Audio Mixer: Silvio Suave.

Director: Saïd Assadi....continue...

Various Artists: Edition Pierre Verger: China - From Peking to Shanghai

1 CD / Playasound / 2006-06-13

Tracks: Ta Pa Pan - Various Artists; Ti-Tse - Various Artists; Ti-Tse/P'i. P-A - Various Artists; P'i. P'a, Pt. 1 - Various Artists; P'i. P'a, Pt. 2 - Various Artists; P'i. P'a, Pt. 3 - Various Artists; Corb...
Artists: Various Artists

Photographer: Pierre Verger.

This is the basic silk-and-bamboo music that's stereotypically known as Chinese music at large. However, here the focus is on solo instrumentalists rather than the ...continue...

Gao Hong: Flying Dragon

1 CD / Innova / 2006-03-24

Tracks: Morning; Moved by the Spirit; Flying Dragon; Cutting Grain Song; Silk Road
Artists: Gao Hong

Personnel: Gao Hong (pipa); Shubhendra Rao (sitar); James Newton (flute); Yoshio (shakuhachi flute); Ty Burhoe (tabla, percussion)....continue...

Various Artists: La Guitara: Gender Bending Strings

1 CD / Vanguard / 2005-11-01

Tracks: Invocation - Wu Man; Catedral: II Allegro Solemne, La - Sharon Isbin; Bound Brook - Patty Larkin; Let's Go to Town - Memphis Minnie; Lady Byrd - Mimi Fox; Kewpie Station - Kaki King; Sidu (Grandmothe...
Artists: Various Artists

In a ground breaking performance of women guitarists La Guitara explores the contribution of women to the evolution of modern guitar.The brain-child of Patty Larkin,...continue...
Personnel: Memphis Minnie (guitar); Abel Domingues (E-bow, sampler); Wu Man (pipa); Ross Murray (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Bette Warner; Patty Larkin.

Photographers: J. Henry Fair; Ros...continue...

Wu Man: Wu Man and Friends [Slipcase]

1 CD / Traditional Crossroads / 2005-03-22

Tracks: Nandere; Love Song; White Snow in a Sunny Spring; I'm Going Back to North Carolina; Raining; Dance of the Yi People; Cossack Lament; Old Joe Clark; Bat-Out-Of-Hell Kozachok; Waves Lapping at the Shor...
Artists: Wu Man

Personnel: Wu Man (pipa); Wu Man; James Makubuya (unknown instrument); Julian Kytasty (bandurria); Lee Knight (banjo, dulcimer, mouth bow).

Audio Mixer: Vincent Caro .

Liner Note Author:...continue...

Xiao Ying: The Art of the Chinese Harp

1 CD / Arc Music (UK) / 2004-05-27

Tracks: Spring on Snowy Mountains; Thoughts; Liu Yang River; Moon Over Western River; Harvest Drumming; Waters and Mountains; Lotus; Shifting Curtains; Autumn Moon Over Han Palace; Family Warmth; High Moon; ...
Artists: Xiao Ying

Personnel: Xiao Ying (harp); Xiao Yaoxing, Peng Ling (fiddle); Liu Xiaohu (organ)....continue...

Beijing Broadcast Ensemble: Fishing in the Spring Tides *

1 CD / Silverwolf Records / 2004-05-04

Tracks: Chinese di-Blowing by a Cowherd; Spring Is Coming South to the Yang-Zi River; Fishing in the Spring Tides; Fishing Melody of the River-Country; Flying of the Partridges; Fertile Pastures on Sinkiang ...
Artists: Beijing Broadcast Ensemble

The Beijing Broadcast Ensemble includes: Zeng Zhao-Bin (drums)....continue...

