The Chinese Cheng

Product Description:
Ancient and modern. A stunning performance by Professor Liang Tsai-Ping, master of the 16-stringed zither. Tsai- Ping is one of the world's few acknowledged masters of this beautiful and difficult instrument. Tsai-Ping is unique in that he is equally adept both in reviving and performing ancient Chinese cheng music, and in comosing original works for the cheng. A wonderfully accessible and melodic performance by a great master.

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Average customer rating: Composer, premiere player, soloist - Yin Cheng-zong's authentic Yellow River Concerto something missing and deadly wrong here Contains many piano solo treasures Trust me~ You will never get tired of it. Very nice Music

The Yellow River Concerto Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Butterfly Lovers The Butterfly Lovers Concerto Phases Of The Moon: Traditional Chinese Music Masterpieces of Chinese Traditional Music Chinese Piano Concertos ASIN: B00001NTMT Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

1. The Yellow River Piano Concerto (Original Version): Prelude: The Song Of The Yellow River Boatmen
2. The Yellow River Piano Concerto (Original Version): Ode To The Yellow River
3. The Yellow River Piano Concerto (Original Version): The Yellow River In Anger
4. The Yellow River Piano Concerto (Original Version): Defend The Yellow River
5. Colourful Clouds
6. Happy Loso
7. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Elegy
8. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Friendship
9. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Nostalgia
10. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Grassland Love-Song
11. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Children's Dance
12. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Sorrow
13. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Dance
14. The Mermaid Ballet Suite: Ginseng
15. The Mermaid Ballet Suite: Coral
16. The Mermaid Ballet Suite: Waterweed
17. The Mermaid Ballet Suite: Wedding Scene
18. Red Lilies Crimson And Bright
19. Three Variations On An Ancient Chinese Melody

Customer Reviews:

Composer, premiere player, soloist - Yin Cheng-zong's authentic Yellow River Concerto.......2007-07-03

I owned this disc for more than 12 years already. The CD cover was already the third one.
Lang Lang recently made a new recording of this piece with DG.
I heard master Yin play this piece (in Lang Lang's stead) last evening in Hong Kong Cultural Centre, and he moved me to tears.
Yin Cheng-zong is over 60 years old now. He lived through the various turmoils of China. It requires life experience and patriotism to interpret this piece, so very sorry, I haven't heard any foreign pianist playing this piece yet, let alone on record.
HOWEVER, Yin Cheng-zong did made a recording of this piece with Claudio Abbado, but the recording has never been released by the PRC official broadcasting agency. Yin himself claims that this was one of the most memorable performances he had of this piece - Abbado understands the piece so well that Yin was highly amazed!
The foremost player and interpretor of this piece remains Yin Cheng-zong, but I must say that ALSO hearing Lang Lang playing this piece a couple of days ago (also in Hong Kong), Lang's playing of this piece is vastly improving.

something missing and deadly wrong here.......2006-11-07

when i listened to this concerto, the first impression was something deadly wrong. if you want to portray and describe a river, the best way is to start from its origin, it might be just a trickle of dripping water and a small stream at first, then when going down, meet and entwine with other small streams, it gradually evolving into a great river all way down to the ocean. that's the way how you use the music to portray a river.
but the composer of this 'yellow river' was educated in the chinese communist system, his composition was still dominated subjectively by the blind chinese revolutionary passion, the concerto from the very beginning sounds like listening to a cultural revolution marching song, banging and pounding so headstrong against almost all the foreign elements, condemning so viciously and so mercilessly with hatred, like revolutionary army at wars, like those stupid formula musicals, songs and plays created in the cultural revolution era to please the butcher chairman mao. there's almost no big difference here. when you listen to this concerto, only a small part and portion make you feel like something good and wonderful offered by the river, most part of it sounds too clueless military.
we all knew that the chinese civilization and it's culture was originated from the yellow river, it's like a mother of china. yes, yellow river is always unpreditable and changing, its inevitable floodings in the history caused a lot of deaths and tragedies, but a river could never be always so merciless and vicious. this concerto and this music is not an appropriate interpretation of the yellow river but a chinese communist revolutionary marching song by a die hard communist composer. it's a very bad concerto actually.

Contains many piano solo treasures.......2006-03-26

The most important thing about this CD is its beautiful solo piano music from classical Chinese literature. You'll be amazed and delighted.

Trust me~ You will never get tired of it........2004-08-07

This is an excellent album that worth adding to your collection. Moreover, such great music for such low price, there is no reason you shouldn't buy it.

Very nice Music.......2003-01-15

I've heard The Yellow River Cantata for long time before I got this CD, this CD would be a very nice CD on your collection. And when I came to Yellow River (Hoang He) in the summer and spring, I knew this concerto said the trust: The river is always changing, savage and quiet. There is enough Asian spirit on this CD. As you know, every old chinese word and song are based on a story (called Gu dian, means classical) and if you know much about chinese stories you will feel completly this CD. One of famous Gu Dian is the fighting of Chinese people against the flood every year at the river's banks, for thousand years. You can find more information and "Gu dian" about this river in Chinese histories or stories.

