Various Artists
Discover Music from China (CD)

EUCD2616

This enchanting and charming collection of Chinese music presents instrumental solo and ensemble pieces in a variety of arrangements from traditional to contemporary, as well as sung pieces from various regions of China and in different styles. All the main traditional Chinese instruments are represented, as well as arrangements with Western instruments. Info about each of the pieces.

Track listing:

Han Shin Chinese Folk & Dance Ensemble: Horse Racing (trad.) - 1:57
Heart of the Dragon Ensemble: Guo Xin Nian (trad., arr. Jiang Li) - 2:06
Silk String Quartet: Rainbow Feather Dance (Hu Dengtiao) - 5:48
Cheng Yu: Wild Geese Descending on the Sandy Beach (trad., arr. Cheng Yu) - 6:15
Gong Linna: Xixi Lazi (trad., arr. Zollitsch) - 2:17
Xu Pingxin: Raindrops Beating on Banana Leaves (trad. Cantonese music) - 3:15
Heart of the Dragon Ensemble: Tea Picking Girls & Butterfly Dance (trad., arr. Jiang Li) - 3:15
Cheng Yu: White Snow in Sunny Spring (trad., arr. Cheng Yu) - 3:51
Gong Linna: Bai Ge Gan Chang (trad., arr. Zollitsch) - 1:29
Silk String Quartet: In that Remote Place (trad., arr. Mo Fan) - 6:40
Xu Pingxin: Planting Song (Manchurian folk song, arr. Xu Pingxin) - 2:19
Silk and Bamboo Ensemble: Watertown Landscape (trad., arr. Cheng Yu) - 4:23
Gong Linna: Yang Liu Qing (trad., arr. Zollitsch) - 2:57
Silk and Bamboo Ensemble: Lament at Changmen Palace (trad., arr. Cheng Yu) - 4:47
Pan Jing & Ensemble: Bird Song in the High Mountains (trad.) - 3:18
Han Shin Chinese Folk & Dance Ensemble: The Hill Named Youth (trad.) - 2:33
Miao Xiaoyun: Sound from Afar (Chen Wenjie) - 5:33
Gong Linna: Taohua Hong Xinghua Bai (trad., arr. Zollitsch) - 3:41
Heart of the Dragon Ensemble: Golden Snake Dance (Nie Er, arr. Jiang Li) - 3:41
Gong Linna: Galaohan (trad., arr. Zollitsch) - 1:24
Xu Pingxin: Crescent Moon in Deep Night (Manchurian folk song, arr. Xu Ying) - 3:37

Published: 2015

Genre: Asia & Oceanic
Label: Arc Music