Zhu Xiao Sheng: Modern Works of Chinese Erhu Concerto

2 CD / Silverwolf Records / 2003-10-07

Tracks: First Erhu Concerto, The - (Winner Of the Honorary Reward Of American International New Music Composition Contest); Second Erhu Concerto, The; Third Erhu Concerto, The; Fourth Erhu Concerto, The - (A...
Artists: Zhu Xiao Sheng

Chinese National Orchestra: Moon Rising in the Rosy Clouds *

2 CD / Silverwolf Records / 2003-10-07

Tracks: Golden Bottle-Shpaed Hill in the Sunlight; Spring Coming Soon to Habitat of Zhuang Clan; Flowers and the Youngsters; Moon Rising in the Rosy Clouds; Moon-Reflections on the Three Deep Pools; Flourish...
Artists: Chinese National Orchestra

Anna Guo: Chinese Traditional Yang-Qin Music

CD / Oliver Sudden Productions / 2003-06-30

Tracks: Pearls Dropping Onto the Jade Plate; Galloping Over the Vast Grasslands; Bow Dance; Sorrow of Lady Zhaojun, The; Flickering of the Candle Flame, The; Three Six; Spring Arrives on the Qing River; Fest...
Artists: Anna Guo

Chinese Traditional Yang-qin Music is Anna Guo's first album produced and released outside of China. A master of the yang-qin, a Chinese hammered dulcimer with 170 strings, Guo performs mostly solo he...continue...

Liu Fang: Chinese Traditional Pipa Music

CD / Oliver Sudden Productions / 2003-06-27

Tracks: Great Wave Washes the Beach, The; Flying Snow Decorating the Green; Melody From a Bamboo House; Love of the Wei River, The; Dance of the Yi People, The; Spring Rain; Romance of the Red River Valley, ...
Artists: Liu Fang

Chinese pipa player Liu Fang had been living in Canada for less than a year when she recorded this beautiful solo set for the Montreal-based Oliver Sudden Productions. The pipa is a traditional Chines...continue...

Lei Qiang: Chinese Traditional Erhu Music, Vol. 1

CD / Oliver Sudden Productions / 2003-06-22

Tracks: Night Song; Tea Harvast; Spin the Cotton; Picking Red Chestnuts; Flickering of the Candle Flame, The; Ballad of Blue Flower, The; Moonlight Reflected on the Er-Quan Spring; Jasmine Flower; Pick up th...
Artists: Lei Qiang

Personnel: Lei Qiang (erhu); Yu Feng Yang (erhu).

Recording information: Montreal; Canada (09/1994-12/1994); Xian (09/1994-12/1994).

Photographer: Diane Dulude.

Arranger: Zhang Ya...continue...

Lei Qiang: Chinese Traditional Erhu Music, Vol. 2

CD / Oliver Sudden Productions / 2003-06-19

Tracks: Muleeteer; Embroidered Pouch; Song From Shangdong; Menjiang Girl, The; Four Seasons, The; Flower Drum; Amazing Red Sun; Lullaby; Hill Looks Like a Bottle, The; Dating; Butterfly Lovers; Picking Flowe...
Artists: Lei Qiang

Chinese Traditional Erhu Music, Vol. 2, recorded in March 1997, is Lei Qiang's second album since he resettled in Montreal, Canada and his second opus for the label Oliver Sudden. Just like the first ...continue...

Yang Wei/Betti Xiang: Songs Of Consonance [Slipcase]

1 CD / Traditional Crossroads / 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 - (with Amelia ...
Artists: Yang Wei/Betti Xiang

Personnel: Betti Xiang (erhu); Yang Wei (pipa).

Additional personnel: Anthea Kreston (violin); Jason Duckles (cello); Jonathan Yates (piano); Amelia Piano Trio....continue...

Wu Man: Pipa from a Distance

1 CD / Naxos (Distributor) / 2003-04-01

Artists: Wu Man

The pipa is a lute-like instrument with a history of more than two thousand years. The modern pipa's many left and right hand fingering techniques,...continue...
Personnel: Wu Man (pipa); Abel Domingues (guitar, banjo, sample); Stuart Dempster (trombone, slide, whistle, didjeridu); DJ Tamara (turntables, samples).

Recorded at The Shine Box, New York, Ne...continue...

Various Artists: Chinese Bamboo Flute Music [Madacy]

1 CD / Laserlight / 2002-09-23

Tracks: Japanese Title - Various Artists; Japanese Title - Various Artists; Japanese Title - Various Artists; Japanese Title - Various Artists; Japanese Title - Various Artists; Japanese Title - Various Arti...
Artists: Various Artists

This CD presents a series of traditional Chinese folk songs arranged for Chinese bamboo flutes, accompanied by diverse instruments, both modern and traditional, such as guitar, percussion, and synthes...continue...

