Kim So-hee: P'ansori - Korea's Epic Vocal Art & Instrumental Music

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Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000005IWD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #427,975 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #19 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Korea

Track Listings

1. Scene From Heung Boo-Ga

2. Pyungjo Hoe Sang (First Movement)

3. Dayageum Sanjo

4. Haegeum Shinawi

5. Kuhmoongo Sanjo

6. Chambu Taryong

7. Scene From Shim-Ch'ung-Ga

Editorial Reviews

CD has 7 songs.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply brilliant, February 17, 2002

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jamie anderson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kim So-hee: P'ansori - Korea's Epic Vocal Art & Instrumental Music (Audio CD)

Depite the fact I'm a Korean Music neophyte I can tell you the music on this CD is thrilling and supremely sophisticated. The singing of the p'ansori extracts, (p'ansori being a form of opera) is quite sophisticated in expression and vocal technique. If you are familiar with the vocal techniques of Monteverdi's music you have a general idea of the direction of some of the ornamentation of p'ansori except that in p'ansori the ornamentation is more the substance rather than the spice. The singer on these 2 pieces, KIM, SO-HEE, is a virtuoso and was awarded the title by her government "intangible national treasure".

The instrumental pieces - the musicians were a permanent part of the ensemble with which she toured and virtuosos on their respective instruments - also give masterful performances on this album. Their instruments are the haegeum, (a-silk-stringed fiddle), the p'iri, (double reeded with slender bamboo tube with 8 holes), kayageum, (similar to Japanese Koto but with special techniques for various effects), kuhmoongo,(also zither-like and producing deeper bass tones than the kayageum), changgo and pook,(2 types of drum).

It was recorded in 1972 during a U.S. tour and the sound quality of the CD I bought is good.