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Eleven Centuries of Traditional Music of China
Release Date: 1994-07-18, Audio CD, Legacy
- Price Range:$9.99 to $12.00 | 2 stores
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- Posted: Nov-18-2008
I ws expecting more
I am not fully familiar with traditional music from China other then what you hear on movies. This album to me was more of a learning about the various instruments and their sounds than music to relax too. It has a beauty of its own - just not what I was expecting.
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- Posted: Oct-13-2008
Poetry
Stark. Discordant. Primitive. Traditional Chinese. Beautiful poetry of sound. The history of the Chinese culture and the sounds of ancient instruments are on display here.
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- Posted: Aug-23-2007
ANCIENT MUSIC OF CHINA
FOR ANYONE WHO IS A MUSIC LOVR OF ALL CULTURES, THIS IS ANOTHER WONDERFUL CD. THE EXPLANTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THE MUSIC IS JUST WONDERFUL AND ENLIGHTENING.
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- Posted: Oct-11-2005
Excellent real Chinese music
Traditional instruments, historical recordings. "Some Ways of Touching the Ch'in" is a demonstration of zither technique. The brief liner notes mention that the final track is a piece for orchestra with solo for small oboe; well, "orchestra" in this sense is the Chinese version with percussion...
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- Posted: Apr-07-2005
Un Westernised
I've had the vinyl version of this for years. Unlike most of the recordings of Chinese music that I have heard this shows no Western influence whatsoever. At times the music approaches the sparse textures more commonly associated with Japanese art music. Features excellent recordings made by John...
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- Posted: Aug-07-2004
This CD is boring!
It is so boring that I listened to it for only one time, and after that I don't have any desire to play it again anymore. Especially the one called "Some Ways Of Touching The Ch'in", even though I have been speaking chinese all of my life, believe me, I couldn't understand what the lady was...
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- Posted: Nov-10-2001
I have enjoyed this disc for years.
I bought this disc many years ago out of curiosity and it became one of my favorites.
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