Zhang Wei-Liang: Heavenly Sound of Xiao *

1 CD / Kiigo / 2002-08-06

Tracks: Sorrow; Innocence; Sacrifice; Grief; Illusion; Lonely; Mystery
Artists: Zhang Wei-Liang

Includes liner notes by Zhang Wei-Liang and Zhou Mei-Sheng....continue...

Kwan-Cheung Au: The Best Collection of Nanyin

1 CD / Hugo Productions - (China) / 2002-08-06

Tracks: Autumn Elegy by the Chu River; Wandereri's Autum Grief, A; Infatuated Cloud, An; Sad Man Burning Paper Clothes, A
Artists: Kwan-Cheung Au

Performers include: Kum Ming-Chiu, Au Kwan-Cheung.

In all fairness, no one's going to call this easy listening. Nanyin is a Chinese style of storytelling which dates from the Song Dynasty, with...continue...

Fleur de Prunus: Chine: Jesuites and Courtisanes

1 CD / Buda Musique (France) / 2002-05-07

Tracks: Sur la Plage Les Oies Se Posent; Tempio Armonico Della Beatissima Vergine N. S. N° 3; Lune Est Haute, La; Tempio Armonico Della Beatissima Vergine N.S. N° 1; A l'Ombre des Fleurs Sous la Lu...
Artists: Fleur de Prunus

Personnel: Wang Weiping (chant, lute, percussion); Wu Suhua (vielle); Francois Picard (flute, guanzi, sheng); Jean-Christophe Frisch (flute, percussion, carillon); Michel Godard (serpent); Jean Paul B...continue...

Zhang Wei-Liang: Infatuation for Dizi

1 CD / Hugo Productions - (China) / 2002-05-03

Tracks: Weeping Flowers; Southern Music; Er Fan; Deep Autumn Ballad; Spring Tide; Bright Night Song; Flying Partridge; Infatuation For Dizi; Oasis
Artists: Zhang Wei-Liang

Personnel includes: Zhang Wei-Liang (bamboo flutes).

ZHANG Wei-liang is a well-known Chinese flute player, composer, and scholar, a professor at the China Music Conservatory. He has a deep love...continue...

Liu Xing: My Way

1 CD / Kiigo / 2002-05-03

Tracks: Still Clouds and a Solitary Crane; Omnipresence; Solitary Flower in Love With Itself, A; Be Open-Minded as a Valley; One's Last Gasp; Samsara; Drifting Clouds and Flowing Water; Impromptu I; Long, Lo...
Artists: Liu Xing

Composer: Liu Xing.

Personnel: Liu Xing (synthesizer, zhong ruan); Zhang Qiang (pipa); Dai Ya (bawu, dizi).

Recording information: Bai Hua Recording Studio, Beijing, China (11/1992-01/19...continue...

Beijing Angelic Choir: The Jasmine Flower

1 CD / Wind (Label #1) / 2002-04-23

Tracks: Children from the Mountain (Taiwan) - (Taiwan); Celebration of the Tribal Harvest Festivals, The (Sao tribe, Taiwan) - (Sao Tribe); Anthem of Parents, The (Hunan) - (Hunan Province); Eight Fiery Hors...
Artists: Beijing Angelic Choir

Contains 13 tracks.

Adapters: Yang Xiu-Ian; Wu Chin-Tai.

Personnel: Zhao De-rong (drum machine); Zhang Qiang (zhong ruan).

Recording information: Beijing, China.

Unknown Co...continue...

Various Artists: Air Mail Music: China, Vol. 2

1 CD / Air Mail Music / 2002-01-08

Tracks: Huang He; Li Tang; Datong; Jin Tian Zai Xiang Feng; Iu-Tji; Mei Ting; Xinjiang; Tjing; Mo-Li Tcha; Senn-Linn; Hsiang-Chaan; Iu-Tienn; Siang XI
Artists: Various Artists

Air Mail Music: China, Vol. 2 is a wonderful collection of traditional Chinese melodies played on erhu (two-stringed bowed fiddle), fu-zheng (plucked zither), and dizi (Chinese flute), and it's well-r...continue...