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Chinese Violin Music: Morning of Miao Mountain Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best Chinese Evergreens Chinese Orchestral Music Classical Chinese Folk Music ASIN: B00002EPN5 Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

1. Jolly Meetings
2. Madrigal
3. The Deputies Of Li Are Going To Beijing
4. The Moonshine Over The Mountain Pass
5. Musical Poem By The Sea
6. Morning Of Miao Mountain
7. Celebration Of A Bumper Harvest
8. The Er Quan Lake Mirroring Bright
9. Joy Of Sight Recovery
10. Talking About Surprising Things
11. Fisherman's Ser
12. Song Of Homesickness
13. Sunshine Over Tashkurgan

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Hunting Eagles Catching Swans: Music for Chinese Pipa Lin-Shi Cheng , and Gao Hong Manufacturer: IFTPA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000V8G1E Release Date: 2003-06-01

Tracks:

1. Three Six (San Liu)
2. Autumn Thoughts (Qiu Si)
3. Dragon Boat (Long Chuan)
4. Chen Xingyuan Placates the Tribesmen (Chen Xingyuan He Fan)
5. King Xiang Yu Takes Off His Armor (Ba Wang Xie Jia)
6. Xing Jie Si He
7. The Ambush in All Directions (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
8. Wild Geese Alighting on the Sandy Beach (Ping Sho Luo Yan)
9. Hunting Eagles Catching Swans (Hai Qing Na Tian E)

Album Description

Chinese traditional pipa music in the Pudong style - famous for its wide array of expressive left-hand note-bending techniques - performed by the great master Lin Shicheng and top student Gao Hong.

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Praying Manufacturer: Wind Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000260JJY Release Date: 2004-11-16

Tracks:

1. Praying
2. Love
3. Old Black Joe
4. Home Sweet Home
5. Colorado Night
6. Nostalgia
7. Verdant Is the Pasture
8. Silent Is the Starry Night
9. Little Bird
10. Old Folks at Home
11. Moldau
12. Flower
13. Long Long Ago

Product Description

Another CD by the Beijing Angelic Choir

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Playing In The Rain: Chinese Folk Songs Manufacturer: Wind Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Chinese Lullabies Greatest Chinese Folk Songs ASIN: B0003JAJ86 Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Carp's Wedding in the Downpour
2. Bird of Youth
3. On Our Way to the Marketplace
4. My Swallow
5. Dancing to the Moon
6. Under the Silver Moonlight
7. White Moon
8. Bonfires in the Hill
9. Picking Tea Leaves
10. Little Dragon Boat
11. Springtime Excursion
12. Up the Half-Moon Goes

Average customer rating: Beautiful Piano concerto coupled with bland piano pieces

The Yellow River: Piano Concerto Manufacturer: Marco Polo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000045XR Release Date: 1992-12-17

Tracks:

1. 'The Yellow River' Pno Con: Prld: The Song Of The Yellow River Boatman
2. 'The Yellow River' Pno Con: Ode To The Yellow River
3. 'The Yellow River' Pno Con: The Yellow River In Wrath
4. 'The Yellow River' Pno Con: Defend The Yellow River
5. 'The Yellow River' Pno Con: Colourful Clouds
6. Happy Loso
7. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Elegie
8. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Friendship
9. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Nostalgia
10. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Grassland Love Song
11. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Children's Dance
12. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Sorrow
13. Inner-Mongolian Folk Songs: Dance
14. The Mermaid Ballet Ste: Ginseng
15. The Mermaid Ballet Ste: Coral
16. The Mermaid Ballet Ste: Waterweed
17. The Mermaid Ballet Ste: Wedding Scene
18. Red Lilies Crimson And Bright
19. 3 Variations On An Ancient Chinese Melody

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Piano concerto coupled with bland piano pieces.......2000-06-21

The "Yellow River Concerto" is a work of genious. Each movement describes the river with ease and clarity. The concerto opens with a sweeping view of the majestic river, followed by a cheerful description of the fisherman. It is interluded with a thoughtful tribute to the riches the river provides to the fisherman. The ode to the Yellow River is a beautiful track in ballad style. It is very peaceful with a tint of lament. The Yellow River in Wrath opens with the peaceful river and then follows to the river in storm, portrayed by heavy piano chords and excessive orchestration. Defend the Yellow River concludes the concerto with a triumphant battle and march scene to bring an end to this concerto illustrating the Yellow River, and ultimately Chinese river life. The short piano works that couple the concerto are rather uninspired and tasteless. A few of the works have their short moments but the rest of the short piano tracks end up being tiresome.

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Sammi Sammi Cheng Manufacturer: Warner Music Hong Kong ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD China | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007VWRJO

Product Description

Hong Kong Import with 12 songs. CD also comes with a 10 page picture booklet.

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Art of the Chinese Pipa Cheng Shui-Cheng Manufacturer: Arion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD China | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music China | Far East | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000TTM Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

1. Fei Hua Dian Chui
2. Sai Shang Qu
3. Ni Shang Yu Yi Qu
4. Si Lang Tan Mu
5. Aobao Hui
6. Zhu Shi Wo De Ban Zhu

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Sammi Show Mi 2007 Live in Hong Kong Manufacturer: AsiaMuse Entertainment Co., Ltd. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000S0H03W

Product Description

This boxset contains: Sammi's Mi 3D Puzzle Show Mi More Colors Sammi Full Color Photo Booklet Show Mi Your Picture (Sammi Reply Envelope) Mi Travel Photo Booklet (featuring Sammi pictures taken in places like India and Turkey) Mi MV Behind the Scene (Tour and MV Trivia) This is Mi (Sammi in red and Sammi in green album)

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Luo Shou-Cheng: Pastoral Song - Chinese Di and Xiao Solos Manufacturer: Wind ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000219HOM

Product Description

Water-Lily Acoustics and Wind Records recording - amazing sound quality. Traditional classical Chinese music on di (Chinese flute) and xiao (woodwind).

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