Classical Chinese Folk Music

1999: Arc Music EUCD 1564

Disc 1:

1. Zi Zhu Diao / Purple Bamboo Melody

   Chen Dacan

2. Yu Ge / Song of the Fisherman

   Li He

3. Jiang He Shui / Rivers and Streams

   Chen Dacan

4. Wu Ban Zi

   Li He

5. Sai Ma / Horse Races

   Chen Dacan

6. Springtime on the Tianshan Mountains

   Cheng Yu

7. Gu Xiang / My Home Town

   Chen Dacan

8. Huan Le Ge / Happy Song

   Li He

9. Liang Xiao / Beautiful Evening

   Chen Dacan

10. Chun Dou Xiang Jiang / Spring Comes to Xiang River

    Li He

11. Er Quan Ying Yue / Spring Water Reflects the Moon

    Chen Dacan

12. Flowing Water from the High Mountain

    Cheng Yu

13. Feng Shou / Bumper Harvest

    Chen Dacan

Disc 2:

1. Mu Min Xin Ge

   Li He

2. Ping Hu Qiu Yue / Still Lake Under the Autumn Moon

   Chen Dacan

3. Guo Sou Xing / A Trip to Guo Sou

   Li He

4. San Liu / Three and Six

   Chen Dacan

5. In the Evening of the Torch Festival

   Cheng Yu

6. E Ma Yao Ling / Hungry Horses Ringing Bells

   Chen Dacan

7. Xi Xiang Fen / Happy Reunion

   Li He

8. Han Gong Qiu Yue / Autumn Moon at the “Han” Palace

   Chen Dacan

9. Three Ancient Tunes from Yenzhou

   Cheng Yu

10. Zo Xi Kou

    Li He

11. Xi Yang Yang

    Chen Dacan

This 2-CD set is a compilation of three previous Arc releases: Cheng Yu: Classical Chinese Pipa (EUCD 1176), Li He: Chinese Classical Folk Music featuring the Chinese Flute (EUCD/MC 1155), and Chen Dacan Chinese Ensemble: Chinese Folk Music (EUCD 1167). Cheng Yu plays pipa and guoqin on her tracks, Chen Dacan plays erhu on his, and Li He plays the Chinese bamboo flute and bawu. I got this CD, which (curiously) is produced by Hossam Ramzy, after hearing Chen Dacan’s “Sai Ma” (track #4), with its fiddle/dulcimer combination that reminded me so much of Appalachian folk music using American equivalents of those instruments.

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