Zhou Yu: Master of the Chinese Erhu *

1 CD / Arc Music / 2001-06-20

Tracks: Tale of Returning Home, The; River of Blood, The; Beautiful Tibet; Joyful Song from a Yi Village; Lament, The; Song of Heart, The; River Water
Artists: Zhou Yu

Personnel: Zhou Yu (erhu); Li Yao Rong (sheng).

Recording information: China (1982).

Photographer: Heather Angel.

Arrangers: Min Zhen; Su Han Xing; Zhang Ke Ye; Zhou Yu.

Zh...continue...

Marilynn Seits: Meditations Along the Silk Road

1 CD / CMR Moongate Records / 2001-01-30

Tracks: Caravan at Dawn, The; Visions of Jade; Garden in Kashgar, A; Viridian Mist; Caravan at Dusk, The; Along the Silk Road
Artists: Marilynn Seits

In 2000, Marilynn Seits released different CDs on different labels: Meditations Along the Silk Road on CMR Moongate and Karmic Tribute on CMR Jazz. And she did so with good reason: they are two very d...continue...

Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble/Dayan Ancient Music Association: Ceremonial Music from China *

2 CD / Nimbus / 2000-09-12

Tracks: Lanhua Mei; Dao Ti Jindeng; Kaitan Bo; Xingdao Zhang; Shifan-Yichuan Yu; Elangzi; Yan Guo Nanlou; Yan Guo Nanlou; Qigu Santong / Bagua; Wannian Hua; Shi Gongyang; BuBu Jiao; Shanpo Yang; Yuanshi; Dao...
Artists: Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble/Dayan Ancient Music Association

Full performer name: Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble/The Dayan Ancient Music Association.

Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble: Li Jinwen, Wang Fengrui, Zhang Shicai, Zhang Shenglu, Pan Shizhong, Zh...continue...

Various Artists: Classical Chinese Folk Music [Arc]

2 CD / Arc Music / 2000-01-21

Tracks: Zi Zhu Diao (Purple Bamboo Melody) - Chen Dacan; Yu Ge (Yu Tian You) (Song of the Fisherman) - Li He; Jiang He Shui (Rivers and Streams) - Chen Dacan; Wu Bang Zi (Fen Zi Cuen) - Li He; Sai Ma (Horse ...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Cheng Yu, Li He, Professor Chen Dacan.

Contains 24 tracks.

Personnel: Cheng Yu (pipa); Li He (bamboo flute, bawu).

Recording information: Arc Music Studios, Ea...continue...

Wu Man: Chinese Traditional and Contemporary Music

2 CD / Nimbus / 2000-01-11

Tracks: Lanterns and moon competing in brilliance; Ancient melodies of Wulin; tyrant removes his armour, The; Chen Sui; Sounds of nature; moon on high, The; Points, The; Flute and Drum at Sunset; Run; Birds ...
Artists: Wu Man

The pipa is a traditional Chinese lute, with a tone that falls somewhere between a European lute and an Indian sitar. Wu Man is one of China's most prominent pipa players. Conservatory trained and int...continue...

Zhou Yu: The Art of the Chinese Erhu

1 CD / Arc Music / 1999-12-09

Tracks: Pure White Hada Scarf; Welcome Home Our Soldier Brother; Miss Sheperdess; Lament of the River House; Moonlight Reflections on Hui Spring; Gymkhana; My Long Way Home; Gypsy Melodies
Artists: Zhou Yu

Personnel includes: Zhou Yu (erhu).

Includes liner notes by Diz Heller....continue...

Yu Hong-Mei: String Glamour

1 CD / Wind (Label #1) / 1999-08-10

Tracks: Dancing Music of Amis Tribe; Singing Tune; Mellow Grape-Fullness; Mei Hu Tune; Shepherdess, The; Going to the Fair; Spring Song; Three Sighs at the Guan Pass; Tending My Camels
Artists: Yu Hong-Mei

Personnel: Hong-Mei Yu (er-hu); Yang-Qin Zhao (yang-qin).

Recorded at Saint Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, California. Includes liner notes by Sheng-di Wang.

Liner Note Authors: Shi ...continue...

Various Artists: Chinese Zodiac Signs

1 CD / Wind (Label #1) / 1999-07-13

Tracks: Vigilant Rat, The - Jiao Shan-lin/Chang Feng-ming; Mild, Open-Minded Ox, The - Dai Ya/Jiao Shan-lin/Zhao Jia Zhen; Mighty Tiger, The - Guo Ya-zhi/Jiao Shan-lin/Wu Dong-hui; Tender Rabbit, The - Zhang...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Xu Quan (banhu); Guo Xiang (guanzi, saxophone); Kong Hongwei (piano).

Liner Note Author: Xie Di.

Recording information: Beijing, China....continue...

Various Artists: Plum Blossom

1 CD / Wind (Label #1) / 1998-12-28

Tracks: Unwordly Beauty, The (The Wild Plum Blossom); Fairy by the Moonlight (The Vermilion Plum Blossom); Queen of the Blossoms (The Green-Sepaled Plum Blossom) - Zhang Qiang; Extreme Beauty (The Yellow Plu...
Artists: Various Artists

Composer: Shi Zhi-you.

Personnel: Zhang Qiang (guitar, pipa, zhong ruan); Lu-Gin Lin (electric guitar); Zhao Jia Zhen, Xu Ling Zi (zither); Zhao Han Yang (erhu); Zhan Yongming (flute); Yang Sho...continue...

Louis Chen: Sound of Silk and Bamboo

1 CD / Network / 1998-12-10

Tracks: In Thoughts of an Old Friend; Crows Playing on a Winter's Stream; Solo for Erh-Hu; Solo for Ti-Tse; Folk Dance of the Li; Give Me a Present of a Rose; Playing With Water; Melody of Guang Ling; Solo f...
Artists: Louis Chen

Personnel: Ya Ch'in (yang qin); Li Kai (erh-hu); Wu Ronghua (pipa); Ya Dong (pipa); Lam-zi Kun (ti-tse, sheng); Louis Chen (zheng).

Engineers include: Andreas Beutner, Siegfried Burghardt, Helg...continue...

Various Artists: Air Mail Music: China

1 CD / Playasound / 1998-05-05

Tracks: La Jeunesse Passee; Musique de Ceremonie; Mon Pays Natal est Magnifique; Flute Solo; Chant Imitatif; Musique de Noce; Melancolie; Fleurs Rouges; La Ballade des Dongs; Bienvenue Chez les Miaos; L'Affe...
Artists: Various Artists

This CD from the Air Mail Music collection offers us the music of two of China's major ethnic minorities, the Miao and the Dong, who are found in three provinces of southern China: Kweichow, Hunan, an...continue...

Various Artists: Music of the Quanzhou String Puppets

1 CD / Gall (formerly Gallo) / 1996-11-19

Artists: Various Artists

Wu Man: Chinese Music for the Pipa

1 CD / Nimbus / 1996-11-01

Tracks: Dengyue Jiaohui; Wulin Yiyun; Bawang Xie Jia; Chen Sui; Xu Lai; Yue'er Gao (The Moon on High); Duan
Artists: Wu Man

Liner Note Authors: Stephen Jones ; Wu Man.

Recording information: Concert Hall Of The Nimbus Foundation, England (03/23/1993).

Wu Man, one of the foremost masters of the four-stringed C...continue...

Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble: Buddhist Music of Tianjin

1 CD / Nimbus / 1996-11-01

Tracks: Lanhua Mei (Blue-Blossomed Plum); Dao Ti Jindeng (Cleaning the Golden Lantern); Kaitan Bo (Cymbals to Inaugurate the Altar); Xingdao Zhang (Movement for Practising the Way); Shifan-Yichuan Yu; Elangz...
Artists: Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble

Personnel: Zhang Shicai, Zhang Yujie (sheng); Zhang Shenglu (dizi).

Recording information: England.

Unknown Contributor Role: Zhang Shicai.

If you've never heard the sacred music ...continue...